Scottish guy tries American Southern Fried Steak and Biscuits 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

I'm a Tennessean and those big heavy meals aren't meant for every day unless you're a hard working farmer. (Which I'm definitely not. 😂) But they're definitely great occasionally.

I like your honesty about taking a break from big breakfasts. Here in the USA, meals that big are usually enjoyed only ONCE a week. If you continually indulge, you will bulge, and we rarely have the time to cook like that except on the weekends. 🥞

We’ve tried and tried to tell the Brits that biscuits aren’t scones…😂 I’m glad you could see the difference…😁

Dude's biscuit drunk. Buttermilk biscuits are an art and one of the finest foods contrived by humans.

The problem with rain in the south is it cools it down for a second but as soon as it stops the humidity skyrockets and it makes it seem even hotter.

Glad to see that someone from the UK finally can distinguish between biscuits and scones. The buttermilk is what makes them light and fluffy and not dry and hard Like a Stone

*_TERMS FOR VARIOUS FRIED EGGS :_* Sunny-side up = cooked only on one side, top side barely congealed, yolk uncooked but warm Over Easy = cooked on both sides with a runny yolk Over Medium = cooked on both sides with a soft, creamy (aka "dippy") yolk. sometimes just referred to as "Dippy Eggs" in parts of the Eastern USA Over Hard = cooked on both sides with a (you guessed it) a fully cooked yolk

That southern food kept our ancestors fortified for a hard day of work. I remember my mom getting up early to fry bacon and make biscuits. When the bacon was done she'd use the grease to make gravy. Nothing beats homemade biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Nothing, except maybe biscuits topped with Grandma's BlackBerry jam a pat of butter. It's cheap, filling, and delicious. These foods built this country and kept people alive during the depression. Most southern cooks have learned how to lighten up most of the recipes. Every now and then you need a plate of Grandma's cooking.

My wife and I live about 10 minutes from the Loveless cafe so we get to eat there often. I always have a hard time choosing between the country fried steak and the pulled pork omelet. Their biscuits and jam are as good as you said. They make a pretty good bloody mary as well.

As a Southerner, it does my heart good to see you enjoying our food so much. ❤❤❤

A little side note on those biscuits. The lady who made them for well over 35 years there, beat out a top chef Bob Flay in a contest to see whose biscuits were the best. Needless to say, she won. And for those who would like to try their biscuits or other products but can't make it to TN, they sell their biscuit mix online.

Nothing like a soft moist Southern biscuit with butter and jam, yum! Food looked great and you are right, Southern food is very filling. Thanks for taking us along, see you at the next destination.

Years ago I heard a saying about differences in the UK and America. In America we think 200 years is a long time and in the UK they think 200 miles is a long way. So funny to me you think 3.5 hours from Nashville to Atlanta is quite a drive. I drive 1.5 hours each way back and forth to work! Love your RU-vid channel and watch all the time!

You know you're eating southern food when you walk away from the table exhausted. I was waiting for, and wasn't disappointed, to see that look on your face you left. Safe journeys to the both of you!

Tennessee/ Georgia BBQ is different from Texas BBQ. It will be interesting to see which you prefer. East of the Mississippi River they use pork where we use beef here in Texas. 😊 P.S. We call them biscuits, you call them scones. You call them biscuits, we call them cookies. Next time you get 'Merican biscuits, get gravy with them. 🥰😛😋

We don’t eat big breakfasts like that often, and if you do, it counts for lunch also. Toast and coffee is my normal breakfast.

Hey Lad! You know, Ive been eating Southern cooking all my damn life and I have never, NEVER, heard it described as pornographic! That might be the best, most accurate use of our common, native language that I've ever heard! Good video!

Thanks for showing us another great place in the USA. Another brilliant video, looking forward to more adventures. Mrs H 💕

Country fried steak and chicken fried steak are pretty much interchangeable. It's a regional name.

Biscuits are a very simple recipe BUT it takes real talent to make em like THAT. An excellent biscuit is PURE PERFECTION.

Even though I just had Catfish for lunch an hour or so ago, those biscuits were making me hungry.

Scones have eggs while biscuits have more butter/dairy and salt. American scones tend to be sweeter and often triangular. Chicken/country fried steaks are one of my weaknesses. :-)

In Florida the northern Floridians are more Southern ( Appalachian) and the southern Floridians are usually more northern.

