Collards are fantastic! But you cook them with a ham hock or turkey leg or bacon and garlic, a little sugar, and spices and a touch of vinegar to take the bitter away. I swear you would eat a whole bowl with corn bread. 🤌. That cook there made them so eclectic that it would be hard for non southerners who didn’t grow up on them to enjoy.
I never eat collard greens by themselves...cooking them right, and eating them either with vinegar, or chow chow (a Southern relish) cuts the bitterness. I personally prefer kale greens to collard greens. Kale isn't nearly as bitter, and can be cooked like collards. With chow chow, kale is Devine.
I'm mostly British but I grew up in the South. After visiting Britain and trying their food, I'm so glad my family immigrated 400 years ago in search of flavor! lol
I think it's important to know / remember that there is a certain level of customer service that is expected in the United States. Yes, are people in the service industry whose livelihood relies on tips, so the better their customer service is, the better their tips can be. But there is also a lot of customer service positions that are not tipped. If you go into a store, the expectation is to be greeted and asked if you need any assistance. Santana seems like the type of person who would have Supply that level of customer service whether she was in a tipped profession or not. She has what appears to be a naturally warm, outgoing, and naturally social personality. And I would not be surprised if her personality influences her profession, rather than her profession influencing her personality.
Yeah. I can tell from the way she talks, that's just her natural demeanor. She's not just being nice for tips. These types always make THE best waiters/waitresses. But even the ones that aren't this overtly friendly are going to provide good service. Just not above and beyond like she's going to.
Interesting. I am from the US, but have lived overseas a long time and retired from the Infantry long ago. Here a wonderful place, Bogota Colombia, people will not speak to a cashier or even say thank you etc. I always show respect and get it back for something so very basic, I do not understand why people would not be kind when you are being helped. Tips or not, I hope you are well Mrs Brandy and guess you are customer service. A hard job with little gratitude no doubt. Retired Infantry from YOUR Army. People like you are worth it and I should have done better
The "best" food is not just in the south. There is food like this all over the US. Small country cafe to big food cities like New York, Chicago, Portland OR. You may not find sweet potato pie in the north but we have pumpkin pie. No alligator meat up north but we have Bison steaks in Montana, and reindeer sausage in Alaska. Fresh Salmon and King Crab in Anchorage and Seattle. Fresh lobster in Maine and New England states. It goes on and on.
Yes, I can tell you as someone who has family from the South. My family originated from South Carolina. Though I grew up in the North in New York. Yeah, that southern hospitality is legit
Just so you know when you come to see us in the south, there is a Buccee's in Florence, SC, which is not too far from Myrtle Beach, SC. This restaurant in Savannah is very close to Hilton Head Island SC and the Golden Isles on the coast of GA. Beautiful country, beautiful beaches, beautiful food, beautiful people and hospitality. Y'all come on down.
That “Fix your face” went RIGHT over the heads. They clearly don’t know much about the South and its Southerners. It gives me flashbacks hearing that lol! It’s considered impolite and having bad manners if you make a disgusted face when eating a Southerner’s food. When you’re over someone‘s house, and you’re having dinner there, you don’t really like how it tastes BUT you have a Southern mama, you’ll most definitely get a “Fix your face” quietly but sternly, or you’ll get a “Fix your face” look- no words need to be said to understand 😂
these rules were invented by bad lazy cooks with an over inflated ego. you cant get offended if not every person on earth likes every single thing you cook
Yeah, but the point of their videos that they're reacting to food and giving their honest first impressions and opinions. If they fake pretend to like it, that wouldn't be an authentic reaction. So I think this is kind of a different scenario versus going to someone's house to eat.
Usually the best foods are family owned and off the beaten path away from everything. Stay away from tourist or busy areas for food and fun. I'm an old man and the best food and fun I've found is always in the middle of nowhere.
Bullseye! I am retired Infantry and pulled a 2nd job after that and have over 3 decades abroad and you are exactly right. I am currently in Bogota, Colombia and will have to go for my last tour (I think it will be 11 or something) in Ukraine early next year. I actually shun tourists and those areas and I man, the Colombians are wonderful people with great geography and out of all the places have been (I have not been to Africa yet, but will go), South America is by far my favorite. Take care Dave
These are the type of places people need to go to when they visit, rather than the usual going to all the various fast food restaurants. A biscuit or fried chicken at a place like this is vastly superior to even the best fast food restaurant.
Collard greens are not traditionally prepared the way this lady makes them They are a green leafy vegetable that are boiled with hamhocks ,bacon bits.The grease and salty ham give them a vary pleasing taste,not sour
@@BlueDebut My maternal grandparents came from the Ozarks(Missouri) and my paternal grandparents had roots in Oklahoma and Arkansas. I grew up eating them with hamhocks or bacon cooked in. Must be regional differences
YES....The flavor of slow cooked greens, with a dash of Pepper sauce for a tangy flavor enhancer, mixed with Hot water corn bread....Eaten with Sweet Potatoes.....OMG!
Remember to pace yourselves when eating in the U.S. The greatest thing about our food is the variety . I live in a college town in Kentucky and can choose from 4 different Asian cuisines , 3 different Latin American , Indian , Greek , Italian , eastern Euro or just down home Southern Country Style. All are within a 15 minute drive , just take your pick.
Most people in the south do not put lemon in their collard greens. They usually cook them with something like ham hock, bacon, etc.. They are really good if they are fixed that way. You need to do a reaction regarding southern cooking or soul food. Alvin and Jolly have been to several of these places in the south.
