As a kid growing up in the south, I never understood the whole racial stereotype with fried chicken because I had never met anyone who didn't like it. Great video! Very informative.
I grew up in the north, and I always thought the same thing. Fried chicken is delicious. I have literally met no one who wasn't a vegetarian/vegan who didn't emphatically say, "Yes," if anyone else suggested they have fried chicken for lunch/diner.
BTW... as a white boy growing up in Texas, I ate collard greens, okra, sweet potatoes, fried chicken, chicken fried steak, and grits (my favorite)...later someone told me that was Black Soul food...I said "What??? that was just food!!!"
Had this very same discussion with a white man years ago,( I am Southern, SC here) around the time when the movie Soul Food came out. Tbh, he was on the hefty side & I remember he stated something like " I don't know why people think only black people love fried chix, collard greens,mac & zz, black-eyed peas, pinto beans, biscuits, cornbread,chix & dumplings peach cobbler, pound cake etc....I'm white & I eat all of the above. I don't call it black people's food or whoever , I call it good eating."😆😆😂😂🤣🤣
It’s black soul food because it’s the food y’all ancestors didn’t want. We got the left overs and made it delicious with our flavors Hello. White southerners need to quit acting obtuse. “We all ate it” 😂
And it turns out watermelon is one of the healthiest foods there is. It is insanely good for you. It's not some junk only fit for poor people. Watermelon is gold. If they had known back in the day how good it was, they would never have allowed poor folk to eat it.
It wasn't until a year or so ago that I encountered people on TH-cam who did not like watermelon. I nearly said this time what I said then, everyone likes... I dont say that anymore. I have come to realize that there are some crazy people.
I don't like it when he stated that the Scottish fried chicken was "unseasoned" when he just told everyone how the Scottish prepared their chicken before frying it. But also, spices wasn't available everywhere to everyone and people had to work with what they have. It was all about trading spices, goods, animals, weapons, material, etc.
@@disguiseddv8ant486 seems like they hadn’t really considered spices. But I do like when he explains slaves were forced to eat even dead chickens so they cleaned that meat and used spices to mask any poor flavor. Now we all add spices to chicken. Very interesting history.
Me too! Reminds me of wonderful summer picnics me and mom would prepare together including real steeped Lipton iced tea, with dissolved sugar and tart lemon 🍋! Great taste 👅! Washington DC - Assateaque Island; Ocean City MD - 1970’s.
I love this! My father was a 1st gen Japanese immigrant and soul food was his favorite! We always had it on special occasions. He said it brought him even more comfort than the food from his childhood
@@lugerstonecock I live in Florida and drive 50 miles to a place that sells their own watermelons. They're absolutely delicious. I love living here because of all the local food.
I grew up in Ohio and my stepfather always had a pot of greens on the stove. We ate fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread, sweet potato pie, all that stuff. I remember when watermelon had seeds in it. Big glasses of lemonade and iced tea. I moved to Seattle and discovered this little chicken joint called Ezell’s. Some of the best fried chicken. I used to buy big buckets of it and eat it cold and drink beer and watch football or basketball games. Soul food is the best food. I may have to get some chicken and ribs tonight.
#FACTS ALSO, TO RUNAWAY SLAVES. A PIECE OF CHICKEN AND FRUIT SUCH AS AN APPLE. THE FRUIT WAS FOR THE BEVERAGE AND ELECTROLYTES. YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY....
I'm Japanese but I'm a big fan of both your American-style fried chicken (KFC, Popeye's) and our Japanese-style fried chicken (called karaage). In fact, I've never met anyone who did not like fried chicken.
I remember as a kid growing up hearing about "soul food" on TV. So I was always sort of curious about "soul food". One day my job took me to Louisville Kentucky and I ran across a soul food restaurant. I went inside and looked at the steam table as it was cafeteria style. I thought to myself "Heck this is the same stuff my mama cooks." I had been eating soul food all my life and didn't even know it.
It is pretty shocking how some people managed to create negative associations between a delicious meal and people who enjoy it. Quite interesting how the first fried chicken kind of came from two places at once
When you are convinced by the high tier of society to, as a society, hate minority groups, you can find anything to hate and mock about them. Regardless of if it makes sense or is true. It also further helped mentally dehumanize and self justify the oppression of fellow human beings. Well. Not much has changed. History does tend to repeat if not properly learned
@@MrInuhanyou123 As if the sad past was not enough, the society simply does not learn that pigeon-holing people into superficial identities just divides them and pits them against each other.
I’m black and to be honest I love ribs, veggies and beef. And not all black people this includes blacks in the United States , blacks in the Caribbean Island and blacks on the African’s continent like or love chicken. Many of us blacks do eat healthy and we are vegetarian and we don’t eat meat like that and if we do eat meat it’s a small percentage.
@@cartier2312 Americans in general need to make a lot of progress towards a healthy diet. Imagine if learning to prepare healthy and simple dishes was part of the school curriculum
Fried chicken: the ultimate anomaly. Something so good, used to separate and denigrate. Yet people around the world have so much in common with the dish.
Thank you my friend. You agree, I agree, but there's still this pesky racism thing to shoo off. Wish I had an answer for the people 'cause I already figured it out. You're welcome to my house and table, neighbor, check your guns though, capiche?
Exactly. People don't know that evryone loves fried chicken. They think black people "love" fried chicken, go to South Korea, fried chicken and beer joint on every corner, celebrities even compete on variety shows just to win a chance to eat some fried chicken, it's like that.
Me too. LOL. Eat it with boiled potatoes and corn with a apple soda or coke.Sounds like a-GREAT-meal to me !!! Mind if I come to join you for a Sunday meal in Colombia ??? I'll bring the potato salad. LOL.😋😋😋😋
Wow! With all my info gathering as a history hobbyist, this was a big surprise! You manage to find the most interesting information and I thoroughly enjoy your content!!
This a very popular one. I just learned korea learned fried chicken and bbq grilled foods from blks too. My korean friend from the army even confirmed it i was shocked but not shocked lol
What a fascinating video, and glimpse into the way one seemingly unrepresentative aspect of something can come to define the whole thing according to people who aren't that bright
Yep, I lost the plot thinking about those “culinary gnomes” running about the kitchen. Not sure I’d like to see a “menstrual show” though. Probably a good idea to edit the subtitles after the auto-generated content. It’s a shame that the subtitles rob interesting content of its efficacy.
One of my coworkers at my last job invited me and a bunch of us to his house for a cookout. Him and his wife made fried chicken and other food with recipes that was passed down from his family all the way back to when his ancestors were slaves and it was fantastic. He said to me “you haven’t been to a cookout until you’ve been to a black family’s cookout” and he definitely wasn’t lying lol.