West TN, middle TN and east TN are almost like 3 whole different countries!

I'm waiting for the episode: Scottish guys tries American Cardiologist. Do this while you're young and and get away with all of these delicious eats!!! Thank you for providing us all of these great places and eats that are clearly must visits!!!

In all my years of living and traveling in the south I have never heard it called "southern fried steak" only "chicken fried steak".

Apologizing inadvance for the Atlanta traffic. It is some of the worst in the country!!!

of course a Scott would love southern US cooking... it's probably the only cooking that fries as much stuff as the Scottish.

As an Oklahoma born consumer and honestly creator 😂 of the finest chicken fried steak consumable. I have to say. That's a "proper" experience you had.

Chicken/Country Fried Steak, Sausage Gravy, and a couple of eggs over easy with biscuits. Now we're talking!! That's a breakfast there!

My reaction to your reaction would be the same as the cartoon character "Homer Simpson". Mmm, biscuits!

3 days and you look like a beat. I wonder how my great grandparents came from Scotland to the Midwest summers and survived before air conditioning

I live near the Loveless Cafe and I knew right wear you were when I saw the opening shot of the biscuits and preserves. Good video. Thanks Shaun.

You should’ve came to North Carolina and visited then hit I-85 all the way to Atlanta

GREAT time of year to be driving to Florida - Heaven help you all; you think it's been hot in Nashville? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Those biscuits looked amazing!

Loosen your belt, go to sleep or walk it off... It all looked amazing ❤

Great video. With the eggs, "sunny side up" means the yolks are uncooked and raw and kind of gummy. When you order the eggs "over easy" the yolk is cooked for a short period by flipping over the egg and it sears the yolk so it isn't as runny.

I know your leaving TN. But Memphis TN is known for the best BBQ in TN. Plus Elvis Graceland is here. Plus Beale St. Sun Studio. Bass Pro shop inside the Pyramid and the Peabody Hotel. Corkys BBQ. Central BBQ and Rendezvous BBQ. Y’all should come this way.

You're driving to Atlanta?!? Oh, I'm so sorry o_O Driving there is a nightmare. I wish you the best!

Those large breakfasts are usually a weekend thing, once a week. I eat fruit or a couple of eggs or a smoothie the rest of the week.

Shaun when is the last time you had a scone and had to stop to tell yourself, mmmm wow!? thats the difference between a scone and a southern buttermilk biscuit 😏

A friend and I went to Nashville for the weekend, several years ago. She introduced me to the fantastic Loveless Cafe. They have, hands down, THE BEST homemade biscuits I’ve ever tried. We even bought extra to bring home. I loved them that much! 😋

My Dad's mother cooked a big meal like that for lunch every day, and leftovers plus any other needed veggies were served at supper. My Grandfather walked to and from his job, so he walked about 5 miles + each day... he was not fat! E. Tennessee.

It's the flour that make the biscuits so light and fluffy. It is soft winter wheat flour.

I found it easy to drive on the other side of the road/car but the narrow roads in Scotland were challenging.

Whenever I go to Scotland, I eat a lot of fish and chips. You guys make it so much better than we do.

I think I've seen almost every one of your videos and it's clear that you really love a few big swathes of American Culture. I'm guessing that your 3 favorite things are:: SOUTHERN COOKING (the first time that you tried "Chicken Fried Steak up at that classic diner in Oregon is still one of my favorite of your videos), - and you seem to really like everything TEXAS, especially San Antonio - - and you appeared to have great experiences at every AMERICAN SPORTING EVENT that you have been to (like the GAMES that you went to in Philadelphia, and the TAILGATE Parties you saw in the parking lots at some sport's stadium, and your favorite one I think was The RODEO. Am I right that those three things are your favorites?

My Brit wife and her family wont try biscuits and gravy. They say, gravy is not a breakfast item, gravy is not white, and they say sometimes the sausage gravy looks gray.

Lol, you can tell you’re in the South right from the start bc you are sweating ur butt off and beet red-and then it rains, lol! That’s the American South for ya! Hot and humid 🥵 Great show and looks like you found a REALLY great example of southern food! My kinda place! ❤️

Breakfast like that, our family usually eat 1 day of the week. Sunday at our house. Saturday, we got doughnuts. The rest of the week - cereal or oatmeal &/or toast.

