No offense to Southern DU'ers but, MOON PIES ARE GROSS!!!!

[Taverner]

Marshmallow sandwiches?????

Don't those melt or something in that heat???

RC cola is okay...but the moon pies are bit on the disgusting end, sorry.

And I will repeat, corn bread is not bread, its cake :P

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. what the hell is a moon pie?

[Taverner]

4. A marshmallow sandwich

Basically two slices of some kind of donut like sweet bread, with marshmallow in the middle, covered in chocolate...

Almost as appetizing as a deep fried snickers bar...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. blech

:puke:

[GOPisEvil]

13. If you ain't ever had one, you got no cause to puke!

:P

Dammit.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. Yeah, Moon Pies are edible!

[GOPisEvil]

19. I don't get the craving very often, but when I do, I must have one!

Or two.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I think it's some kind of cookie.

Never had one -- can't get them here.

[HeeBGBz]

33. Marshmallow sandwiched between cake w/chocolate

Not my most favorite snack but if someone hands me one, I savor it.

[jmowreader]

115. Quite possibly the most disgusting thing you will ever put in your mouth

Imagine taking a sheet of shirt cardboard, sanding it a little to rough up the surface, then sprinkling it with vanilla extract and about a pound of sugar and cutting two circles out of it. Put a big glob of marshmallow fluff between them, then apply a coat of artificial chocolate that's slightly thinner than a piece of saran wrap.

Now expect people to eat this thing.

If you want a Southern confection that's actually edible, screw the Moon Pie and go straight to Goo Goo Clusters. These are caramel, peanuts and marshmallow dipped in milk chocolate.

[rfranklin]

2. Geez, I thought you said "moo-pies"

Man, those things taste terrbile!

[yvr girl]

3. It's a quick bread

I don't think we have RC Cola or Moon Pies up North.

[tigereye]

24. we have em in Pennsylvania

I had a buddy from Tennessee who loved em.

[GOPisEvil]

5. At least describe it right!

It's two graham cracker cookies sandiwching marshmallow and covered in chocolate. It's like a giant s'more.

[yvr girl]

7. Sounds like a Wagon Wheel

[Taverner]

I thought a wagon wheel was

two ritz crackers with a slice of cheese in the middle?

[Shell Beau]

18. They also have vanilla, banana, and strawberry.

[southlandshari]

57. Oh man - they've got lots more than that, now

Though I will admit I'm not so sure about some of the new flavors. I've seen raspberry and vanilla raspberry - but those were gathering dust on the shelves of the local filling station, and I'm in the heart of Alabama!

:scared:


Give me a double decker chocolate Moon Pie any day of the week, and I'm a happy camper!

[Shell Beau]

69. Eeeww

Those sound gross to me. I haven't seen those yet, but I can't say that I have been looking either.

[Phentex]

22. That's it! And it's yummy!

:P

[Bouncy Ball]

9. CORN BREAD IS NOT CAKE!!!!

WTF KIND OF FUCKED UP THING IS THAT TO SAY???

:D

Ok but seriously it's not cake. It's not bread, either.

It's CORN BREAD. And it shall NOT BE DESECRATED.

Corn bread made with a tiny bit of sugar in the batter, hot, with melted butter, HOLD ME BACK. Have it with a bowl of Ranch Style Beans and I'm in heaven.

[xultar]

79. AMEN BB! You are speakin' da Truf.

[notadmblnd]

86. thats how my family likes it too

baked in a cast iron skillet. goes great with sweet potatos, collard greens and fried chicken. And I live in the north

[BikeWriter]

87. Amen!

[jmowreader]

116. I would rather vote for Tom DeLay than eat cornbread

Cornbread SUCKS, man. Always has, always will.

And don't say I'm saying that just because I haven't had your cornbread. Your cornbread sucks too.

You guys want to know what the two most blasphemous things in the world are? One is corn bread dressing. You know, for turkey. The other is those little bags of croutons you're supposed to make bread dressing out of.

[tnlefty]

10. I agree, and when the strawberry coated ones came out they

were even worse!

[Shell Beau]

20. Yeah those were gross, but banana on the other hand...

[tnlefty]

32. Okay, banana was better with a really cold glass of milk.

I could never stomach one with a soft drink, though.