@@1976smbI had to create new family recipes for my children bc I gave up eating pigs, cows, butter, sugar, pasta, bread, dairy, and wheat 50 years ago. European food makes our health deteriorate, and our food of fresh greens, black eyed peas, cornbread, fresh fish, fresh fruit, and squash keeps us alive
@@crankybastid2197 I didn’t but they loaded me up with plates full when I headed home lol. I’m going to be grilling up some deer meat for them and I’ve already dropped them off about 50lbs of raw deer for them. I’m gonna try to get him out for deer season this firearm season so I can take him on his first hunt.
One of the first real meals I remember as a little girl was my grandma’s fried chicken. I loved the drumstick because it was easy for my little hands to hold. She would serve it with mashed potatoes and either fresh corn on the cob or green beans. Sometimes she would make either cornbread or biscuits to go with the dinner. That was my favorite meal. I never associated it negatively. To me it was always associated with home, love, and good times. I also learned almost every good cook has his or her special recipe. The best fried chicken places are usually small and the chicken is made using a family recipe that has been handed down for generations. America really owes a debt of gratitude to those early cooks who invented what has become a national dish.
Church Bird is another name for fried chicken. Cheapest meat to buy when grocery shopping but when did wings become more expensive than legs thighs or quarters even in restaurants I'd rather buy a over priced burger than a 4 piece wing now
I had a restaurant manager tell me years ago they used to throw the wings in the trash because no one really ate them. Now today they are the most popular piece on the chicken. That's why their so expensive...
Wow, thank you I never understood why this was a thing. I was always like "Everybody loves fried chicken!". What I learned from this is that media seems to be the cause of a lot of our problems.
Trust me, bruh. More than black folks love fried chicken. I worked for a Gray's IGA grocery store. Whites loved it. All I heard was give me the usual lol
I being a quarter Scottish, I now know why I love fried chicken, but I am so glad African Americans added spices. In my area we have some places that don't add spices to their fried chicken, nor do they offer hot sauce. While I love KFC and Popeye's, the way the grandma of a former African American girl I dated made hers, was on a whole nother level, and I wish I got the recipe.
@@PeanutGallery89 I didn't think of checking on here, but from my attempts in the past copying recipes, things get close, but just don't match, and sadly makes me miss it more. But I've also learned emotional connection plays a big part in how you remember flavors and smells. Sadly she passed within a year after that girl and I split and while I was deployed.
It's a.lie. Fried chicken with batter is Black Americans origin. It's not scottish and it dis not come from africa. Africans weren't frying chicken and weren't frying chickennin batter. That's revisionist lies. There is a reason Noone was doing it before Black Americans. Because it only was started by Black Americans.
Facts, blacks taught the world how to frie chicken as its known today. The original Scott's where black as well. Not the same ppl that reside in that land nowadays.
@windog551 I actually do. This is another i.migrant lie to steal Black Americans Culture. You all mocked it, now trying to claim it. Also, how you make something that the ingredients are INDIGENOUS to America. Yall may have had chicken, but you didn't make it fried like it's known now. ITS Black Americans origin. This is documented in old books. So stop the revisionism.
As a White guy, I thought everyone liked fried chicken. It's delicious. I still don't get why it's considered stereotypical of blacks, or any other identity.
My mother used to marinate chicken pieces overnight, and then baked them in the oven for Sunday dinner, Served with roast potatoes and steam vegetables 🥦
Fried Chicken was, and is, enjoyed by just about every single culture worldwide. My understanding is that frying is a food prep that, besides being tasty, is a useful way to set and keep the protein in an age before refrigeration. If we knew that we going to be working in the field all day, we would pack a lunch of foods that will “keep” without the benefit of sitting in a modern day fridge or cooler. Great video, as usual.
They're still doing it now,in today's society.Black citizens are still considered lazy,being inferior to whts,dim-witted,criminals.They blame black citizens for all the-CRIME-in america also.
@EidelmaniaOh please. Like the euro race are saints. They have been k!lling , st£aling and destr0ying globally for centuries. For example, the British m0narchy. The French , Dutch , Spaniards… People in glass houses should not throw stones. Add the 🇺🇸 g0vernment too!
All this talk about fried chicken and there is a soul food place down the road from me. Absolutely delicious and reminds me, a white man, of the food my white great grandmother used to cook when I was a kid growing up. Fried chicken, okra, greens, hog jaws, spinach, mashed potatoes and gravy (brown) biscuits and gravy (white), all the goodness that was here in the south in central Florida. Miss you grandma!
Excellent documentary. Might want to proofread your subtitles/captioning. I’m white of German descent and my wife is Taiwanese. We both love fried chicken and watermelon. Taiwanese food culture is replete with fried chicken as a staple element of numerous dishes. I love your matter-of-fact delivery of this information, aimed at enlightening others to the intricacies and nuances of black culture in a positive and informative tone. Thank you for this, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing your other videos!
I'm half Japanese. I love fried chicken. Out of what I've had, black people have made the best, and my favorite. As for watermelon, I'd say there are more Asian people who love it than black people. Thanks for helping to dispel stereotypes. Just know that I see it as something that brings all people together.
If you ever have the chance, try Korean fried chicken. They learned the recipe from the blk people in world war 2 that were allies, and then ran with that shit. The double fry (at 2 diff temperatures) just make it so much more crispy and juicy, makes all the diff. As a blk man myself, i didn't think we could be outdone, but Korea has us and it's not even close in the chicken game
@@draperscott7698 it really depends on your korean population, if you live somewhere like Kansas where there isn't a lot of korean ppl, they don't even try. it's like "we know this is the only spot you can get this, we'll charge you 30 bucks and not care" when you are in k-town though, that shit always slapping
I didn't get the stereotype till now. We all love fried chicken, and it's especially very popular in Japan, too! Karaage dates back around the 1600s but wasn't introduced in restaurant menus until the 1930s. It's very cool to see where it's originated and how cultures do theirs differently.
That and if you don't wash it;especially the thighs. You end up with this slime between the loose skin that has a mild barnyardyness. When I was in Asia they washed the chicken. The only place I didnt see it done was europe and particularly France and Germany. Adam ragguessa has an entire video on why you shouldn't wash the chicken and needless to say we Inna comments roasting anyone who disagrees 😂
Very interesting, very well presented, with excellent images and explanations. As a hearing impaired person who often finds closed captions horribly inaccurate/annoying, your transcript is a real blessing, very easy to read and totally in sync with the narration. I am looking forward to viewing more of your videos!
