While I gave a thumbs down to southern cheese styles yesterday (of the string and cottage variety), I figured I’d throw a few bouquets to certain southern foods which are out-of-this-world great.  Much like the things I learned to crave in Chicago (deep dish pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs – both of which I can get down here), the items I’ve listed aren’t exactly what we would consider healthy.  Consider these Guilty Pleasures and I am Guilty as charged, even though I rarely have them due to not wanting to be 300 pounds.

Chik Fil A chicken biscuit

Oh sweet Lord.  When I was introduced to this heavenly breakfast concoction soon after I moved down here, it instantly became my favorite breakfast food.  Who knew that chicken could be a breakfast food?!  Of course, since it’s chock full of artery clogging goodness, I limit my intake of these to once every few months.  But when I do splurge, it’s 5 minutes of bliss as I savor every bite.

Chik Fil A chicken nuggets

Prior to having these, most people’s conceptions up north are of McDonald’s “chicken” nuggets and also of your standard frozed food variety like Tyson’s.  Chik Fil A’s nuggets are actually nuggets!  Each one isn’t shaped like another, thus giving the appearance that it’s actually a hunk of chicken and not a uniform chunk of ground up chicken muscles and beaks like they serve at the Golden Arches.  Dip these in honey mustard and you have a combination as perfect as pork chops and applesauce or turkey and cranberry sauce.

Krispy Kreme donut

Right before we moved from Chicago to Atlanta, there was a news report of long lines forming at the first Chicago-area Krispy Kreme.  I thought it was insane for people to wait in long lines for a stupid donut.  It wasn’t until I moved down here and had my first fresh, hot donut when I realized why there was such hype about it.  It tastes like an angel’s fluffy mattress was dipped in the Fountain of Life which is filled with hot icing.  For you Dunkin Donuts aficionados, your stores have NOTHING on a hot Krispy Kreme original donut.  Sorry.  Case closed.  You can’t win this argument.