Tennessee

• Memphis Barbecue Spaghetti

  Chopped smoked pork shoulder simmered into a tomato-and-molasses base, with spaghetti boiled, drained and finished in the pan until it has drunk some of it.

  Total

  1 hr 15 min

  Serves

  6

  Calories

  660 per serving

• Banana Pudding

  Boiled custard poured hot over vanilla wafers and sliced bananas, with the leftover whites beaten into a meringue and browned on top — the dish as the southern church cookbooks printed it in the 1920s.

  Total

  50 min plus 1 hr resting

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  418 per serving

• Memphis Dry-Rub Ribs

  St. Louis-cut spareribs over charcoal and hickory, basted with nothing but vinegar and water, and shaken with the rub a second time as they come off the fire.

  Total

  5 hr 30 min plus overnight rub

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  780 per serving

• Nashville Hot Chicken

  Fried chicken lacquered with a paste of cayenne and the fat it just came out of, served the way north Nashville serves it: on white bread, under pickles.

  Total

  1 hr plus brining

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  989 per serving

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