When I was in the Army, I made fried chicken everyday, for over three years for lunch, and dinner. From cutting up the chicken to, marinating to, dredging to, frying to, serving. I stopped using the recipe card almost immediately. I came up with my own herbs and spices. It went over so well, I was selected to cook 50k pounds for REturn of the FORces to GERmany (REFORGER), one year. Was the longest day of my life. I had four 55 gallon barrels cut lengthwise, that I used as fryers. Three, on two sides, and two, on one end. The open end was to move the chicken. Btw. I was one of only three white guys, in my unit of 50 cooks. I was also the only one who could make BBQ sauce, from scratch.
@@potbellyfatguyfromnewyorkcity You must not have served, in the 1/15th, 3rd ID, before Desert Storm. If you had, you'd know, if you were white, you were wrong.
I've often wondered and asked where these stereotypes started. This is what my family has ate since I can remember as a child (I'm old now and white). My Dad always said the same. Grandma always killed the chicken for Sunday dinner. I never understood why black folk were stereotyped with the fried chicken and watermelon. Good video!
I was born in 62 and it was around back then but that whole time period was a strange one. Everyone had a religion. The religions did not like each other much. People would openly ask what your ethnicity is because most were children of immigrants. And jokes about the race would follow and of course if they were irish or polish etc they would have to hear one back at themselves. So the jew and the priest and the baptist in a bar jokes were openly said and razzed each other. But you also have to remember the second world war had not been to long before this and many were still alive who had been through the great depression, vietnam was going on and people didn't know if they would see their sons again. History is taught in parts and often glamorized. The hatred for the japanese was still very raw for many. They had their reasons when you look up what they had done. It bothered me because I didnt understand. But when I found out why they carried that hate for so long I understood but didn't carry it myself. Those generations before us all went through a lot of evil stuff. We just need to stop the carrying on of it.
In her 1903 book titled Education, Ellen G. White wrote, "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength."
Who the hell is making fun of you? Nobody cares ugh 😫 the miserable drum beat of perpetual self loathing is enough already! It's unattractive and tired and old.
@@jeltoninc.8542Sorry but they made fun of black cuisine long before Rap Music and this new black culture of today. Yup, like black people are supposed to love fried chicken and watermelon. Don't forget hog intestines, I know plenty of blacks that won't touch them
Around 7 minutes in you mention the explosion in fried chicken consumption, around WW2. The reason for this largely comes down to the fact that chicken, since it was labour intensive and not often eaten, it wasn't a rationed meat in America. This also led the A&P grocery chain (pre-Walmart) to establish competitions in fairs for farmers to breed a superior chicken. They were successful in breeding chicken stock that was around three times bigger, and matured quicker than the regular chicken at the time. Both of these together really helped increase the consumption of chicken which in turn led to the fast food chains sprouting up - because there wasn't a limit on the consumption of this meat during the war and so it was an easy thing to promote.
Did you know the KFC produced in Black nations - especially those in the Caribbean - is utterly and completely different from the KFC produced in the rest of the world? I don't know about in the U.S. but here in the U.K. KFC is now practically inedible. However, in the Caribbean, it remains crisp, tasty, and delicious, especially in Antigua.
@@darkcharmrecords The last time we purchased it as a family, the chicken was literally rotten to the point where I could smell it. I took it back, and they gave me another rotten bucket; we were pretty much done with it after that. If you ever get the opportunity, try the KFC in Antigua or Jamaica. I'm 58, and their KFC reminds me of the KFC my late mother would sometimes treat me, my brother, and my sister to on Sunday nights here in the UK, when we were kids
They went downhill when YUM brands bought them out. I haven’t had a decent chicken breast from there since ‘99 when my roommate used to bring home buckets after his shift ended.
@@zeroturn7091 don't forget that the US govt. made everybody change the oil everything is fried in. nothing tastes as good as it used to, even potato chips.
Never knew fried chicken went that far back! This was a great story I can't imagine frying chicken without seasoning! That's like baking a cake without flour😵😂 still black people do it best👍👍👍💃😋😋😋
It doesn't. Learn botanist and you'll see all these immigrant lies to steal Black Americans Culture. Africans keep trying to displace Black Americans Culture as their imprint. Crops were introduced to africa. Learn the true origins of crops. America
I agree we have the best fried chicken. Guses the best chicken in the world to me was originally made by blk people, the Nashville hot chicken came from us as well. We all know chicken and waffles comes from us
My mom never put season salt on chicken wings I ran away one day didn't eat almost 2 days my friends mom gave me some wings with that was seasoned my eyes opened like Adam when he bite into the fruit Eve gave him now I know I call my girl no welps cause I slavery time the mater would say don't beat her the hands make the best chicken
We Asians have been frying chicken centuries before any of you existed in America. The domestication of chicken happened in Asia thousands of years ago. That's how far back this Asian legacy traces back.
For such a small country, Scotland has had a massive foundational influence on modern western culture. Being Scottish myself, I take great pride in our ability to deep fry everything in sight.
The amount of influence that Scottish people have had on Western culture is extraordinary but is nothing compared to the ability of the English to take credit for the accomplishments of others, so let's not forget about how fried chicken was invented by the English.
@@matthewmoore7447could say the same about how the Scots played a HUGE part in colonising the world in the name of the British empire, but somehow convinced the world they are victims to English imperialism. Now that’s clever.
@@windog551 i like history, different perspectives are important. n bein intrigued in world war 2, i never found a channel that had a uniquely black perspective on the matter, so its coo.
Love this video. Well put together with the art and history, The narrator -- old country boy, and even the information about stereotyping. Great video.
I'm a white guy and I'm in love with good fried chicken! I still have fantasies and memories of how KFC used to taste in the 80's when i was a kid 😋 🍗 got too corporate and changed by the mid 90's. I bet the original Kentucky Fried Chicken when restaurant first opened was bomb 💣 anyway I've been to all kinds of different cookouts & bbqs and love it all baby.
Oh Yes, KFC was the bomb when they first opened in the early 80s.My Parents would send my Sister and I to get a whole bucket of chicken. The BEST. Aah Memories
It's entirely different, as Col. Sanders would lament. He hated what they did to his recipies. Called the mashed potatoes unfit to be wallpaper paste. Brutal. And he was right.
It's not worth explaining to you if you have to ask. Being educated on new things and absorbing facts about such things, is a sign of intelligence. @@joesmith5247
I’m from Eastern Europe fried chicken was a weekend ritual. The whole black ppl fried chicken stereotypes threw me for a loop. Also, fried chicken is best with parsley garnished baby new potatoes fried in duck fat.
@@OGdienomyte850No one is more emotional than niggas in the USA.😂 Worse than women. No self control whatsoever. I guess an absent mother and a hoodrat of a mother would produce such a being.
As an Indonesian it's amazing to see that almost every culture now have some sort of fried chicken recipe (that's coated in batter). In here because the big chains like kfc and mcd are expensive to us, locals had made their own recipe. Now every city has their own local fried chicken joint. Every culture here (Indonesia have very diverse culture groups) claims that their recipe is the best. It's so interesting to see the origin of this deep fried goodness and see it essentially becoming one of our own culture.