[Shell Beau]

37. I could as a child b/c

children tend to like anything that can rot
out their teeth faster.

[MadHound]

11. Sheeeiiiiittttt!

No better sugar buzz in the world when I was a kid! Moonpies and soda, yes indeed. Had to get wound up somehow in the morning, and I couldn't have coffee until I was fifteen, so sugar it was. Tastes good too.

You just don't know some of the finer things in life when you see them:evilgrin: Hell, I could make you some cornbread that would make you think cake.

[supernova]

12. BLASPHEEMMMERRRRR!

:spank: :spank:

No more midget cokes and peanuts for you! :spank: :spank:

:P

[Bouncy Ball]

16. THAT'S RIGHT!!!

[48pan]

14. In the NY western area we have...

Half moon cookies. They are big chocolate cake/cookies half frosted with vanilla and half chocolate frosting. Yum. I loved them when I was a kid, but I can't get them where I live now. The only ones I've seen had vanilla cookies.

[Shell Beau]

15. Mmmm.... I love banana Moon Pies.

[Taverner]

25. I shall show you and all the others true bliss

First, you must have an It'sit...it's a San Francisco thing.

Basically two huge oatmeal rasin cookies, with vanilla ice cream in the middle, covered in chocolate. This beats moon pies by miles.

Then, to do it right, you have some horchata. This is rice milk with some sugar and cinamin in it. Good stuff.

The two go together in a way that moon pies and RC can only dream of...

[Shell Beau]

29. Would sound good if I like oatmeal raisin cookies.

Maybe if you switched the oatmeal for chocolate chip cookies! Mmmm!

[Taverner]

31. But the oatmeal raisn cookies just work

I don't like oatmeal raisin cookies either, but they work in It'sits. I have no idea why. Kind of like how wilted cabbage is disgusting, but in the form of Sauerkraut on a Bratwurst it just works.

[Shell Beau]

38. I also don't like sauerkraut or bratwurst.

But I'd be willing to try the cookie thing!

[Xithras]

110. You mean they don't have It'sIt's everywhere?

I've eaten these things all my life and I don't think I've ever actually read the package...I just assumed they were made by one of the national companies. You're right though...an It'sIt on a hot day like today is the closest we can come to heaven on a cookie.

Now if you'll pardon me, I have to walk down to the store and buy a pair of It'sIt's (One to eat there, and one to eat after I get done walking back here in this 103 degree heat).

[southlandshari]

61. For you, darlin'...

Ignore the rest of these uncultured louts. They know not of what they speak!

;-)

[CottonBear]

21. Moonpies are yummy! *takes off jacket & throws hat on ground*

http://www.favoritesof.com/products/moonpieframe.html
This DUer who grew up in Chattanooga, Home of the Moonpie, takes umbrage at your statement regarding Moonpies. :grr:

A Moonpie and an RC Cola with a peanut in it is the food of the Gods! :)

And one more thing, cornbread is a quick bread. And what's more, I'm enjoying some at this very minute. Take that! ;)

[ihaveaquestion]

23. Southern corn bread is really bread - it's not sweet at all.

The further north you go the sweeter it gets. In New York it's a lot like cake and my (ex)in-laws hate it. They're from Alabama and put no sugar in it - it's definately more of a bread. Yum!

[spinbaby]

26. In the north they add flour

Northern cornbread also has flour in it, whereas southern cornbread tends not to.

[Bouncy Ball]

55. FLOUR????

Flour in the cornbread? You've GOT to be shitting me? Only cornmeal allowed!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. Here in Texas it's often hot and spicy

They add cheese and jalapenos. :9

[alarimer]

102. That's really good!

I love cornbread in all its forms though.

[Shell Beau]

39. And the greasier the better! Mmmmm.

Southern cornbread is the absolute best!

[Bouncy Ball]

54. Hey I put sugar in my cornbread!

I'm from Texas and it was my grandmother who taught me to put it in (born in TX in the early 1920s).

[Lilith Velkor]

85. Not a flame, but

Southerners seem to put sugar in everything, and I noticed the tea is pure sugarwater.

Not my thing, but Moonpies are yummy, and RC is my cola of choice.