I like grits with butter sugar and fried shrimp lol @8:49 its hilarious how they dint even catch her joke, I grew up with that accent so got it immediately , and by other culture she meant Native American for maize lol
One thing to remember in the US is that restaurants have tipped and non-tipped employees. Non-tipped are paid whatever the prevailing wage is (cooks busboys etc). Tipped employees are paid a much lower hourly wage plus tips. Bartenders and servers are tipped employees so they count on tips. The standard is 15-20%. Less if something sucked and more if it was great. Most tipped employees make far more with tips than they would if paid even $20 an hour. Friend is a server at a mid-range seafood chain and his avg is $35-45 an hour when tips included. Also you do NOT need to tip at counter service places like Starbucks, fast food, or takeout (usually). Employees at those places are NOT classified as tipped employees and are paid prevailing wage which here is $12-$17 an hour to start. So do not feel shamed into tipping at those places unless you feel somebody just went above and beyond. Drivers/delivery drivers yes a few bucks (3-$5).
there are uneducated waitresses who make more than british doctors lol. if you work at a high end resturant you are getting at least 25-50 per table. with at least 10-20 tables a shift.
Tipping is NOT a requirement. There's no government, state, county, or city law in place stating you have to tip. So there is no "standard" 15-20%. Could say average is 10-20% but depending on service, could be higher or lower.
@@rdramos13 if you go to a restaurant in the US and you know about tipped employees and barring something egregious and you don’t tip, you’re just a Jack a$s.
@shag139 Could be a jackhole, or every other cuss word in the book, but you still DON'T HAVE TO TIP. Tipping is a bonus for good service, not a requirement. Service is what gets as much attention as food. Place associated with poor service, won't have much return customers. So who cares if a tip is not left, you won't be going back to that restaurant/business again anyways.
@@rdramos13 if you cant afford to tip, you shouldnt be eating out. if a place is so bad the service is consistently terrible, why are you eating there? An able person isnt legally obligated to give up a seat for a pregnant woman but we are all going to think youre a selfish scumbag if you dont.
Grits are stone ground corn. Greens are like kale or Swiss Chard. I eat them EVERYDAY. They are no more of an acquired taste than spinach, broccoli or any other vegetable. They are also a nutritional powerhouse. I also blend them in my smoothies.
Grits with real butter, maple syrup and a dash of salt is the best way to start breakfast (followed by eggs, corned beef hash (with tobasco!) or bacon or sausage and some hash browns. A large OJ and then a cup of coffee rounds it out)
Grits is short for hominy grits because it’s made from dried and ground hominy corn which is corn that’s been treated in a way that makes it more digestible. Grits as eaten is a sort of porridge. Porridge though is a word that only exists in nursery rhymes here though. Oatmeal is oatmeal. Cream of wheat is cream of wheat. Grits is grits. Polenta or cream of wheat would be the closest things to grits.
I hate regular pickles but I love the sweet and spicy pickles you get in bbq restaurants. They don’t taste like regular pickles. They sit in a sweet and spicy liquid so they aquire that flavor.
Please tip generously. The wait staff in the US will depend on the gratuities. Unless the restaurant hosts a lot of people from outside of No. America or you are in a large party, the tip won’t be added to the bill. It is customary (at least where I live) to tip 20% of the entire pre-tax tab or more if you want. If there was a problem, don’t take it out on the server as it was likely caused by someone else.
Seeing our brothers and sisters from across the pond enjoying or atleast wanting to enjoy some of our southern delights really warms the soul! That's why real southern food is soul food. It warms your soul to eat it and it warms the soul of the southerner who cooked it watching you enjoy it or at least hearing you enjoyed it. That's a lil of American southern hospitality
Collard greens are extremely varied by region even in the same state for example they had Savannah style i am from the Piedmont region of Georgia and we prepare it completely differently no lemon with bits of country style bacon and ham in a bit of vinegar sometimes a drop of bourbon.
Collards greens are my absolute favorite. It's best cooked with fat back meat (pork) or if you want to go healthy smoked turkey is the best meat. It's best with vinegar, salt for seasoning, and crushed red pepper. Other veggies that are in the family include turnip greens, cabbage, kale, and mustard greens. They are cooked the same way and they are all bitter in taste but so good.
I live in Alabama usa. If you soak your chicken in buttermilk or sour milk. Season the milk with whatever spices. Soak for an hour. Flour and fry. Perfect fried chicken.
When you want great Mexican food, be sure to have it in a "boarder State". California, Texas, Arizona, or New Mexico. The closer you are to the boarder (of Mexico), the better the Mexican good will be. I've lived in Nashville, Tennessee for 19 years. Southern comfort food is pretty wonderful. I love Peach Cobbler (served warm is best). Fried pickles are much better than you'll think they are. Looking gorward to your travel blogs near the end of the year. Cheers!
You all are fun to watch… remember in your planning to factor in distances…Austin Texas (Terry Black’s BBQ) to Savanah Georgia (this video) is 17 hours /1,129 miles. You may want to focus on one area to avoid spending all your time in transit.
Oh, yeah, absolutely factor in the distance between the different places in the US, considering that the US is a huge country in comparison to other countries, especially since we have some states that the entirety of some countries, such as England, could fit inside them 😊
Easy basic recipe 3-4 banana (slice bananas) 1 box vanilla wafers 3 boxes vanilla pudding layer bananas and wafers like a lasagna make two boxes pudding as direction on the box adding pudding let set push bananas and cookies down under the pudding until you have most of them to stay down then make the last box of pudding pour it on top let set add whip cream
Collards are not bitter or sour if you get young ones and cook them correctly. Those cooked with lemon look terrible to be honest. Grits are dried corn ground up and boiled. They are great if cooked correctly. Here's a tip- pronounce it as PUH KHAN instead of PEE KIN.