As a Haitian American, in our household, fried chicken was never part of our culinary habit. We ate Haitian food which did not include fried chicken. But guess what? I ate the best fried chicken in a pit stop in Port-au-prince
I grew in a small town in Canada in the sixties and seventies. My mom made the best fried chicken, and watermelon was a treat in the summer! I don’t think I ever hear of any racial association with fried chicken and watermelon until I was in my twenties.
This doesn't come as a shock.. We as a nation of people , never get credit or respect for anything positive or the thing's contributed to make life better for people.
That was a really well made and informative video. Thanks for sharing. Just one thing... The subtitles were crazy. I couldn't concentrate on what you were saying waiting for the next hilarious misspelling, or completely different wording to what you were saying. At one point the subtitles substituted "minstrel" for "menstrual" 😱 I look forward to more videos from you, but PLEASE sort out those captions.
Which chicekn restaurant has the Superior chicken??! I chose churchs first olace, second place is chik fil a after that they just start tasting the same.
In my nutrition class in college we were told too wright about our favored foods in a 500 hundred word essay and presentation mines was fried chicken and watermelon. I went on how much money fried chucken makes American corporations across the world.
In her 1903 book titled Education, Ellen G. White wrote, "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength."
@@earlbee3196 she was a racist and nothing is more nutrition dense than egg thats soft boiled or cooked anyway with the yolk still creamy. She did not have any idea about absorption of fats and proteins from food sources.
Fried chicken is beyond delicious, and anyone who thinks otherwise must be insane. I am Cherokee, and wish that our human history wasn't filled with such horrific treatment with each other. Yet all those things have brought us here at this moment learning from the wrongs, and hopefully making it harder for those evil ways to return to any form of reality.
If you're bothered by the horrific treatment of people throughout history, just remember that although we more easily note, record, and remember the bad things, people treated each other well FAR more often than they treated each other poorly.
Ha...I've always wondered how it was so tied to just one race...great explanation of the history! Thank you. Now, I don't know if the jokes and stereotypes will ever go away, but there's nothing to be ashamed about, and much to be proud of in formulating everyone's love for this food.
Even in Canada, I remember when I attended a basically, all white elementary school, some kids in grade 6, 7 and 8 ( in the 80s) would from time to time bug me about me liking watermelon and fried chicken. They used to mimick a southern US accent when they used to make remarks to me about it. It was only kids joking around, but you know these jokes came from the parent's conversations at their family times. I did feel a bit self conscious about eating watermelon and chicken in those days. Adolescents are sensitive about everything!! Now, I could care less, but it is interesting how those kids learned from the older people and the media.
Strange huh? kids can be rotten little twirps and what a stupid thing to be saying to anyone when you really think about it. But as a girl and my name being Denise, I would get called dennis as if that was funny. I found it stupid that they couldn't find something better than that to get my attention and isnt that really what it boils down to? They wanted your attention.
9:05 I honestly don't see that as racist. I'm mexican and if you replaced black people with mexicans in that commercial and it was a bucket of tacos i'd legit be laughing my ass off
@@cheerio4000 cultural differences i guess, its an interesting subject in itself i feel like. a lot of people in black culture get offended over things that i feel like aren't even a big deal but then again idk if its valid or not. something i have to think about.
I've heard this stereotype referenced for years but never knew where its roots were. Thank you for explaining. The video was interesting and well put together, but the errors in the embedded subtitles were distracting.
Fried chicken is biblical. The people of the bible lost their identity, culture, etc as the Bible also mentioned would happen and called by words, etc. Leviticus 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
You listed the spices the Scotts used right before claiming they used no spices. Vinigar, garlic, bay leaf, salt, pepper, oregano, and parsly are listed. As well as wine and butter. Of those seasoning elements at least 5 are spices. Most of those ingredients are not native to Scottland, and are hard to grow there.
One tiny problem with your video: When you said “Culinary norms” at 2:39 , the subtitles mistakenly read “Culinary gnomes,” which now that I think about it is a pretty fun idea that you should definitely pitch to Pixar.
Fried Chicken is delicious, everyone eats it.. white people people from Europe and everywhere else around the world, African Americans need to be proud of their culinary delicacy. I know I am, because I know where it came from and I know why the food exist with aside the African-American community, and for me that's a very prideful thing, I feel no shame. Even if it's thrown around as a racial trope
Great history presentation. The west African connection and evolution of the food through time was very well done. Properly done fried chicken is always a culinary highlight. I have also read it was a way of making prpared chicken "portable" (for a reasonable period of time) during the post-bellum migration of freed slaves to northern industrial centers. Good job.
That fried chicken recipe in that brittish cook book didn't sound too mundane. It was missing the seasoning but that wine induced batter, garlic cloves,bay leaves & grated oregano sounds bomb. I don't know about marinating the chicken in vinegar for 2 to 3hr step though. Sounds sour to me
My thoughts and sentiments exactly. Sounds good. I wasn't too sure about the vinegar either. Perhaps it was a small amount to tenderise the chicken and impart a bit of tangy flavour as well.
I do this with salt it tenderizes and cleans it. Same as using lemon or lime. The acid breaks tough the toughness and the salt help the meat retain moisture when it's cooked.
This video is very insightful. Just found your channel, liked and subscribed. Fried chicken is my favorite kind of chicken! I often wondered about the origins. Thank you for the content. I look forward to more videos.
It's biblical. It was created by God himself to his people who lost their identity, culture, etc. "BLACK PEOPLE" Love it because it's literally been with them for thousands of years. Leviticus 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
@@adamwithouteve8691 stop inventing fantasies. Domesticated chicken came from here in Asia thousands of years ago. We even exported it to Ancient Indian kingdoms, Egypt, Israel, etc. We asians have been frying chickens in boiling oil before you blacks, and for thousands of years. Stop stealing and appropriating our achievements and culture.
I’m a new sub here. You mentioned the watermelon stereotype and I was hit by a memory of being a young white girl born in South Dakota and watching a PBS cooking show where a black woman told a story, while making different watermelon dishes, about how she was on a train or a bus and her very ripe watermelon fell from the overhead compartment and exploded on the floor. She was sitting next to another black woman, older, who leaned over and said, “I hope that watermelon didn’t belong to a black woman.” The chef (and it was her watermelon) said, “Me too.” I was so confused by the story. I asked my mom about it. She said something along the lines of how black people get attacked and it’s said they like watermelon. Confused me even more because doesn’t everyone like watermelon? Huge love to my mom who then sat me down and taught me about slavery and civil rights and the horrible people that try to make us all seem different. I honestly haven’t thought about that conversation in years. Great video on fried chicken! I am grateful to my mom for being a wonderful human. She could have said something very different in those moments and I would be a different person, a lesser person, if she had. Instead she taught me about how we all are humans and we all love food and none of the differences in appearance matter. Mind blown. Thanks for the memory!
