# Favorite White Trash Foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807 "2014-01-14T20:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/21 "2014-01-15T01:09:23Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > Dont forget Redeye Gravy! My mom RIP was a less than accomplished cook and sometimes the only edible thing was the gravy thickly spread on white bread. I was going to ask if bread and gravy qualified as white trash, or just poor people food. I came here to mention it, and you already had. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/22 "2014-01-15T01:12:39Z")
Well, we were far from poor, and not really white trash, so I think it was just a Southern thing really. Or a Depression Era holdover, as in, dont throw anything away. For my sister and I it was a survival tactic - nothing else was edible! ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/23 "2014-01-15T01:18:15Z")
Dried beef gravy over toast, ham salad sandwiches (no ham in them- filling made with bologna, Miracle Whip, mustard, sweet pickle relish, and some Ritz crackers to stretch it out, all put through a meat grinder), and the more recent spicy Ramen noodles with a slice of American Processed Cheese Food melted into them. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/24 "2014-01-15T01:21:09Z")
Does White Castle qualify? ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/25 "2014-01-15T01:38:35Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Does White Castle qualify? sliders! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/26 "2014-01-15T02:28:58Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > sliders! Four people just found a gateway to another dimension, but they forgot one problem… how to get back! ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/27 "2014-01-15T02:34:08Z")
Chicken fried steak with hash browns and lots of peppery cream gravy. Ain’t nothin’ better. It does horrible things to my cholesterol, but makes the rest of me very happy. And ditto on the fried liver. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/28 "2014-01-15T02:39:41Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Ramen noodles with a slice of American Processed Cheese Food melted into them. Funny you should mention this: I had a ramekin filled with dried-out KD left over from the weekend; late last night, I filled it with milk to rehydrate the macaroni and stuck it in the microwave. It came out a little too soupy, so I added a shredded slice of white bread, a spoonful of butter, and a slice of American processed cheese and stirred it until it was nice and creamy. It was quite nice.\* Waste not, want not! \*Would have been even better if I had sprinkled a little paprika on top, but I didn’t think of it until it was too late. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/29 "2014-01-15T02:56:40Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Chicken fried steak with hash browns and lots of peppery cream gravy. Ain’t nothin’ better. It does horrible things to my cholesterol, but makes the rest of me very happy. Top it with a fried egg and it’s perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/30 "2014-01-15T11:45:52Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Of course if you want to be fancy, you serve canned pears on lettuce filled with mayo and a maraschino cherry on top; makes the rest of the meal elegant. My mother used to make that when I was a kid. Ahh, memories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/31 "2014-01-15T16:14:10Z")
Chipped beef gravy on toast (shit on a shingle) Bacon gravy on toast (gravy made from bacon fat and flour and salt) Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/32 "2014-01-15T16:35:15Z")
I may offend some people, but I’ve always thought of Mountain Dew as being white trashy. Not sure why. And while not a food, I’ve had a similar feeling about Juicy Fruit gum. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/33 "2014-01-15T16:40:44Z")
Breakfast on a golf trip to Myrtle Beach SC was fried eggs with a pork chop slathered in gravy. Later that night we had fried lobster. Delicious white trash fare for sure but I wouldn’t want to eat like that everyday. White trash cheese dip: One whole block of Velveeta One can of no-bean chili (hot!) One bunch of scallions green and white, chopped Put it all in a crock pot until melty and gooey and les yum! ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/34 "2014-01-15T16:52:50Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Breakfast on a golf trip to Myrtle Beach SC was fried eggs with a pork chop slathered in gravy. Later that night we had fried lobster. Delicious white trash fare for sure but I wouldn’t want to eat like that everyday. > > White trash cheese dip: > > One whole block of Velveeta > One can of no-bean chili (hot!) > One bunch of scallions green and white, chopped > > Put it all in a crock pot until melty and gooey and les yum! This is kind of like something my wife makes for us sometimes, which is just a can of Hormel turkey chili with no beans and velveeta microwaved together with some Fritos to dip it in. Yours sounds pretty awesome though. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/35 "2014-01-15T18:33:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Funny you should mention this: I had a ramekin filled with dried-out KD left over from the weekend… > > ( I read that as KY :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/36 "2014-01-15T18:47:45Z")
Quote: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **SeldomSeen** > Chicken fried steak with hash browns and lots of peppery cream gravy. Ain’t nothin’ better. It does horrible things to my cholesterol, but makes the rest of me very happy. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Top it with a fried egg and it’s perfection. [Coulda’ used a little more gravy though](http://www.roadfood.com/photos/20665.jpg) ;)🙂 'Scuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/37 "2014-01-15T20:11:36Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Quote: > > [Coulda’ used a little more gravy though](http://www.roadfood.com/photos/20665.jpg) ;)🙂 > > 'Scuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard… That’s what I’m talkin’ about. It was the only reason I used to look forward to business trips to San Antonio. The hotel had a giant kick-ass chicken fried steak plate with gravy and fries. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/38 "2014-01-15T22:36:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Fried corn (not deep fried corn-on-the-cob) As in corn fritters? One of my dad’s favorite foods until around the time his heart landed him in the hospital for a month. ---
**Author:** ![ShallowEnd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@ShallowEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShallowEnd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/39 "2014-01-15T23:23:45Z")
Black Bottom Pie, boiled peanuts. I love this cookbook too [Cross Creek Cookery](http://www.amazon.com/Cross-Cookery-Marjorie-Kinnan-Rawlings/dp/0684818787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389828095&sr=8-1&keywords=cross+creek+cookery) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-white-trash-foods/678807/40 "2014-01-15T23:57:33Z")
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