[BikeWriter]

88. If you work out in our heat all day the sugar gives you energy.

I take my tea plain now, but took time to break the habit.

[Lilith Velkor]

96. That kinda makes sense.

Also, don't they still grow sugarcane down south?

(OT: DC gets these insane 100F/100% humidity heatwaves that last a month, nothing will give you energy then. That's why they used to shut down Congress in the summer.)

[BikeWriter]

114. I remember days here on the Texas Gulf Coast framing houses...

It seemed like we'd sweat gallons. As humid as it is most of it would run off you instead of cooling you. We'd drink great big glasses of sweetened tea with lunch and dinner. It sure tasted good then.
They still do sugar cane in some places in the South, though Imperial closed their plant near here.

[Bouncy Ball]

94. More in the southeast.

Here in TX we do HAVE sweetened tea, but it's not as......much of a LAW as it is out in Alabama, Georgia and other parts out there.

I lived in GA and AL for a few years and the first time I ordered iced tea in a restaurant the waitress said "SWAYTAY?"

And I was like "HUH?"

And she sighed and said "SWAYTAY?" I wondered if she was being affectionate with me or what.

That's when I discovered they actually BREW it sweet. In TX, you usually can only find it normal and if you want it sweet, better bust out the sugar packets.

But there, it's like a religion. I laughed the first time I was in a Taco Bell in Georgia and saw TWO huge tea urns--sweet and unsweet. Guess which was one almost empty?

And BikeWriter's right, it's a HARD habit to break, lemme tell ya. And the sweeter, the better.

[BikeWriter]

95. You're on the money about brewing it sweet...

As you'd know, there's a lot of difference in the flavor if the sugar is dissolved in the hot tea or added after it's iced.

[BikeWriter]

99. Why tea tastes sweeter when brewed with the sugar in it.

"When you put crystals of sucrose into water, they dissolve. The hotter the water, the more sucrose you can put into it before the liquid becomes saturated. By boiling a concoction of sugar and water you can put more sugar into the boiling water than at room temperature.
Once you’ve got the boiling water loaded, you add an acid (lemon juice or cream or tartar) that causes a chemical reaction that breaks crystal sucrose into two simpler sugars: fructose and glucose. Neither forms crystals. So when the water evaporates away, what’s left is non-crystalline candy."
http://www.courier-journal.com/foryourinfo/031703/031703.html

[Lilith Velkor]

100. The very thought of it makes my teeth curl.

I likes me some cornbread with a little honey, though.

I tend to drink green tea, which too mild to add sugar for my tastes. So maybe if you put a little sugar in it it'll be plenty sweet, since there's no bitterness to counteract.

[walkon]

27. Well, they taste a lot better

after you fought for them at Mardi Gras!!

[Orsino]

30. Just cookie, chocolate and marshmallow.

Which of these ingredients don't you like? Or is it the particular execution?

[MissMillie]

48. that sounds like a Malomar!

and who doesn't like Malomars?

[Shell Beau]

58. Yeah, but it really isn't like that. But they are

both marshmallowy.

[JimmyJazz]

34. You're just not happy unless your ass is on fire, are you?

:o

[Taverner]

41. Well I do love a good ass of fire

Why, you got a lighter?

[Dhalgren]

35. I am a southerner - and moon pies suck the big one!

[xmas74]

36. I've never been a big fan because I don't like marshmallows.

My best friend is from GA and is a huge fan. I buy mass quantities of them for her every single year for her birthday and she in turn buys me a huge supply of those damn caramel coconut chocolate Girl Scout cookies for my birthday (they call them something different in each region of the country).

[CottonBear]

40. Moonpie link for ordering all varietys in quantity!

http://www.favoritesof.com/products/moonpieframe.html :) :) :)

[xmas74]

43. Thank you!

Her big 3-0 birthday is in three weeks. Normally, I give the money to a friend who can get some decent supplies. I'll try this site this year.

[CottonBear]

46. You're welcome! I had the site bookmarked from the last DU moonpie fight!

We Southerners are passionate about our food! ;)

[xmas74]

53. If only you had a link to the Varsity she'd be in heaven!

[CottonBear]

73. I do have a link to the Varsity! Let me go look for it and I'll post it.

:) I live in a town with a Varsity! I'm partial to Frosted Oranges! :)

[xmas74]

74. I'll send her the link if you find it.

She loves the Varsity!