I like you never associated watermelon or fried chicken in a stereotypical way, both foods I grew up eating and love. I watched this video to learn why people associate this.
How blacks get attacked ! My sss ! We are Norwegian and they publish books Olie and Lena books and they are 100% jokes about Norwegians Do I guess we were being attacked to huh ? ,, I don’t think so no we don’t take ourselves or life that seriously as your mom and I guess you and her black friends do ! Blacks are nothing but whiners , that’s all they do is whine , cry , piss and moan always the victim
As a kid growing up in the south, I never understood the whole racial stereotype with fried chicken because I had never met anyone who didn't like it. Great video! Very informative.
I grew up in East Los Angeles, CA in the mid 1940’s/1950’s. I total agree with you! Mesa, AZ. October 5, w0@3
@@YOGI-yl4ff DAMN you old asf lol
@Blueness1230just out of curiosity, what don’t you like about it?
I grew up in the north, and I always thought the same thing. Fried chicken is delicious. I have literally met no one who wasn't a vegetarian/vegan who didn't emphatically say, "Yes," if anyone else suggested they have fried chicken for lunch/diner.
I like it so much I gained 20 lbs:/
BTW... as a white boy growing up in Texas, I ate collard greens, okra, sweet potatoes, fried chicken, chicken fried steak, and grits (my favorite)...later someone told me that was Black Soul food...I said "What??? that was just food!!!"
Had this very same discussion with a white man years ago,( I am Southern, SC here) around the time when the movie Soul Food came out. Tbh, he was on the hefty side & I remember he stated something like " I don't know why people think only black people love fried chix, collard greens,mac & zz, black-eyed peas, pinto beans, biscuits, cornbread,chix & dumplings peach cobbler, pound cake etc....I'm white & I eat all of the above. I don't call it black people's food or whoever , I call it good eating."😆😆😂😂🤣🤣
Three snaps
@@Sapphire586 I'm from Darlington, SC, and I agree.
Ain't it just ain't it ❤
It’s black soul food because it’s the food y’all ancestors didn’t want. We got the left overs and made it delicious with our flavors Hello. White southerners need to quit acting obtuse. “We all ate it” 😂
My Black people, love your fried chicken and celebrate it. Just don’t eat too much of it!
Truth! ❤💯
i eat it everyday
1000% Don't want high blood pressure.
@@MrT-nh6diuse air frier 😅
Once a week😂😂
"All these years I thought I liked chicken because it was delicious... turns out I'm genetically predisposed to liking chicken" -Dave Chappelle
Cmon buddy...
I’m white and I love fried chicken. Perhaps I should identify as black?
Go ahead @@terrykrall
CMON BUDDY!@@j.ballsdeep420
"I couldnt belevie it! He was abosulitey right!"
If you don’t like fried chicken and watermelon there’s something wrong with you! -Dave Chappelle
And it turns out watermelon is one of the healthiest foods there is. It is insanely good for you. It's not some junk only fit for poor people. Watermelon is gold. If they had known back in the day how good it was, they would never have allowed poor folk to eat it.
Absolutely true!
It wasn't until a year or so ago that I encountered people on TH-cam who did not like watermelon. I nearly said this time what I said then, everyone likes... I dont say that anymore. I have come to realize that there are some crazy people.
Don't forget about orange soda pop, barbeque ribs and chitlins. You eats it in the car then toss the bones out the window.
Sounds pretty good actually
As a Scottish person I can confirm my love for fried chicken is deeply rooted in my DNA…
I don't like it when he stated that the Scottish fried chicken was "unseasoned" when he just told everyone how the Scottish prepared their chicken before frying it. But also, spices wasn't available everywhere to everyone and people had to work with what they have. It was all about trading spices, goods, animals, weapons, material, etc.
The Scots deep fry everything pizza cheeseburger mars bar creme eggs 😂
@@disguiseddv8ant486 seems like they hadn’t really considered spices. But I do like when he explains slaves were forced to eat even dead chickens so they cleaned that meat and used spices to mask any poor flavor. Now we all add spices to chicken. Very interesting history.
Canadian here with Scottish ancestry. This explains my fried chicken addiction.
Me too! Reminds me of wonderful summer picnics me and mom would prepare together including real steeped Lipton iced tea, with dissolved sugar and tart lemon 🍋! Great taste 👅!
Washington DC - Assateaque Island; Ocean City MD - 1970’s.
I'm Asian, I traveled to Georgia and I love some Fried Chicken, Jambalaya rice, greens and watermelon. I was hooked ❤
I love this! My father was a 1st gen Japanese immigrant and soul food was his favorite! We always had it on special occasions. He said it brought him even more comfort than the food from his childhood
That's popeyes😂😂😂
Asian love fried chicken, we always had are own origins in fried chicken because chicken was and always Is cheap especially in Asia.
@@MikeyLee559yeah but they didn’t have fried chicken
@user-ov7mb2qs2y Asian always had fried chicken juts a different type. Black people didn't event fried chicken.
I have to agree with your introduction. Who doesn't like fried chicken and watermelon? These culinary delights transend race or creed.
@@lugerstonecock I live in Florida and drive 50 miles to a place that sells their own watermelons. They're absolutely delicious. I love living here because of all the local food.
I grew up in Ohio and my stepfather always had a pot of greens on the stove. We ate fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread, sweet potato pie, all that stuff. I remember when watermelon had seeds in it. Big glasses of lemonade and iced tea. I moved to Seattle and discovered this little chicken joint called Ezell’s. Some of the best fried chicken. I used to buy big buckets of it and eat it cold and drink beer and watch football or basketball games. Soul food is the best food. I may have to get some chicken and ribs tonight.
Where you from in Ohio
@@leronmiddleton8147 Dayton. Went to high school at Trotwood Madison. Also lived in Columbus and Cincinnati
Yes! I’m from Seattle and Ezells is some of the absolute best chicken. I used to work there. And them rolls smh
Ok I'm from Alliance
@@dynnaevans4064 did you ever eat at MIss Helen’s on 23rd and Jackson? Or Dixie BBQ?
Black people would sell chicken in a small box to hobos on the train and then KFC copied the chicken in a box sale until today.
Thanx 4That informative information.
KFC is done.
#FACTS ALSO, TO RUNAWAY SLAVES. A PIECE OF CHICKEN AND FRUIT SUCH AS AN APPLE. THE FRUIT WAS FOR THE BEVERAGE AND ELECTROLYTES. YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY....
