Squeaks wrote:

>> Louisiana State University (from Baton Rouge) takes on University of
>> Alabama (from Tuscaloosa) in the upcoming BCS Championship game. Baton
>> Rouge is squarely in Cajun country, so I'm thinking that some kind of
>> gumbo would represent them well. But what would be a good food to
>> represent Tuscaloosa?
>
> I am a proud grad-u-waite of the University of Alabama, and I'm
> tellin' you, son, that anythang that involves meat is a "good food to
> represent Tuscaloosa."
>
> My BCS Bowl contributions to the party are going to include Muldoon's
> Whiskey Marinated Wings and Artichoke and Spinach Dip, the latter of
> which would be hooted out of town in Tuscaloosa, I gaur-ohn-tee.
>
> Try some fried okra, fried onion rings, fried biscuits (yes, I said,
> fried biscuits), fried chicken strips, fried damned-near-anything that
> moos, oinks, baas or cock-a-doodle-doos. Include the foregoing with
> barbecue sauce and you're done.

How about hush puppies and beer-battered fried catfish?

One of the reasons I started this thread was _Frank Stitt's Southern Table_,
which gives recipes from Stitt's Southern restaurant (Highlands Bar and
Grill) in Birmingham. The book contains a recipe for smoked trout salad with
blood oranges, avocados, and frisee. Would that be too high-falutin' for
Tuscaloosa?

Bob