[CottonBear]

75. Here you go! Cholesterol levels are rising as we post!

http://www.thevarsity.com/

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/The-Varsity

The Varsity is known for the cashiers shouting "What'll ya ha-ave?" and for their special terminology: Download high resolution version (1928x2444, 430 KB)The famous V sign of The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia]]. Taken by J. Glover (AUtiger) on December 12, 2004 . ... Download high resolution version (1928x2444, 430 KB)The famous V sign of The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia]]. Taken by J. Glover (AUtiger) on December 12, 2004 . ...

Naked Dog a plain hot dog in a bun
MK Dog a hot dog with mustard and ketchup
Regular C Dog a hot dog with chili, mustard, and ketchup
Red Dog a hot dog with ketchup only
Yellow Dog a hot dog with mustard only
Yankee Dog a Yellow Dog
Walk a Dog (or Steak) a hot dog (or hamburger) to go
Steak a hamburger with mustard, ketchup, and pickle
Chili Steak a hamburger with chili
Glorified Steak a hamburger with mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato
Mary Brown Steak (or Dog) a plain hamburger (or hot dog) without a bun
Naked Steak a plain steak
Sally Rand Steak a Naked Steak
N.I. Orange a Varsity orange without ice
F.O. Frosted Orange
Joe-ree coffee with cream
P.C. plain chocolate milk (always served with ice)
N.I.P.C. A P.C. without ice
All The Way with onions (on a hot dog, hamburger, etc)
Bag of Rags a bag of chips
Ring One order of onion rings
Strings french fries
Sideways onions on the side

[xmas74]

76. She'll love this!

[Shell Beau]

47. Huh! I forgot about Goo-Goo's.

Never really liked them b/c I don't care for nuts, but it brought back memories.

[Taverner]

51. Now I do loves me a goo goo cluster bar

[ksilvas]

42. Banana Moon Pies RULE!!!!, and frozen, heaven on a hot day.

[southlandshari]

67. And one for you, too:

[Debbi801]

44. i love moon pies...

We have them in maryland, too.

[southlandshari]

45. Locking

Flamebait.

:evilgrin:


Ohhhhhhh...how I wish I could!

[supernova]

49. LOL!

:D Our resident Moonpie lover! :D

[brainshrub]

78. Noooooo!

Moonpies are the key to happiness. They must be discussed.

[WCGreen]

50. I love Moon Pies and I'm from the North Coast

[dbt]

52. Cornbread still AIN'T cake* and

If you think Moon Pies are gross, go get you a Goo Goo Cluster!

*unless you add sugar and flour, at which point all bets are off.

[Bouncy Ball]

56. If you add FLOUR it's cake.

My family has been adding a little spoon of sugar to the cornmeal batter for generations (Texas).

[dbt]

62. For the uninitiated, Bouncy Ball and I have just reopened

the great Cornbread Schism, which has been raging in the South since roughly 35 AD. To wit:

One side holds that there is NO sugar in cornbread at any time, under any circumstances, not even at gunpoint.

Infidels put sugar in theirs.

:evilgrin:

[Bouncy Ball]

66. Them's fightin' words.

:grr:

[dbt]

72. Yeah, I know...

but it will serve to demonstrate unto the Northerners how very little it takes to set us off--and how long we can cleave to our Noble Causes.

Those who wish to learn more about such behavior would do well to research the Broken Springs (Mississippi) Cornbread Feud of 1911, in which 24 members of the same family murdered and/or injured each other severely in what was described by newspapers of the era as "a rather heated disagreement."

:hi:

[BikeWriter]

89. I'm pro-sugar in cornbread, too.

It's the only way to make it.

[Phentex]

68. Aunt Jemima put it in hers!

so there

[supernova]

71. I'm with you dbt

No sugar in the cornbread for me! :D

[HamstersFromHell]

112. Real cornbread do not have sugar!

Requires well seasoned iron skillet (mom used a Pyrex bowl that was no longer transparent it'd seen so much cornbread), and if you think it's "sour" w/o sugar, you're leaving out the teaspoon of baking soda.

