{"id":2180,"date":"2026-06-27T04:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:11:24","slug":"this-is-the-most-popular-comfort-food-in-sc-national-geographic-says-do-you-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2180","title":{"rendered":"This is the most popular comfort food in SC, National Geographic says. Do you agree?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>If you were going to pick a comfort food for South Carolina, what would you pick?<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2178\">Here\u2019s the food SC folks love grilling the most \u2014 it\u2019s not burgers or hotdogs, new ranking shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Grandma\u2019s fried chicken?<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Aunt Frances \u2018 peach ice cream?<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>That delicious shrimp and grits you had at a cozy coastal restaurant?<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>National Geographic has selected a comfort food for each state.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Some you could probably guess.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hot dish in Minnesota, whole hog barbecue with vinegar pepper sauce in North Carolina, barbecue burnt ends in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>And there are some that may be a bit foreign to our Southern palates like booyah in Wisconsin, a chicken and vegetable stew with Belgian roots; chili with cinnamon rolls in Nebraska that came from of all things school lunches in the 1940s; seafood gumbo with a hard-boiled egg in Louisiana, which is considered the equivalent of meatloaf and mashed potatoes, National Geographic said. (They also said you can put potato salad in the gumbo instead of the egg.)<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think South Carolina might have gotten grits, but that went to Georgia or lobster rolls in Maine, which got blueberry pie and Connecticut got the lobster rolls.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u201cComfort foods often come in two varieties: easy to make, and those that evoke feelings of coziness,\u201d Casey Corn, a chef and food anthropologist, told National Geographic. \u201cThey can make you feel better because they taste good or provide a sense of nostalgia. This is why they\u2019re deeply personal: representing who you are as an eater, and also reflecting your culinary culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2176\">Teen was killed by stepmom who used her 2 sons to hide evidence, NC sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The magazine says South Carolina\u2019s comfort food is mac and cheese.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very telling that you see mac and cheese on the table at almost every Southern holiday gathering; a true sign of comfort and nostalgia,\u201d Jon Buck, the executive chef at Soby\u2019s in Greenville, told the magazine. \u201cEvery family has their own recipe. It transports you back in time to a certain place, with certain people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of restaurants where you can get good mac and cheese in South Carolina, according to Yelpers. 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