Yeah, going to the Piggly Wiggly sounds like fun. Going to the Giant Eagle sounds like you may never make it back.
And let’s not even talk about going to Ralph’s.
They’re not typically sold in the USA either, unless something has changed in the last year or two. Normally, you can only get them at Christmastime over here.
Just want to put this out there: one southern delicacy I haven’t seen mentioned yet is pickled string beans. Sounds awful, but they’re actually quite good!
Here’s another American Original, which I doubt even most American’s have eaten. Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake.
Trader Joe’s, dude. Available year-round. They even have raspberry ones!
When I was a bartender in New Orleans, we had to watch the supply of those because some people couldn’t stop eating them after they tested one in our Blood Mary’s for the first time. I had to watch myself as well because they are yummy and addictive. Unfortunately, they only exist in a small geographical area as far as I know. It is a market failure that they haven’t become nationally available because lots of people really, really like them from the first bite.
I can get them year round here… and I could up in VA too. I didn’t realize these were seasonal in some areas.
Wal-Green’s, Target, and as mentioned, Trader Joe’s.
Year-round chocolatey goodness.
Hmmm. I have all the ingredients for this at home. Hmmm.
How do you feel about Apostrophe Nazis? 
:smack:
I meant they were wretched in that they looked homeless, by the way. I didn’t make that clear, either.
Neither did Lib make it clear that the “t” in “Xtians” is redundant, as “X” in this context already stands for the word “Christ” in its entirety. I think that was his only point, although with this guy you can never be wholly sure. 
It’s a fun name, but you really don’t want to go into one. Some of the most horrific foods I’ve ever seen are carried within, especially in the meat department, and I have never been in one, be it either old and crumbling or brand new and shiny Mega Piggly Wiggly, that didn’t smell like stale baloney. They are intrinsically repulsive, and the clientele and staff are ususally pretty scary, too. I can only speak for coastal Mississippi and Louisiana, of course.
Oh, and those pickled string beans? Heaven! There’s a chain based in New Orleans called Copeland’s (the owner of which is also the founder of the yumminess that is Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits (to drag this back into the subject of American food), and they serve their Ragin’ Bloody Marys with one of those beans as a stirrer (in lieu of a piece of celery). Oh, man, they are to die for! (by the way, I found some here, but I can’t vouch for this particular brand)
I know what you’re talking about. That place is famous. I’m having a Bulgaria-induced brain fart, though.
You know what I want? Some caramel popcorn. That shit’s awesome.
Yeah, whoa there, hoss. There are some very high-end Pigs around. I know of at least one in Birmingham. Usually, though, I wouldn’t describe them as “horrid.” They’re normally just kind of run-of-the-mill, blue-collar grocery stores in little Southern towns. Nothing to write home about, but the only store in the vicinity.
Neither can I. The ones I had were independently made… maybe even by a home pickler. I don’t remember.
Whatever socio-economic and cultural traditions are represented in the pickled string bean, I suspect they’re betrayed by a jar of them if it’s marked at $6.
I seem to remember from Bonnie and Clyde many years ago, when their media myth started getting out of control, one of them says something like “they said we held up a Piggly Wiggly”. I’d never heard of it before and I thought it was hilarious. But I did also think it was a joke name.
Weird as it may seem, the first video I ever bought was from a Piggly Wiggly. I think it was Wall Street.
Very good observation. However, the Copeland’s beans are almost assuredly mass produced, so there may be a chance that the ones I had are similar to these, especially since they are being marketed specifically as Bloody Mary garnishes. I’m willing to bet your home mades were better, though.