Black people stole the idea of frying chicken from us native Americans
@@zeroturn7091 In the US lol
I'm Japanese but I'm a big fan of both your American-style fried chicken (KFC, Popeye's) and our Japanese-style fried chicken (called karaage). In fact, I've never met anyone who did not like fried chicken.
Merry Christmas. Hope you got your KFC this holiday season.
Vegetarians don't...
@@matteframenobody cares bro , literally nobody
look up the word literally, dimwit@@Narconecrotix
Yo, bro!@@Narconecrotix
I remember as a kid growing up hearing about "soul food" on TV. So I was always sort of curious about "soul food".
One day my job took me to Louisville Kentucky and I ran across a soul food restaurant.
I went inside and looked at the steam table as it was cafeteria style.
I thought to myself "Heck this is the same stuff my mama cooks."
I had been eating soul food all my life and didn't even know it.
Was it Jay's restaurant in Louisville?
@@marlesiabryant566 I don't think so. If I remember correctly, it was somewhere on Poplar Level Road.
It is pretty shocking how some people managed to create negative associations between a delicious meal and people who enjoy it.
Quite interesting how the first fried chicken kind of came from two places at once
When you are convinced by the high tier of society to, as a society, hate minority groups, you can find anything to hate and mock about them. Regardless of if it makes sense or is true. It also further helped mentally dehumanize and self justify the oppression of fellow human beings.
Well. Not much has changed. History does tend to repeat if not properly learned
@@MrInuhanyou123 As if the sad past was not enough, the society simply does not learn that pigeon-holing people into superficial identities just divides them and pits them against each other.
I’m black and to be honest I love ribs, veggies and beef. And not all black people this includes blacks in the United States , blacks in the Caribbean Island and blacks on the African’s continent like or love chicken. Many of us blacks do eat healthy and we are vegetarian and we don’t eat meat like that and if we do eat meat it’s a small percentage.
@@cartier2312 Americans in general need to make a lot of progress towards a healthy diet. Imagine if learning to prepare healthy and simple dishes was part of the school curriculum
Louisville and San Antonio.
Fried chicken: the ultimate anomaly. Something so good, used to separate and denigrate. Yet people around the world have so much in common with the dish.
You mean Kentucky Fried CAT ???
@@robertko5425the hell are you on about
Thank you my friend. You agree, I agree, but there's still this pesky racism thing to shoo off. Wish I had an answer for the people 'cause I already figured it out. You're welcome to my house and table, neighbor, check your guns though, capiche?
If you’re thinking this hard about fried chicken, your fried chicken is going to turn cold.
Exactly. People don't know that evryone loves fried chicken. They think black people "love" fried chicken, go to South Korea, fried chicken and beer joint on every corner, celebrities even compete on variety shows just to win a chance to eat some fried chicken, it's like that.
I want some fried chicken after watching this! In Colombia we used to eat it in Sunday with boiled potatoes and corn with a apple soda or Coke!
Country AF🤣🤣🤣
Me too. LOL. Eat it with boiled potatoes and corn with a apple soda or coke.Sounds like a-GREAT-meal to me !!! Mind if I come to join you for a Sunday meal in Colombia ??? I'll bring the potato salad. LOL.😋😋😋😋
Sounds delicious 😋
@@timothywright2952 🤣🤣🤣You need to stop, I almost waste my drink.
My grandmother would make fried chicken, collard greens, zipper cream peas, FRIED CORNBREAD, and mac’ncheese for many of our family gatherings.
Only Americans could pull racism out of fried chicken!
cause Yt Americans are who put it in there. be specific with your Americans
Blame white folks lmao they did it with turkey as well with these Native American
I never realized how much i needed a short documentary on fried chicken! Just subbed bub!😊
Fr... and straight to the point because my attention spans won't let me watch 30-60 minutes..😂
I am white and my whole family loves fried chicken ; my mother ate fried chicken and lived to age 97 ! ❤😊
There always one.
This is black peoples history
Robert why the uneducated comment he mentioned your colonizing ancestors
@@Speakup117Thank You. EVERY SINGLE TIME 🙄
I love how their comment is treated as somehow racist.....touch some grass lol
Good for them. ❤
I'm 82 years old and white. I love fried chicken, watermelon, fried okra, collard greens and ribeye steak and mashed potatoes.
You are welcome to the bbq any time my friend👍🏾
Because they all taste good
All white people eat everything black people eat so✌️
Sir, are you from the Southern part of the USA? I have a theory and I could be wrong that Southern Cuisine and Soul Food have a lot of overlap.
Have u been to an asian restaurant or bbq we have fried chicken, and watermelon too
“Because it’s delicious” - Dave Chappelle.
Thanks!
Do you know how much chicken you could’ve bought with that!
Wow! With all my info gathering as a history hobbyist, this was a big surprise! You manage to find the most interesting information and I thoroughly enjoy your content!!
Remember to always check the sources for the accuracy of any TH-cam video.
fr@@memcrew1
he can be lyinh look it up
This a very popular one. I just learned korea learned fried chicken and bbq grilled foods from blks too. My korean friend from the army even confirmed it i was shocked but not shocked lol
I was a vegetarian for over 20 years. What was I thinking? Now I'm a chicken wing food critic, amateur!
"It's an interesting stereotype, because, you know who else loves donuts? Absolutly everyone!"
-- Jim Gaffigan
Fax💯
Donuts are identified with cops, aren’t they?
@@silverglass6635 yea why
What a fascinating video, and glimpse into the way one seemingly unrepresentative aspect of something can come to define the whole thing according to people who aren't that bright
I’m surprised that a lot of people don’t know that Colonel Sanders took the kfc recipe from a black man
First it was a black woman, now it's a black man! It's a recipe, anybody could make that up!
Nothing shocks me about this they copy everything from us.
... same with Jack Daniel's.
@@dwightlove3704Well if your so great.. WHAT HAPPENED ???
ALL OF SUDDEN you no longer can invent anything anymore
Colonel Sanders taking his recipe from a black man is not popular knowledge so how would people know about it?
lol 😂. Just about everybody love fried chicken not just Black people.
i guess comprehension is hard for you and the folks who liked your uneducated comment 😂
Nobody is interested in changing your mind. They are talking amongst themselves. We all know you're here to argue.
@@tsam3676 Stating a fact on this ignorant post is trying to start an argument in your opinion?🤔
Man stop posting facts. People around here don't like facts. Or even civil discussion for that matter.
@@tsam3676 i’m not to argue. Maybe the guy should change his title
Mary J Blige singin' bout crispy chicken in a Burger King commercial lol
😂😂😂😂
"Amidsted unfamiliar food and culinary gnomes"
The captioning is hilarious. You might want to check the next video for typos before releasing it.