The shit that Jiffy puts in boxes and calls corn muffin mix is no relative of real cornbread. :puke:

[youspeakmylanguage]

59. They're disgusting. So is RC Cola...

Nothing offensive about it at all!

[jandrok]

60. Little Debbie and I are wantin' to kick your ASS for sayin' that!

How in the world could you not enjoy a delicious moon pie? Sheesh!

[southlandshari]

63. I'm alerting on this @#%$^ - I think it is a personal attack on a mod!

[BikeWriter]

90. Tell 'em, Shari!

[kick-ass-bob]

64. Hey! I am from the south and...

I have to agree 100% with the moonpies.

:D

Corn bread is cake?
How are you making it?

It is nothing like any cake I've ever had.
:shrug:

[Saphire]

80. Yeah, cornbread is bread, you eat it with supper. Anything called

a cake would be a dessert. Corn-cake??? I think not! Mmmmmm, I have a cast iron skillet from my granny that must be 75 years old by now, and it makes the best cornbread ever. And to show how really deep my east texas roots are, has anyone ever heard of dog bread????

[Missy Vixen]

65. oooooh you might want to rethink this one

:evilgrin:

Here comes southlandshari, and she loves the Moon Pie.

:evilgrin:

Julie
:loveya: Shari!

edited for stupid spelling error...

[southlandshari]

70. Thank you, Julie!

And the rest of you in the anti-Moon Pie crowd - back off!

I will get redneck on your asses if necessary. Julie is my witness - I do know the fine art of snatching troublemakers bald-headed!

Don't I, darlin'?

:toast:

[Taverner]

77. Ruh Roh!

Does that mean Shari will shave my head while I sleep?

[southlandshari]

83. Shaving would be a LOT less painful, darlin'

than what I have in mind. And you would be wide awake (and sober) before the snatching of the hairs on your head commenced!

;-)

[Missy Vixen]

92. LOL

:rofl:

>I will get redneck on your asses if necessary<

We're having some fun now...;-)

Julie

[Lone_Star_Dem]

108. I promise never to mess with your Moon Pie!

OMG! "I will get redneck on your asses if necessary." :rofl: !!

[southlandshari]

109. Now you of all people

know exactly what I mean, don't you!

;-)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

111. Indeed!

:toast: :D

[Burma Jones]

81. I am a true devotee of Southern Cuisine

Except for Moon Pies, I never liked them, never. I always thought the cookie part was lousy. I am a Goo Goo Cluster Guy.....

Now, if Bobby Flay were to come up with a $10.00 Moon Pie, it might just catch on in the North......:eyes:

[southlandshari]

84. LOL!

And since you cite another true Southern delicacy, the Goo Goo Cluster, your bizarre distaste for Moon Pies will be forgiven.

I must admit, even I draw the line at pecan logs from Stuckey's, so I'm no purist, myself! Ick!

[Throckmorton]

82. Yea, Moonbats are pretty disgusting, thats why I avoid freeperville.

Or are they asshats, I get them mixed up sometimes.

[Wapsie B]

91. Corn bread is bread

the way I've made it here, which is with corn meal and sugar, never flour. Johnny cake is the bastardized version of corn bread made with flour.

Moonpies are ok. I've been able to get 'em here for years. But GooGoos are the best. Love the Peanut Butter ones.

[terrya]

93. They are a tasty delight! Yummmmmmmm!!

[TreasonousBastard]

97. An enormous Mallomar with an extra cookie.

[TreasonousBastard]

98. IF I CANNOT MAKE A BALONEY SANDWICH WITH IT...

IT IS NOT BREAD!

[BikeWriter]

101. When's the last time you had a fried b'loney sammich?

That's too long! :)

[TreasonousBastard]

103. Fried baloney? Food of the gods that is!

[BikeWriter]

105. I love 'em! :-)

[TreasonousBastard]

106. But, do you make them with cornbread?

[BikeWriter]

107. I eat my cornbread with my beans and greens and nope, it isn't cake!

[sniffa]

104. they seLL them in the 'LittLe debi' aisLe at super markets

in new hampshire.

[Maddy McCall]

113. Banana and Vanilla Moon Pies are the food of the gods.

Most delicious sweet snack in the world. YUMMMMMY!!!!