My gf may have a pinched nerve, not the same, but I know how every single action seems to hurt back issues. Best of Luck.
Farm you southerners eat some "weird" stuff IMO....I'll try to answer for some of us Midwesterners...(not exactly "Yanks" to all, but about 145 years ago, we were seen the same anyways, Land of Lincoln FTW...
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Take "Sammich" for example, you'd get a "WTF" look if you ask for one around here....it sounds like a dude's name from the Middle East. There's a few letters missing from that and give yourself away. We have oatmeal mainly, not grits.
Grits are only sold at Walmarts around here. And are always in plentiful stock.
Up here for "dining out types" I'd say we eat things like deep dish pizza, a lot of burgers, regional veggies/fruits, Italian and Mexican food is popular, as well as Chinese food (well, American Chinese food, because it's reported if you eat your pets).
That's the general consensus. I myself, if I didn't have Crohn's, would live off of eggs, chicken breast, lean beef, fat free dairy products, peanut butter/almonds, salad, fruit, oatmeal, whole grain bagels, baked potato's, and lots of fish (Tuna and salmon and pollack)....that's my traditional bodybuilding selection...now you see why Crohns not only messes up the ability to work out, but to eat for working out too....but those foods all sound normal to me. I've been to a Cracker Barrel, and that's like a version of the south. Biscuits and Gravy are rare around here, and I like them only if they're made lean, omelettes are my own fav.
I've been south before, lots of chicken (mainly fried or in "Chicken Steak" format, which is really weird), weird meats (to me at least), and the stuff you mentioned already...you guys fry a lot of food too I noticed. To be honest, the fat in the food down south seems to be animal fats most of the time, which can be better if you're comparing it to processed trans fats, where up here we try to (at least if you watch it) use oils for fats in cooking. That can be worse up here if you don't know what you're eating, because that means trans fats to the uninitiated, so I just tell my gf and family to eat canola oil or olive oil if they can, and if not, avoid Crisco and partially hydrogenated oils....I dunno, seems like another country down there when I talk to clients from the south or if I travel down there (went to TN, MS, FL, NC, VA, TX and MO before).
