Editing American cuisine (section)

====Common features====
[[File:Biscuits and gravy.jpg|thumb|left|Biscuits and gravy]]
[[Pork]] is the popular choice in 80% of Southern style barbecue and features in other preparations like sausages and sandwiches. For most Southerners in the [[History of the Southern United States#Antebellum era (1789–1861)|antebellum period]], corn and pork were staples of the diet.<ref name="Warren2007"/> [[Country sausage]] is an ingredient in the Southern breakfast dish of [[biscuits and gravy]]. [[Country ham]] is often served for breakfast and cured with salt or sugar and hickory-smoked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/458/458-223/458-223.html|title=Dry Curing Virginia-Style Ham – Publications and Educational Resources – Virginia Tech|date=December 18, 2012|publisher=Oubs.ext.vt.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102124507/http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/458/458-223/458-223.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Accompanying many meals is the southern style fluffy [[biscuit (bread)|biscuit]], where the leavening agent is [[baking powder]] and often includes [[buttermilk]], and for breakfast they often accompany [[country ham]], [[grits]], and [[scrambled eggs]].