Food described as California cuisine is light, involving more vegetables and less red meat than most American meals. Cilantro and lemongrass are popular spices. Southern cooking is often fried food. Vegetables are frequently cooked in pork fat. Sweet iced tea is popular in the south.
Southern biscuits are an unsweetened version of the English scone.
Smeared with butter, biscuits or corn bread go well with southern meals. Down in New Orleans, Cajun cooking differs from Southern style. Cajun cooking uses hot spices, French sauces, and local shellfish. Tex-Mex is hotter than hot. A heavily spiced hybrid of Mexican cooking and American meat eating, Tex-Mex food has a slight Spanish accent.