page_title: List of foods of the Southern United States
section_title: Side dishes and condiments
hierarchical_section_title: List of foods of the Southern United States / Side dishes and condiments
caption_attribution_description: English: Biscuits and gravy, cooked &amp; photographed July 20, 2008, by Adolphus79.
context_page_description: This is a list of foods of the Southern United States. The cuisine of the Southern United States has many various dishes and foods.
context_section_description: Apple butter
  Barbecue sauce - numerous varieties throughout the region, sometimes even within same state; most use a primarily vinegar, tomato, or mustard base
  Barbecue spaghetti
  Cane syrup
  Cayenne peppers
  Chow-chow
  Cole slaw - cabbage salad/relish, typically made with mayonnaise and sometimes sugar, except in parts of North Carolina and Virginia, where it instead may be vinegar-based and savory  ("barbecue slaw")
  Cornbread dressing - similar to traditional stuffing, but using cornbread as a base and prepared separately from the meat
  Cracklin' - fried pork rind
  Deviled eggs
  Goober peas
  Gravy - served liberally over meats, potatoes, biscuits and rice
  Chocolate gravy - made with milk, fat, flour, cocoa powder, and sugar, served over biscuits
  Red-eye gravy - made with black coffee and meat drippings (usually ham), typically served with country ham and grits
  Sausage gravy - milk-based country gravy typically served over hot biscuits
  Tomato gravy - canned tomato-based, made in a cast iron skillet with browned flour, served over rice
  Grits
  Cheese grits
  Fried grits
  Hot sauce
  Tabasco sauce - trademarked, aged hot sauce made in Louisiana
  Texas Pete - hot sauce made in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  Macaroni and cheese - usually prepared with fresh eggs and baked en casserole
  Mayhaw jelly
  Muscadine jelly
  Old Bay Seasoning - made famous in Maryland
  Peanut butter
  Pepper jelly
  Plantains
  Pickle relish - usually used to make potato salad
  Pickled or brandied peaches
  Rice
  Red rice
  Sorghum molasses
  Watermelon rind pickles
caption: Sausage gravy served atop biscuits
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