A biscuit doesn't have eggs in it or sugar. I think that's the main difference. And it's not a cookie. Most biscuit recipes are flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda, shortening (fat) or butter, and milk or buttermilk. Pretty simple.

Chicken fried steak, originally from Texas.

Oh Shaun, you've got to do the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky! Bourbon is your cousins attempts at whiskey making when you don't have the usual grains. Turns out since they were descended from some fine whiskey makers they did a tasty job!

I do a bit of egg yolk, some hashbrowns with a good amount of ketchup and a bit of tobacco, (obviously with the country fried stek) all mixed together in one heavenly bite. God bless america🫡

I think you're the first Brit I've seen actually enjoying grits. Most, like my wife, can't stand it.

You will almost always find that the best places to go to are the local ones that almost look like a dump, but the parking lot is always full of the locals enjoying a great meal.

One difference is that biscuits have buttermilk as an ingredient, I have heard of milk used instead but not as good.

Shaun, did you forget your sunscreen? Way too important friend. Hi Tekka!!

Shaun, very enjoyable, as always. FYI, Southern Fried Steak -- also known as Chicken Fried Steak -- is the American (esp. Southern) version or adaptation of Germany's traditional dish Wiener Schnitzel. Concerning this practice of massively Huge breakfasts, except for some special occasion, I think they are less of a Southern thing and more a feature of rural farm culture. I remember as a kid (I'm 70 now) during the Summer visiting my maternal grandparents in Alabama, who had a big farm. My grandfather and a couple of "hired hands" would gather in the kitchen at about 5:30 AM for a cup of coffee, then go straight into the early morning chores. But then they'd return at around 7:30 for a big breakfast prepared by my grandmother. There would be biscuits (of course) and gravy, ham, bacon, fried eggs, fried chicken, corn in the cob, sliced tomatoes, and a variety of jams. This was the biggest meal of the day. Lunch might be bologna sandwiches or breakfast leftovers. At the end of their work day the hired men went back to their own homes for supper, and I don't know what they ate, but my grandparents are a very light meal, like corn flakes & milk, or that big Southern country favorite, Crumbled Cornbread in Buttermilk! Personally, I can't think of a better way to ruin good cornbread, but generations of Southern country folks have loved it. I thoght you might finf that interesting. Best wishes.

Shaun, try biscuits and gravy layered with a sausage patty and eggs over easy! It's high in cholesterol, but it's worth having to eat light for a couple of days afterward.

I make scones and southern biscuits. Scones have eggs and more sugar. Biscuits don’t use eggs and most use buttermilk instead of regular milk.

hahaha BassPro hat.. Bubba, I mean Graham, ah Stuart.. okay Sweaty Sock..

Hi there. Welcome to America, friend. My name is Shaun, too. I love your channel. I hope one day to go to Scotland. According to my DNA results I'm 45 percent Scottish. My family is Clan Wallace. I've traced them back to the 1500's near Fife, Scotland. Anyway, your channel is fun and I love that we spell our names the same way ( nobody spells it that way, it seems).

They make those biscuits from fat. That's why they're so good.

Hi Shaun. These videos are a lot of fun. It's great to see someone from another country and his take on America---seeing thongs we take for granted through their eyes. PS---the "coolest" accent to me is the Scottish accent.

It needs more gravy. Always ask for a bowl of gravy on the side..

You guy really are takin in the US. I am lovin all of it. 😁

Watch your backside in Atlanta.

My sweet, but bizarre husband, has a phobia of jam. Yes that wasn’t a misspelling. Jam. So when you bit into that biscuit he shivered and I giggled. Lol. That was fun.

Best way to Remer what side of the road just Remember, driver is always in the middle even in the uk

You can order their biscuit mix and jams on line and have them delivered to your home They also have really good BBQ sauces

Biscuits are some of the easiest things in the world to make. Scones ain’t got nothin on biscuits

Scones are dense, slightly sweet, and creamy. Biscuit are much lighter & slightly tart. I think both are equally good. Try & eat on the run with a scone & you might make it there in good shape. Try that with a biscuit, and you will have some crumbs down your front. I think I prefer scones because I don't get them often.

I like biscuits with butter and honey

Looked more like a dinner roll than a biscuit

Going to Atlanta or in the summer time Hotlanta! 🌞 Enjoy

I went to Loveless Cafe years ago and had country ham with redeye gravy. I have fond memories of it. And you're right, the biscuits are jam are delicious!