Collard Greens is a bit of a semi bitter tasting vegetable but to take away and cutdown that Semi Bitter taste it's best to cook the Collard Greens in a tall soup pot with Chicken Broth/Stock with pieces of Bacon or Ham and 1 whole stick of Butter and after cooking season it with Pepper and Garlic Salt....then you have Collard Greens that one cannot stop eating until it's all gone. 🤤🤤😋😋
Grits are most commonly prepared for breakfast with butter and salt/pepper. Some people prepare it with maple syrup/brown sugar or honey/butter or a fruit syrup. Shrimp and grits is served usually for lunch or dinner. The shrimp is cooked with butter and/or oil (sometimes bacon grease), garlic, onion, sometimes bell pepper, and various herbs and spices such as basil, oregano, chili powder. It varies throughout the South.
Omg.. This vid popped up on my feed and I was smiling becase I love Jolly so much. The "couple" in the caption got me 😂 And Josh does looks like Jim Carrey, it's an on going joke/tease with him.. Olly is just so genuine and cannot hide his opinion and feelings even to save his life and we love him for it! ❤
We do our collards with bacon, not lemon. Grits are ground hominy corn. Our local catfish house makes biscuits so good they'll make a puppy pull a freight train.
Warn banana pudding is wonderful. We never eat cold pudding. My mom would cook the pudding then layer vanilla wafers between the pudding all the way to the top. The wafers would soak up the pudding and it was like heaven. of course it had the whip topping on top.
You might have been thinking of broccoli rabe{also called Rapini} is a veg that a lot of Italians like and it is similar to Collard Greens in that they both have a bitter taste which is why you usually eat them with lemon or garlic and olive oil, which help to balance the bitterness
@jakesanchez7235 Don't forget meals, goods, and services are more expensive, thus the potential tips are larger than 20 years ago. A server with great customer service skills can make more than the salaried manager from tips. If the business has a great local or national brand, I always prefer jobs with tips or commissions plus small base salary because the earnings potential is greater.
@@tyreedillardI don't like commission sales (from either side - buying or selling) because there's incentive to sell people things they don't need, which is obnoxious. Tips are different.
The pickles sounded a lot like "bread and butter" pickles which is a combination sweet and dill or in the middle between a sweet pickle and dill pickle.
When traveling from Ohio to Florida to visit my relatives, I stopped in South Carolina to try this restaurant. The food and service was amazing! The banana pudding was excellent but I fell in love with their coconut cake. 😍😍😍 Needless to say, I had to hit the gym extra hard (for a couple of weeks) to work off that trip. 😆
I'm borne and raised in the South and I Love collard greens 🥗 and don't cook them with lemons I add a little sugar to cut the bitterness you would like mine and Maze is what the American Native Indians called corn. Can't wait to see you guys in America 🇺🇸 is please visit the South.
We do fried chicken well here. You wouldn’t think a single style of preparing chicken would be so versatile, but there are so many meals involving fried chicken you really have to come and see what your favorite is (not to mention the variety of sauces and gravies).
If you've never had banana pudding before one thing you will notice if you leave it in the refrigerator covered overnight it becomes dense almost like cake and oh my God it's worth it all of the flavors from the ingredients seemed to intensify
everyone cooks their collards differently; in the south they use more vinegar.. i do not put vinegar in mine neither did mom who was from Georgia.. just some salted water, smoked pork hock or smoked neckbone or turkey butt and boil until tender,, add pepper or some bacon fat at the end.. yummmmmm
There was no mention of it in the video, but the left of Josh was a narrow bottle of pepper sauce. My favorite brand is Trappey’s. I use it on a LOT of things, but especially on collrd greens and spinach. MMM MMM GOOD! 🇺🇸
When I make sweet potatoes I use cinnamon, brown sugar and butter, wrap it in aluminum foil with butter to cook too and it isn't hard to make a banana pudding lol, not once had any taste different unless someone used too rotten bananas lol the sweet potato with pecans and marshmallows easy and classic too
There will be much fewer preservatives in your food at a home style restaurant because so many ingredients are local. "Nilla" wafers are a must for banana pudding. I used to stop in at a "bait shop" for biscuits and gravy.
In the event I HAD to compare collard greens to another vegetable, it would be spinach. And I concur with other comments here that they’re awesome when prepared certain ways. In addition, fried ochra is ALWAYS awesome. It has a fairly neutral flavor, and what doesn’t taste great when it’s battered and deep-fried? Hell… We even eat bull testicles prepared like that here in the states! (Tenderly sliced, though. Not the COMPLETE ball!)
I have lived in South Carolina my entire life and wouldn’t dream of moving. You have to visit Savanah Ga. and Charleston, SC. The food is ridiculously good and the people are friendly and welcoming. Not to mention they are beautiful cities steeped in history. We’d love to have you visit.
i always reccomend people go to savannah. its an incredibly charming city with incredible food and lots to do! they have litle parks EVERYWHERE and they are all beautiful. great city to just walk around all day
Both the southern states and Midwestern states love multi generational, ma and pa restaurants some restaurants are over 100 years old and still delicious. 🤤 ❤ I love sweet potato casserole and butternut squash and dill pickles yummy. Always ask the local people where to go for food and for shopping and stuff.
