Southern Weddings

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, nearly 1000 of y’all voted to send your favorite Southern bites and beverages to the Elite Eight! Welcome back to the 2014 Southern Weddings Mason-Dixon Madness Tourney!

Today, we are saying goodbye to pecan pie (Lisa’s championship pick) and Emily’s beloved deviled eggs. Krispy Kreme and Cheerwine, both native North Carolina delicacies, survived and advanced. Sweet tea is sweetly sailing along through the competition–I can’t say I am too surprised!

I am betting that the Elite Eight match-up this week between fried chicken and BBQ is going to be a doozy. I was born in the BBQ capital of North Carolina, but good gracious, I do love a good piece of cold fried chicken. My advice? Take your time before making your picks and daydream about your favorite memory of eating each delicacy before making your final selection. :)

Here’s how our bracket is looking now:

All four #1 seeds are alive and kickin’, with spots in the Final Four AND bragging rights as category winners up for grabs! Your vote counts!!

RSS readers, be sure to click through to access the poll!

This week has been so busy, I haven’t gotten around to having my ham biscuit quite yet. To honor it after being voted out this week, I think I will have one for breakfast tomorrow. Feel free to join me, perhaps with a big slice of red velvet cake on the side?

Written with love by Kristin

For the love of BBQ and sweet tea, welcome back to the 2014 Southern Weddings Mason-Dixon Madness Tourney! From the number of votes cast during the Round of 32, it seems like y’all called your best friends, mamas, grandmamas, and neighbors in an effort to make sure your favorite Southern delicacies made it into the Sweet Sixteen. For my own part, I am sad to report that all my efforts didn’t earn my beloved pimento cheese a victory, as cornbread advanced to the next round.

As you may have seen from our social media chatter, a couple of match-ups were neck-and-neck going into the final day of voting. Krispy Kreme pulled off the upset victory against the #2 seed, banana pudding, thanks to some Twitter pleas from Team Krispy Kreme and a strong response from the “Hot-n-Now” lovers among us. Cheerwine smoothly rolled along, much to the delight of Emily and our NC cohort, and Coca-Cola (a questionable “Cinderella” as a 10-seed) is proudly marching on as the lowest-ranked bite or beverage in the final 16!

If your head exploded over having to choose between hushpuppies and biscuits in the last round, be prepared to consider holding a head-to-head taste test when making decisions this time around. Trust your tastebuds! BBQ vs. shrimp and grits? Ham biscuits vs. fried chicken? May the best bite win!

Here’s how our bracket is looking now:

After analyzing the final tallies, rest assured that your vote counts! The match-up between ham biscuits and chicken and waffles came down to a dozen votes out of hundreds and hundreds cast. To ensure your favorites make it another round, keep voting!

Has anyone been inspired to try a new-to-you Southern delicacy or mix up an old favorite? Sound off below–I, for one, have been craving a ham biscuit for the last two weeks!

Written with love by Kristin