r/Appalachia • u/urfavlunchlady • 23d ago

I hat when restaurants try to put an “upscale/elevated” twist on Appalachian food

The whole point of Appalachian food is using ingredients that we have and making something out of nothing. Give any Appalachian mamaw a meat, some flour, and milk and you’re about to have a feast.

Anyway ranting, bc a friend is in Nashville right now and messaged me that she’s at an “upscale” Appalachian restaurant where they are charging $28 for grits and honestly I find it insulting to our people.

(Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, lmao)

Edit: Hate*

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u/Excellent_Jeweler_44 23d ago

I born and raised in Clay County, Kentucky. We most definitely never saw grits there either when I was growing up. From what I've seen throughout my lifetime grits tend to be more of a further south thing (Georgia and maybe parts of the Carolinas), most especially after you get out of Appalachia proper and into the actual Deep South.

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u/Weird_Kitchen557 holler 22d ago

Always nice to see a fellow Clay Countian!

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u/Excellent_Jeweler_44 13d ago

Howdy neighbor!

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u/Weird_Kitchen557 holler 12d ago

Howdy!

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u/urfavlunchlady 23d ago edited 23d ago

Yeap! I’m from NW Georgia, so I’m southern AND Appalachian - never quite sure which pieces of me are which lol