I live in North Florida. My wife and I decided to spend a weekend in Savannah to eat at Sweet Potatoes restaurant after watching this episode from Jolly. Totally legit! Added bonus, was staying in a historic hotel on the river downtown. History, beautiful buildings from the 1700s, views, restaurants, river cruises, just a brilliant place to visit. We can't wait to get back! Oh, and I'm NOT a fan of banana pudding, but their's is to die for! Best I've ever had.
You would definitely tip her, but you would tip her more. You need to tip every waitress/waiter that waits on you unless the service is horrible. You should do at least 15-20% based on quality of service. For her, I would do 25%. She was amazing. If you don't tip your waitress/waiter, that is really bad. The minimum wage is $7.25 in many states, and they get paid less than that because they get tips. As mentioned, unless the service was horrible, you should tip them. If the food was horrible but the service was good, you still make sure you tip your waitress/waiter because they didn't prepare the food. It is a completely different system in the US than in Europe. You just need to remember that when you come so you don't get someone pissed at you. You don't tip fast food places, or take out places, unless the delivery then you can tip the driver a few dollars.
if you go to Savannah you will experience a true southern town in Old savannah. I live in Atlanta GA and I go to Savannah about once year just for the feel. Enjoy the food and vibe.
The collards greens aren't supposed to be sour. I cook mine with smoked turkey and chicken broth. More often than not collard greens are delicious, it depends on who makes them. Most black people (including me) cook them with smoked pork or turkey. I like mine a little spicy so I put crushed red pepper in them.
Yes go to Savannah! I use to live there and Sweet Potato’s is great. Savannah has sooo many amazing restaurants. Plus there’s also a lot to see and do.
Grits = ground up corn meal.. just like we have oat meal, but it's made with corn and it has a more gravely like texture. I personally don't really care for grits but if you mix in a lot of butter or something else to give it taste. it's not that bad.
Myth: Waitstaff are friendly because they are hoping to get larger tips. Americans are friendly by nature. I know a lot of people from other countries don't understand how this is possible, and are even skeptical, often claiming we're being fake, but, no, we're being friendly. Unfriendly service is the outlier, in my opinion. Why are you in customer service if you don't enjoy serving customers? I was in customer service and I loved my job, my customers, and my fellow employees, why wouldn't I be happy? One customer, he was from a European country (which shall go unspecified) yelled at me, "WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SMILING!?" When the shock of the direct "accusation" wore off I simply repeated what I just said, it's a great job and so are my customers and my fellow employees, and, to cap it all off, I'm just a happy guy!
Collards are fantastic! But you cook them with a ham hock or turkey leg or bacon and garlic, a little sugar, and spices and a touch of vinegar to take the bitter away. I swear you would eat a whole bowl with corn bread. 🤌. That cook there made them so eclectic that it would be hard for non southerners who didn’t grow up on them to enjoy.
My grandmother made them with bacon and garlic. She was from W Virginia.
I never eat collard greens by themselves...cooking them right, and eating them either with vinegar, or chow chow (a Southern relish) cuts the bitterness. I personally prefer kale greens to collard greens. Kale isn't nearly as bitter, and can be cooked like collards. With chow chow, kale is Devine.
I always add a bit of hot sauce to mine, they're delicious.
Sounds lovely but not the sugar
Ugh… No, they’re not. They taste like lawn clippings.
I'm mostly British but I grew up in the South. After visiting Britain and trying their food, I'm so glad my family immigrated 400 years ago in search of flavor! lol
Same
I'm " old Savannah" my families came here to savannah when the colony was being formed
I think it's important to know / remember that there is a certain level of customer service that is expected in the United States. Yes, are people in the service industry whose livelihood relies on tips, so the better their customer service is, the better their tips can be. But there is also a lot of customer service positions that are not tipped. If you go into a store, the expectation is to be greeted and asked if you need any assistance.
Santana seems like the type of person who would have Supply that level of customer service whether she was in a tipped profession or not. She has what appears to be a naturally warm, outgoing, and naturally social personality. And I would not be surprised if her personality influences her profession, rather than her profession influencing her personality.
Yeah. I can tell from the way she talks, that's just her natural demeanor. She's not just being nice for tips. These types always make THE best waiters/waitresses.
But even the ones that aren't this overtly friendly are going to provide good service. Just not above and beyond like she's going to.
Interesting. I am from the US, but have lived overseas a long time and retired from the Infantry long ago. Here a wonderful place, Bogota Colombia, people will not speak to a cashier or even say thank you etc. I always show respect and get it back for something so very basic, I do not understand why people would not be kind when you are being helped. Tips or not, I hope you are well Mrs Brandy and guess you are customer service. A hard job with little gratitude no doubt. Retired Infantry from YOUR Army. People like you are worth it and I should have done better
seeing brits and Europeans love southern cuisine warms my heart. please come to the south. we will love on you
Collard greens are in the same family as mustard greens
The "best" food is not just in the south. There is food like this all over the US. Small country cafe to big food cities like New York, Chicago, Portland OR.
You may not find sweet potato pie in the north but we have pumpkin pie.
No alligator meat up north but we have Bison steaks in Montana, and reindeer sausage in Alaska. Fresh Salmon and King Crab in Anchorage and Seattle. Fresh lobster in Maine and New England states. It goes on and on.
Yes, I can tell you as someone who has family from the South. My family originated from South Carolina. Though I grew up in the North in New York. Yeah, that southern hospitality is legit
Just so you know when you come to see us in the south, there is a Buccee's in Florence, SC, which is not too far from Myrtle Beach, SC. This restaurant in Savannah is very close to Hilton Head Island SC and the Golden Isles on the coast of GA. Beautiful country, beautiful beaches, beautiful food, beautiful people and hospitality. Y'all come on down.
