My hubby's favorite meal is fried pork chops, brown beans, cole slaw, corn bread, pan fried potatoes, mixed greens, and coconut creme pie. My experience with Southern food vs Northern is that it seems the North does a lot more of one dish meals; "Hot Dish" casseroles, stews, etc. Sorry I know this was suppose to be one word answers, but I saw that it had been expanded. Helen in Ark