When my husband and I were first married, we would go to breakfast every Sunday. He always ordered Chicken fried steak and eggs over easy or sunny side up. He's added to his dishes, but that's still one of his favorites.

You've sampled a nice cross section of some of the best the south has to offer! i can taste those biscuits.

Now I want biscuits 😂

@8:37 you're like "Southern cookin' is something else" and you're not wrong, friend. We call it cookin' but yeah, it's Southern if it's good. Biscuits are like scones, but again, you're 100% correct. We use more butter in ours and it just makes it softer.

Atlanta interstates are notorious for heavy traffic, wrecks, and all-around crazy driving. Stay calm and you'll get through it, just a heads up.

Now, I'm craving chicken fried steak with white gravy and biscuits. YUM. I love southern food! My fav restaurant was Black Eyed Pea. The had the best rolls and CFS. Bad mgt screwed it up, financially, and they all closed. Ugh.

Shaun get some sunblock and moisturizer before your face starts to peel.

I do believe that you were drunk on Southern food at the end!

Ay Laddy, you and the Mrs's, are loving the South just like a good Scotsman....

Thanks for visiting us Shaun. I hope you got to see other things around here besides the "tourist" things. Come back and visit again sometime...

Glad you enjoyed the Loveless. I live just a mile away from there. My son is a server at the Loveless he's worked there about 6 years. I often pop over there on the weekend for at least one meal, but that storm kept me at home.. I wish we had met so I could tell you in person how much I enjoy your channel. I found you because of Outlander so I go way back with you. The big barn is used for special events. It can be reserved for weddings, parties, small musical shows even theater. Then you can have the food catered fresh from the Loveless. If you ever make it back to Nashville I would love to show you the rest of the city that we called the real Nashville which is everything that's not down on lower Broadway LOL There's so much more to see and do here. My brother would be glad to take us out on his boat. We could do a river cruise or go out to one of the beautiful lakes around Nashville. There are also many beautiful city parks, festivals, museums, great universities, and of course lots more great food and people. In the fall we have a fun Highland Games & Celtic Festival. It's all very official. The last games O tended in 2022 were opened by some Earl of something or another I wish I remembered his name but he was part of the official governing party of the Highland Games, all the way in Nashville to kick things off. Like much of the southeast, we have a very large population of descendants of Scottish and Irish immigrants. Most of them settled in North Carolina and Tennessee in the early 1800s I look forward to seeing your adventures in Southern Florida. Blessings to both of you and stay safe!

It's time to switch up in Atlanta and have oysters, Korean food or peach shoemaker. You did make me want to drive all that way to get biscuits from Loveless's though.

To me, breakfast food for dinner is awesome. It’s a full, delicious meal anytime.

Back in the day when the southerns worked in the fields everyday a big breakfast held them thru with not much for lunch, till supper. Now it’s a weekend thing. With after church big family meals Sunday afternoon.

Risk it for the Biscuit

American biscuits are made with butter and love.

Looking forward to watch this ! ♥️ 🤤

Scones have more sugar and they have eggs and flavoring such as vanilla extract and less butter. The texture is usually denser. Biscuits rarely have eggs. Has less sugar and no added flavorings. If done right, the texture is light. Going by the recipe for biscuits that I use compared to a scone recipe, biscuits will have 4 ounces (113.4 grams) which is one stick of butter compared to 6 tablespoons (85 grams) or 3 ounces of butter for scones. I think it’s the egg that makes scones denser, but I never had biscuits with eggs so I don’t know what the texture would be for those.

Shaun, the best way to deal with a big breakfast like you ate is a big nap, moderation is the key. love your videos.

Ha don’t feel bad about being overloaded on several days of Southern breakfast. No one I know eats like that everyday, more of a weekend treat. As a kid we’d often do big biscuits & gravy breakfast on Saturdays. The rest of the week it was oatmeal or cereal though. These days it’s pretty much 1 or 2 scrambled eggs and 2 pieces of bacon or sausage as my typical breakfast.

Refreshing to see your perspective on the culture and the eats. Enjoy!

Growing up in the south (and I still live in the south) you can see/taste why southern food is so ingrained with our southern culture.

Since you were able to post this video, I'm glad to see that you survived the incipient food coma that you were obviously struggling with at the end of the video! Carry on and I'll be watching for your next one.🙂