That dude turned straight American when he ate the sweet potato and said arrrrr baby!!! Lol!!
That “Fix your face” went RIGHT over the heads. They clearly don’t know much about the South and its Southerners. It gives me flashbacks hearing that lol! It’s considered impolite and having bad manners if you make a disgusted face when eating a Southerner’s food. When you’re over someone‘s house, and you’re having dinner there, you don’t really like how it tastes BUT you have a Southern mama, you’ll most definitely get a “Fix your face” quietly but sternly, or you’ll get a “Fix your face” look- no words need to be said to understand 😂
Sounds like how I grew up in an Asian household. If anyone showed disgust, we'd get told off.
these rules were invented by bad lazy cooks with an over inflated ego. you cant get offended if not every person on earth likes every single thing you cook
Yeah, but the point of their videos that they're reacting to food and giving their honest first impressions and opinions. If they fake pretend to like it, that wouldn't be an authentic reaction. So I think this is kind of a different scenario versus going to someone's house to eat.
@@buckeyegirl16 good point
When I moved here from Florida I didn't understand any of that slang
Usually the best foods are family owned and off the beaten path away from everything.
Stay away from tourist or busy areas for food and fun.
I'm an old man and the best food and fun I've found is always in the middle of nowhere.
Bullseye! I am retired Infantry and pulled a 2nd job after that and have over 3 decades abroad and you are exactly right. I am currently in Bogota, Colombia and will have to go for my last tour (I think it will be 11 or something) in Ukraine early next year. I actually shun tourists and those areas and I man, the Colombians are wonderful people with great geography and out of all the places have been (I have not been to Africa yet, but will go), South America is by far my favorite. Take care Dave
These are the type of places people need to go to when they visit, rather than the usual going to all the various fast food restaurants. A biscuit or fried chicken at a place like this is vastly superior to even the best fast food restaurant.
This is partly why Jolly is so successful. Yes, they go to chains. But they mix it up by going to great mom and pop restaurants.
Collard greens are not traditionally prepared the way this lady makes them
They are a green leafy vegetable that are boiled with hamhocks ,bacon bits.The grease and salty ham give them a vary pleasing taste,not sour
I've had them salty, sour and pleasant all in 1 and it was pretty good. Had it near Pleasant Point in Charleston.
@@BlueDebut
My maternal grandparents came from the Ozarks(Missouri) and my paternal grandparents had roots in Oklahoma and Arkansas. I grew up eating them with hamhocks or bacon cooked in. Must be regional differences
YES....The flavor of slow cooked greens, with a dash of Pepper sauce for a tangy flavor enhancer, mixed with Hot water corn bread....Eaten with Sweet Potatoes.....OMG!
depends, a lot of people put vinegar in them. i'm from georgia and that's how my mom makes them.
Remember to pace yourselves when eating in the U.S. The greatest thing about our food is the variety . I live in a college town in Kentucky and can choose from 4 different Asian cuisines , 3 different Latin American , Indian , Greek , Italian , eastern Euro or just down home Southern Country Style. All are within a 15 minute drive , just take your pick.
London isn't exactly a backwater. You can find all types of cuisine in Britain too.
@@ericsierra-franco7802 College town in Kentucky is. Which is why it’s more impactful that you can get all those types of cuisine there.
Most people in the south do not put lemon in their collard greens. They usually cook them with something like ham hock, bacon, etc.. They are really good if they are fixed that way.
You need to do a reaction regarding southern cooking or soul food. Alvin and Jolly have been to several of these places in the south.
I like grits with butter sugar and fried shrimp lol
@8:49 its hilarious how they dint even catch her joke, I grew up with that accent so got it immediately , and by other culture she meant Native American for maize lol
One thing to remember in the US is that restaurants have tipped and non-tipped employees. Non-tipped are paid whatever the prevailing wage is (cooks busboys etc). Tipped employees are paid a much lower hourly wage plus tips. Bartenders and servers are tipped employees so they count on tips. The standard is 15-20%. Less if something sucked and more if it was great. Most tipped employees make far more with tips than they would if paid even $20 an hour. Friend is a server at a mid-range seafood chain and his avg is $35-45 an hour when tips included.
Also you do NOT need to tip at counter service places like Starbucks, fast food, or takeout (usually). Employees at those places are NOT classified as tipped employees and are paid prevailing wage which here is $12-$17 an hour to start. So do not feel shamed into tipping at those places unless you feel somebody just went above and beyond.
Drivers/delivery drivers yes a few bucks (3-$5).
there are uneducated waitresses who make more than british doctors lol. if you work at a high end resturant you are getting at least 25-50 per table. with at least 10-20 tables a shift.
Tipping is NOT a requirement. There's no government, state, county, or city law in place stating you have to tip. So there is no "standard" 15-20%. Could say average is 10-20% but depending on service, could be higher or lower.
@@rdramos13 if you go to a restaurant in the US and you know about tipped employees and barring something egregious and you don’t tip, you’re just a Jack a$s.
@shag139 Could be a jackhole, or every other cuss word in the book, but you still DON'T HAVE TO TIP. Tipping is a bonus for good service, not a requirement. Service is what gets as much attention as food. Place associated with poor service, won't have much return customers. So who cares if a tip is not left, you won't be going back to that restaurant/business again anyways.