Yep, I lost the plot thinking about those “culinary gnomes” running about the kitchen. Not sure I’d like to see a “menstrual show” though. Probably a good idea to edit the subtitles after the auto-generated content. It’s a shame that the subtitles rob interesting content of its efficacy.
One of my coworkers at my last job invited me and a bunch of us to his house for a cookout. Him and his wife made fried chicken and other food with recipes that was passed down from his family all the way back to when his ancestors were slaves and it was fantastic. He said to me “you haven’t been to a cookout until you’ve been to a black family’s cookout” and he definitely wasn’t lying lol.
Family recipes, I would have paid $100 to attend that.
Did you bring tupperware with you? lol
@@1976smbI had to create new family recipes for my children bc I gave up eating pigs, cows, butter, sugar, pasta, bread, dairy, and wheat 50 years ago. European food makes our health deteriorate, and our food of fresh greens, black eyed peas, cornbread, fresh fish, fresh fruit, and squash keeps us alive
@@crankybastid2197 It's okay if you don't, they'll send you home with a loaded paper plate covered in foil.
@@crankybastid2197 I didn’t but they loaded me up with plates full when I headed home lol. I’m going to be grilling up some deer meat for them and I’ve already dropped them off about 50lbs of raw deer for them. I’m gonna try to get him out for deer season this firearm season so I can take him on his first hunt.
One of the first real meals I remember as a little girl was my grandma’s fried chicken. I loved the drumstick because it was easy for my little hands to hold. She would serve it with mashed potatoes and either fresh corn on the cob or green beans. Sometimes she would make either cornbread or biscuits to go with the dinner. That was my favorite meal.
I never associated it negatively. To me it was always associated with home, love, and good times. I also learned almost every good cook has his or her special recipe.
The best fried chicken places are usually small and the chicken is made using a family recipe that has been handed down for generations.
America really owes a debt of gratitude to those early cooks who invented what has become a national dish.
I eat fried chicken with Korean rice and kimchi. It might be my favorite combination
Church Bird is another name for fried chicken. Cheapest meat to buy when grocery shopping but when did wings become more expensive than legs thighs or quarters even in restaurants I'd rather buy a over priced burger than a 4 piece wing now
I don't buy wings because of the price. Not unless they are on sale under $10
I had a restaurant manager tell me years ago they used to throw the wings in the trash because no one really ate them. Now today they are the most popular piece on the chicken. That's why their so expensive...
@@6time686 that's just like lobster and crab those use to be prison food and considered something poor people eat now $$$
@@6time686 next up is Oxtails. They used to be cheap but ever since 'them folks' been eating them prices went up big time.
@@6time686 A restaurant manager let the kitchen crew throw wings away instead of using them to make stock/broth? What a waste.
Wow, thank you I never understood why this was a thing. I was always like "Everybody loves fried chicken!". What I learned from this is that media seems to be the cause of a lot of our problems.
@@anustart989fgdude I laughed so hard at your comment
Trust me, bruh. More than black folks love fried chicken. I worked for a Gray's IGA grocery store. Whites loved it. All I heard was give me the usual lol
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You missed the whole point of the video, no one said other races didn't, you felt like you had to speak up for other people 😂😂😂😂😂
But y'all say we only love it tho???
I being a quarter Scottish, I now know why I love fried chicken, but I am so glad African Americans added spices. In my area we have some places that don't add spices to their fried chicken, nor do they offer hot sauce. While I love KFC and Popeye's, the way the grandma of a former African American girl I dated made hers, was on a whole nother level, and I wish I got the recipe.
It is good to put some Flavor / (Hot) Sauce / (Palm or any type of) Oil on that bland Poultry (or Foul).
In this video where he claims Scots didn't "add spices" he reads the recipes which includes spices 😂
@@Sandlin22only herbs were listed, except for black pepper
Common culinary L
@@PeanutGallery89 I didn't think of checking on here, but from my attempts in the past copying recipes, things get close, but just don't match, and sadly makes me miss it more. But I've also learned emotional connection plays a big part in how you remember flavors and smells. Sadly she passed within a year after that girl and I split and while I was deployed.
I'm 12% Scottish and it played no role at all in me liking fried chicken. I'm pretty sure it's the 2% Spanish or the 25% Swedish.
As a vegetarian with a scottish heritage my mind is blown.... theres fried chicken in my DNA😶🌫️
It's a.lie. Fried chicken with batter is Black Americans origin. It's not scottish and it dis not come from africa.
Africans weren't frying chicken and weren't frying chickennin batter. That's revisionist lies.
There is a reason Noone was doing it before Black Americans. Because it only was started by Black Americans.
Facts, blacks taught the world how to frie chicken as its known today. The original Scott's where black as well. Not the same ppl that reside in that land nowadays.
@@ginaruss8087 You don't know that.
@windog551 I actually do.
This is another i.migrant lie to steal Black Americans Culture.
You all mocked it, now trying to claim it.
Also, how you make something that the ingredients are INDIGENOUS to America.
Yall may have had chicken, but you didn't make it fried like it's known now. ITS Black Americans origin. This is documented in old books. So stop the revisionism.
Lol😅😂
As a White guy, I thought everyone liked fried chicken. It's delicious. I still don't get why it's considered stereotypical of blacks, or any other identity.
The video literally explained this.
My mother used to marinate chicken pieces overnight, and then baked them in the oven for Sunday dinner,
Served with roast potatoes and steam vegetables 🥦
Oh,I know it was delicious
Still reppin this! IYKYK
mine used to make it with crushed up cornflakes and chicken flavoured fries as the coating and baked it in the oven rather than frying it. wasnt bad.
@@privateinformation2960 sounds delicious and healthy too.👍🏻
Fried Chicken was, and is, enjoyed by just about every single culture worldwide.
My understanding is that frying is a food prep that, besides being tasty, is a useful way to set and keep the protein in an age before refrigeration.
If we knew that we going to be working in the field all day, we would pack a lunch of foods that will “keep” without the benefit of sitting in a modern day fridge or cooler.
Great video, as usual.
Research Hot Tamales. Not Mexican version, but the adaptation that is prevalent in one place. The Mississippi Delta. Not just the what, but the why.
Whites tend to love pizza than chicken😂
@@nomadmarauder-dw9rehuh
Our enemy always love to stereotype the original people of the earth 🌍
Enemy? Who?
They're still doing it now,in today's society.Black citizens are still considered lazy,being inferior to whts,dim-witted,criminals.They blame black citizens for all the-CRIME-in america also.
Most of our people are not ready! They lvu them some massa, and being docile!
@EidelmaniaOh please. Like the euro race are saints. They have been k!lling , st£aling and destr0ying globally for centuries. For example, the British m0narchy. The French , Dutch , Spaniards… People in glass houses should not throw stones. Add the 🇺🇸 g0vernment too!
