Mississippi
4 dishes from Mississippi, cooked the way the place cooks them.
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Delta Hot Tamales
Small cornmeal tamales rolled in shucks, tied three to a bundle and simmered standing up in seasoned liquid, then served in that liquid with saltines.
- Total
- 2 hr 15 min
- Serves
- 6
- Calories
- 712 per serving
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Fried Catfish with Comeback Sauce
Pond-raised fillets in a fine cornmeal crust, fried hot and drained standing up, with the orange garlic dressing that Jackson's Greek restaurant families put on everything.
- Total
- 45 min plus rest
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 812 per serving
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Mississippi Mud Pie
The baked version the state's own encyclopedia describes: butter, chocolate, sugar and eggs in a pastry shell, with a thin cracked crust over a soft chewy middle.
- Total
- 2 hr 45 min
- Serves
- 8
- Calories
- 653 per serving
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Slugburger
A thin ground-beef patty stretched with soy flour and mashed potato, fried crisp in deep fat and dressed with yellow mustard, dill pickle and raw onion.
- Total
- 1 hr 15 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 755 per serving