@@rdramos13 if you cant afford to tip, you shouldnt be eating out. if a place is so bad the service is consistently terrible, why are you eating there? An able person isnt legally obligated to give up a seat for a pregnant woman but we are all going to think youre a selfish scumbag if you dont.
Coffee cake does not usually have coffee in it.. it is just a good sweet to serve with Coffee.
Guys There. Are A. Lot of these In The North also.
If you go just to the South you're really missing out on a lot of great food. And service.
Grits are stone ground corn. Greens are like kale or Swiss Chard. I eat them EVERYDAY. They are no more of an acquired taste than spinach, broccoli or any other vegetable. They are also a nutritional powerhouse. I also blend them in my smoothies.
Some people have greens topped with chopped onion and hot cherry peppers.
Grits are a type of large-kernel corn called hominy. It is an Indigenous food item used throughout Southern North America, Central and South America.
Peanuts are not nuts but legumes. Pecans are tree nuts from North America.
Grits with real butter, maple syrup and a dash of salt is the best way to start breakfast (followed by eggs, corned beef hash (with tobasco!) or bacon or sausage and some hash browns. A large OJ and then a cup of coffee rounds it out)
🤢 BLECH…😊
I can do spinach, but brussel sprouts and collards 😳😳😳🤮
Grits is short for hominy grits because it’s made from dried and ground hominy corn which is corn that’s been treated in a way that makes it more digestible. Grits as eaten is a sort of porridge. Porridge though is a word that only exists in nursery rhymes here though. Oatmeal is oatmeal. Cream of wheat is cream of wheat. Grits is grits. Polenta or cream of wheat would be the closest things to grits.
Also, “homely” is not a compliment here.
I hate regular pickles but I love the sweet and spicy pickles you get in bbq restaurants.
They don’t taste like regular pickles. They sit in a sweet and spicy liquid so they aquire that flavor.
I love a tart pickle. A nice tart and flavorful pickle.
I believe I’ve never met a pickle I didn’t like.
This restaurant and the breakfast place where they tried Biscuits and gravy are both in Savannah Georgia.
You can’t go wrong on a food tour of the states
Please tip generously. The wait staff in the US will depend on the gratuities. Unless the restaurant hosts a lot of people from outside of No. America or you are in a large party, the tip won’t be added to the bill. It is customary (at least where I live) to tip 20% of the entire pre-tax tab or more if you want. If there was a problem, don’t take it out on the server as it was likely caused by someone else.
This is in my hometown of Savannah! Always cool to see someone else celebrate your city.
Seeing our brothers and sisters from across the pond enjoying or atleast wanting to enjoy some of our southern delights really warms the soul! That's why real southern food is soul food. It warms your soul to eat it and it warms the soul of the southerner who cooked it watching you enjoy it or at least hearing you enjoyed it. That's a lil of American southern hospitality
Collard greens are extremely varied by region even in the same state for example they had Savannah style i am from the Piedmont region of Georgia and we prepare it completely differently no lemon with bits of country style bacon and ham in a bit of vinegar sometimes a drop of bourbon.
Collards greens are my absolute favorite. It's best cooked with fat back meat (pork) or if you want to go healthy smoked turkey is the best meat. It's best with vinegar, salt for seasoning, and crushed red pepper. Other veggies that are in the family include turnip greens, cabbage, kale, and mustard greens. They are cooked the same way and they are all bitter in taste but so good.
Baked sweet potatoes are so good!! I eat the peel and everything. They're also fantastic cut in bite sized pieces, tossed in olive oil and baked. 😋
I never smile so much as when I watch your reactions; you have a great variety of videos and always have interesting insights.
I live in Alabama usa. If you soak your chicken in buttermilk or sour milk. Season the milk with whatever spices. Soak for an hour. Flour and fry. Perfect fried chicken.
Family owned restaurants from Texas to West Virginia are just the BEST of the South!!!
When you want great Mexican food, be sure to have it in a "boarder State". California, Texas, Arizona, or New Mexico. The closer you are to the boarder (of Mexico), the better the Mexican good will be.
I've lived in Nashville, Tennessee for 19 years. Southern comfort food is pretty wonderful. I love Peach Cobbler (served warm is best). Fried pickles are much better than you'll think they are.
Looking gorward to your travel blogs near the end of the year. Cheers!
This is soul food, collard greens, yams, fried chicken. African American cultural cuisine
Greens are awesome. Remember cutting in fields as a kid
Collard Greens are not bitter. We cook it down in olive oil, garlic, salt & pepper.
You all are fun to watch… remember in your planning to factor in distances…Austin Texas (Terry Black’s BBQ) to Savanah Georgia (this video) is 17 hours /1,129 miles. You may want to focus on one area to avoid spending all your time in transit.
Oh, yeah, absolutely factor in the distance between the different places in the US, considering that the US is a huge country in comparison to other countries, especially since we have some states that the entirety of some countries, such as England, could fit inside them 😊
Easy basic recipe 3-4 banana (slice bananas) 1 box vanilla wafers 3 boxes vanilla pudding layer bananas and wafers like a lasagna make two boxes pudding as direction on the box adding pudding let set push bananas and cookies down under the pudding until you have most of them to stay down then make the last box of pudding pour it on top let set add whip cream
Collards are not bitter or sour if you get young ones and cook them correctly. Those cooked with lemon look terrible to be honest. Grits are dried corn ground up and boiled. They are great if cooked correctly.
Here's a tip- pronounce it as PUH KHAN instead of PEE KIN.
