Exploring Tennessee Cuisine

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Biscuits and Gravy

Biscuits and Gravy consists of soft dough biscuits covered in white gravy (sawmill gravy), made from the drippings of cooked pork sausage, flour, milk, and often (but not always) bits of sausage, bacon, ground beef, or other meat. The gravy is often flavored with black pepper,

Biscuits and gravy originated in Southern Appalachia of Tennessee in the late 1800s. It is inexpensive, filling, and a great breakfast dish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits_and_gravy

A Moon Pie

A Moon Pie is an American snack, popular across much of the United States, which consists of two round Graham crackers, with marshmallow filling in the center, dipped in a flavored coating. The snack is often associated with the cuisine of the American South, where they are traditionally accompanied by an RC Cola. Today, MoonPies are made by Chattanooga Bakery, Inc., in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

According to Chattanooga Bakery, they came up with the idea for moon pies when a traveling salesman ( Earl Mitchell) for the company asked a Kentucky coal miner what kind of snack he would like to eat, and the miner requested something with graham crackers and marshmallows. Popular folklore, repeated and encouraged by the Chattanooga Bakery itself, states the miner then asked that the snack be "as big as the moon",[1] which inspired the name "moon pie".

https://moonpie.com/