Collard Greens is a bit of a semi bitter tasting vegetable but to take away and cutdown that Semi Bitter taste it's best to cook the Collard Greens in a tall soup pot with Chicken Broth/Stock with pieces of Bacon or Ham and 1 whole stick of Butter and after cooking season it with Pepper and Garlic Salt....then you have Collard Greens that one cannot stop eating until it's all gone. 🤤🤤😋😋
Nothing better than some fried catfish and greens
Grits are most commonly prepared for breakfast with butter and salt/pepper. Some people prepare it with maple syrup/brown sugar or honey/butter or a fruit syrup. Shrimp and grits is served usually for lunch or dinner. The shrimp is cooked with butter and/or oil (sometimes bacon grease), garlic, onion, sometimes bell pepper, and various herbs and spices such as basil, oregano, chili powder. It varies throughout the South.
Omg.. This vid popped up on my feed and I was smiling becase I love Jolly so much. The "couple" in the caption got me 😂 And Josh does looks like Jim Carrey, it's an on going joke/tease with him.. Olly is just so genuine and cannot hide his opinion and feelings even to save his life and we love him for it! ❤
There's great fried chicken ALL over the US. As a fried chicken lover myself, you will enjoy yourself here.
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We do our collards with bacon, not lemon. Grits are ground hominy corn. Our local catfish house makes biscuits so good they'll make a puppy pull a freight train.
I miss Savannah!!! I grew up in a small town name Glennville til I was 14 and now I'm love in Texas❤
Warn banana pudding is wonderful. We never eat cold pudding. My mom would cook the pudding then layer vanilla wafers between the pudding all the way to the top. The wafers would soak up the pudding and it was like heaven. of course it had the whip topping on top.
Savannah, GA is my home town and Sweet Potatoes has amazing food. Also so much to see in Savannah, very historical and the food is so good.
You might have been thinking of broccoli rabe{also called Rapini} is a veg that a lot of Italians like and it is similar to Collard Greens in that they both have a bitter taste which is why you usually eat them with lemon or garlic and olive oil, which help to balance the bitterness
I waitressed when I was in college and I prefer being tipped. With tips and hourly wage, I made over $20/hr. and that was over 20 years ago.
Exactly.
$20 an hour over 20 years ago goes further than $20 an hour now a days. Just remember that!
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Just remember, a waiter/waitress who made $20 an hour 20 years ago, will probably be making $30 or more an hour now.
@jakesanchez7235 Don't forget meals, goods, and services are more expensive, thus the potential tips are larger than 20 years ago. A server with great customer service skills can make more than the salaried manager from tips. If the business has a great local or national brand, I always prefer jobs with tips or commissions plus small base salary because the earnings potential is greater.
@@tyreedillardI don't like commission sales (from either side - buying or selling) because there's incentive to sell people things they don't need, which is obnoxious. Tips are different.
The secret to good grits is to make sure they've been cooked long enough. It's like pasta, it is easier to eat when it's fully cooked. 😁
Collards are common in the South nut can be found through all the States. I love Collards.
The pickles sounded a lot like "bread and butter" pickles which is a combination sweet and dill or in the middle between a sweet pickle and dill pickle.
I am from the American south and I don’t like collards. I love sweet potato any way you cook it. Corn pudding is delicious
I never heard of collards being cooked with lemon. I think it's more traditional to use a little vinegar and they're delicious.
When traveling from Ohio to Florida to visit my relatives, I stopped in South Carolina to try this restaurant. The food and service was amazing! The banana pudding was excellent but I fell in love with their coconut cake. 😍😍😍
Needless to say, I had to hit the gym extra hard (for a couple of weeks) to work off that trip. 😆
Collards are not sour, it is like cabbage, but greener, I put sugar in mind
I'm borne and raised in the South and I Love collard greens 🥗 and don't cook them with lemons I add a little sugar to cut the bitterness you would like mine and Maze is what the American Native Indians called corn. Can't wait to see you guys in America 🇺🇸 is please visit the South.
Cooked with a ham hock and a little vinegar and sugar, salt and pepper....
@@jimglascoYeah, I cook them with a hambone.
@@IceKnight81 We eat polk salad as well....gotta be safe when preparing polk as it's poisonous.
We do fried chicken well here. You wouldn’t think a single style of preparing chicken would be so versatile, but there are so many meals involving fried chicken you really have to come and see what your favorite is (not to mention the variety of sauces and gravies).
If you've never had banana pudding before one thing you will notice if you leave it in the refrigerator covered overnight it becomes dense almost like cake and oh my God it's worth it all of the flavors from the ingredients seemed to intensify
That little bottle with the green chillies and vinegar goes on the collards ✌️
everyone cooks their collards differently; in the south they use more vinegar.. i do not put vinegar in mine neither did mom who was from Georgia.. just some salted water, smoked pork hock or smoked neckbone or turkey butt and boil until tender,, add pepper or some bacon fat at the end.. yummmmmm
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Fried Chicken is a popular food throughout the entire Southeast United States.
Collared are not supposed to be bitter. I cook mine with bacon drippins, onions and a bit of garlic, salt, and fresh peppercorn pepper.
There was no mention of it in the video, but the left of Josh was a narrow bottle of pepper sauce. My favorite brand is Trappey’s. I use it on a LOT of things, but especially on collrd greens and spinach. MMM MMM GOOD! 🇺🇸
Grits are chopped up Hominey which is a type of Maze corn. Hominey is sold in cans also. It’s also the main ingredient in Menudo, Mexican soup.
A Maize zing 🌽
It’s ground, not chopped.
@@catherinelw9365 whatever, it’s coarsely ground then
When I make sweet potatoes I use cinnamon, brown sugar and butter, wrap it in aluminum foil with butter to cook too
and it isn't hard to make a banana pudding lol, not once had any taste different unless someone used too rotten bananas lol
the sweet potato with pecans and marshmallows easy and classic too
There will be much fewer preservatives in your food at a home style restaurant because so many ingredients are local.
"Nilla" wafers are a must for banana pudding.
I used to stop in at a "bait shop" for biscuits and gravy.
Grits are ground hominy, which is a type of white corn.
Collard greens are best cooked with smoked Turkey leg of ham hocks bacon shot of vinegar yummy! Texture kinda like spinach
Collard Greens are usually doused with some vinegar. Its kind of like steamed spinach. and yes acquired taste
Jacket potato has to be one of the most adorable Britishisms ever.
In the event I HAD to compare collard greens to another vegetable, it would be spinach.
And I concur with other comments here that they’re awesome when prepared certain ways.
In addition, fried ochra is ALWAYS awesome. It has a fairly neutral flavor, and what doesn’t taste great when it’s battered and deep-fried? Hell…
We even eat bull testicles prepared like that here in the states! (Tenderly sliced, though. Not the COMPLETE ball!)
I have lived in South Carolina my entire life and wouldn’t dream of moving. You have to visit Savanah Ga. and Charleston, SC. The food is ridiculously good and the people are friendly and welcoming. Not to mention they are beautiful cities steeped in history. We’d love to have you visit.
Vinegar, that might be what they added. My family is from the south, I love greens, collards, mustard, kale.
Collard greens are delicious if cooked correctly. I don’t add lemon but will add hot sauce
They love it hands down 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
Been there, love it. I live 235 miles away. 4 hour drive from my house.
i always reccomend people go to savannah. its an incredibly charming city with incredible food and lots to do! they have litle parks EVERYWHERE and they are all beautiful. great city to just walk around all day
Sweet potatoes are very common in Texas, and you'll be able to find that with your BBQ.
The South or/and the South East where I live has the nicest people and the best food in America.
Both the southern states and Midwestern states love multi generational, ma and pa restaurants some restaurants are over 100 years old and still delicious. 🤤 ❤ I love sweet potato casserole and butternut squash and dill pickles yummy. Always ask the local people where to go for food and for shopping and stuff.
I live in North Florida. My wife and I decided to spend a weekend in Savannah to eat at Sweet Potatoes restaurant after watching this episode from Jolly. Totally legit! Added bonus, was staying in a historic hotel on the river downtown. History, beautiful buildings from the 1700s, views, restaurants, river cruises, just a brilliant place to visit. We can't wait to get back! Oh, and I'm NOT a fan of banana pudding, but their's is to die for! Best I've ever had.
Gread reaction. Y'all should react to Jolly eating their way through my great hometown of New Orleans. We make some amazing food here.
You would definitely tip her, but you would tip her more. You need to tip every waitress/waiter that waits on you unless the service is horrible. You should do at least 15-20% based on quality of service. For her, I would do 25%. She was amazing. If you don't tip your waitress/waiter, that is really bad. The minimum wage is $7.25 in many states, and they get paid less than that because they get tips. As mentioned, unless the service was horrible, you should tip them. If the food was horrible but the service was good, you still make sure you tip your waitress/waiter because they didn't prepare the food. It is a completely different system in the US than in Europe. You just need to remember that when you come so you don't get someone pissed at you. You don't tip fast food places, or take out places, unless the delivery then you can tip the driver a few dollars.
if you go to Savannah you will experience a true southern town in Old savannah. I live in Atlanta GA and I go to Savannah about once year just for the feel. Enjoy the food and vibe.
The issue with the collard greens is those that are made with/ with too much lemon or vinegar. The best to me is without or lightly sprinkled!
It is not pronounced pecan as a can to pee.
You are right. Collar greens are leafy sort of like kale or watercress.
Banana pudding is a religious experience
The collards greens aren't supposed to be sour. I cook mine with smoked turkey and chicken broth. More often than not collard greens are delicious, it depends on who makes them. Most black people (including me) cook them with smoked pork or turkey. I like mine a little spicy so I put crushed red pepper in them.
Yes go to Savannah! I use to live there and Sweet Potato’s is great. Savannah has sooo many amazing restaurants. Plus there’s also a lot to see and do.
The spices put in the breading is what makes it taste so good
Grits = ground up corn meal.. just like we have oat meal, but it's made with corn and it has a more gravely like texture. I personally don't really care for grits but if you mix in a lot of butter or something else to give it taste. it's not that bad.
Many things i eat separate from other things, but grits are FOR eating WITH other stuff like scrambled eggs or with eggs & taters (and bacon!)
Cheese and butter
Myth: Waitstaff are friendly because they are hoping to get larger tips. Americans are friendly by nature. I know a lot of people from other countries don't understand how this is possible, and are even skeptical, often claiming we're being fake, but, no, we're being friendly. Unfriendly service is the outlier, in my opinion. Why are you in customer service if you don't enjoy serving customers? I was in customer service and I loved my job, my customers, and my fellow employees, why wouldn't I be happy? One customer, he was from a European country (which shall go unspecified) yelled at me, "WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SMILING!?" When the shock of the direct "accusation" wore off I simply repeated what I just said, it's a great job and so are my customers and my fellow employees, and, to cap it all off, I'm just a happy guy!
Collard green are very good if cooked with pork. This place usees lemon, never did that to my greens.
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Sounds like bread and butter pickles. You can get them with or without hot peppers.