@Eidelmania Ok, then all white men are blood-thirsty serial killerz and mass sho0ters.
All this talk about fried chicken and there is a soul food place down the road from me. Absolutely delicious and reminds me, a white man, of the food my white great grandmother used to cook when I was a kid growing up. Fried chicken, okra, greens, hog jaws, spinach, mashed potatoes and gravy (brown) biscuits and gravy (white), all the goodness that was here in the south in central Florida. Miss you grandma!
Excellent documentary. Might want to proofread your subtitles/captioning.
I’m white of German descent and my wife is Taiwanese. We both love fried chicken and watermelon. Taiwanese food culture is replete with fried chicken as a staple element of numerous dishes.
I love your matter-of-fact delivery of this information, aimed at enlightening others to the intricacies and nuances of black culture in a positive and informative tone. Thank you for this, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing your other videos!
"Pool the ad"
Yeah, there were a lot of very strange captions. And sometimes it even seemed like he was reading the erroneous words.
but the captions gave us gems such as "Culinary gnomes"
I am a devout follower of culinary gnomes.
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lol that reminds me of the time I was in Singapore and people kept yelling "台湾鸡排!!!!"
I'm half Japanese. I love fried chicken. Out of what I've had, black people have made the best, and my favorite. As for watermelon, I'd say there are more Asian people who love it than black people. Thanks for helping to dispel stereotypes. Just know that I see it as something that brings all people together.
Fried chicken isn’t just a dish it is the triumph of a people on a plate.
If you ever have the chance, try Korean fried chicken. They learned the recipe from the blk people in world war 2 that were allies, and then ran with that shit. The double fry (at 2 diff temperatures) just make it so much more crispy and juicy, makes all the diff.
As a blk man myself, i didn't think we could be outdone, but Korea has us and it's not even close in the chicken game
@@LilT2o00They also use rice flour as a coating which makes it extra crispy and crunchy.
@@draperscott7698 it really depends on your korean population, if you live somewhere like Kansas where there isn't a lot of korean ppl, they don't even try. it's like "we know this is the only spot you can get this, we'll charge you 30 bucks and not care" when you are in k-town though, that shit always slapping
@@draperscott7698everyone has a different taste and food is never the exact same every time 🤷🏿♂️
hahahhaahaha
I didn't get the stereotype till now. We all love fried chicken, and it's especially very popular in Japan, too! Karaage dates back around the 1600s but wasn't introduced in restaurant menus until the 1930s. It's very cool to see where it's originated and how cultures do theirs differently.
Wow, so that's why some of us wash chicken? If the bird was sick or died you had to eat it. Makes much more sense now
That and if you don't wash it;especially the thighs. You end up with this slime between the loose skin that has a mild barnyardyness. When I was in Asia they washed the chicken. The only place I didnt see it done was europe and particularly France and Germany. Adam ragguessa has an entire video on why you shouldn't wash the chicken and needless to say we Inna comments roasting anyone who disagrees 😂
@@h.Freeman😮😂😂😂
Also, speaking as a Jamaican from the rural area, we washed our meat because we had to kill and clean the chicken ourselves.
Well here in Trinidad and Tobago we wash the meat in some water with a few limes and then season the hell out of it!😉
@@abdielver69 y'all know we're descendants of the same ppl right? 🧐
Very interesting, very well presented, with excellent images and explanations. As a hearing impaired person who often finds closed captions horribly inaccurate/annoying, your transcript is a real blessing, very easy to read and totally in sync with the narration. I am looking forward to viewing more of your videos!
When I was in the Army, I made fried chicken everyday, for over three years for lunch, and dinner. From cutting up the chicken to, marinating to, dredging to, frying to, serving.
I stopped using the recipe card almost immediately. I came up with my own herbs and spices. It went over so well, I was selected to cook 50k pounds for REturn of the FORces to GERmany (REFORGER), one year. Was the longest day of my life. I had four 55 gallon barrels cut lengthwise, that I used as fryers. Three, on two sides, and two, on one end. The open end was to move the chicken.
Btw. I was one of only three white guys, in my unit of 50 cooks. I was also the only one who could make BBQ sauce, from scratch.
That's awesome! Homemade sauce is the best!!
eminem a top white rapper, tiger woods a top black golfer. race means zero outside of
@@potbellyfatguyfromnewyorkcity You must not have served, in the 1/15th, 3rd ID, before Desert Storm. If you had, you'd know, if you were white, you were wrong.
Amazing dude How you make bbq sauce from the scratch?
Wow good job
As a foreigner, I always wondered about the stereotype. Thanks for sharing
I’m black and from America we’re foreigners too because we were ship here as slaves
@@yabba-jq4ez How many generations of your ancestors have lived in the US?
@@yabba-jq4ezwell we are originally from isreal we are Gods first chosen ppl
I've often wondered and asked where these stereotypes started. This is what my family has ate since I can remember as a child (I'm old now and white). My Dad always said the same. Grandma always killed the chicken for Sunday dinner. I never understood why black folk were stereotyped with the fried chicken and watermelon. Good video!
Just that. We're stereotyped. I can care less about either.
the stereotypes began when someone decided the world wasnt divided enough.
It's all so stupid @@privateinformation2960
I was born in 62 and it was around back then but that whole time period was a strange one. Everyone had a religion. The religions did not like each other much. People would openly ask what your ethnicity is because most were children of immigrants. And jokes about the race would follow and of course if they were irish or polish etc they would have to hear one back at themselves. So the jew and the priest and the baptist in a bar jokes were openly said and razzed each other. But you also have to remember the second world war had not been to long before this and many were still alive who had been through the great depression, vietnam was going on and people didn't know if they would see their sons again. History is taught in parts and often glamorized. The hatred for the japanese was still very raw for many. They had their reasons when you look up what they had done. It bothered me because I didnt understand. But when I found out why they carried that hate for so long I understood but didn't carry it myself. Those generations before us all went through a lot of evil stuff. We just need to stop the carrying on of it.
@@sadiewagstaff890then why comment. You do it to yourself 😂
Wowwwwww excellent job on the history lesson. 🙌🏽 and I would love to try that original recipe. Mmmmm🤤
In her 1903 book titled Education, Ellen G. White wrote, "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength."
They may make fun of us Because of our race. Yet, funny how Black cuisines are enjoyed by billions of people world wide.
Who the hell is making fun of you? Nobody cares ugh 😫 the miserable drum beat of perpetual self loathing is enough already! It's unattractive and tired and old.
@@jeltoninc.8542agreed
@@jeltoninc.8542yup
They act like they want to screw us.... they're in everything we say or do,...you can't rape BLK.women any more.. you just gotta faafo,..
@@jeltoninc.8542Sorry but they made fun of black cuisine long before Rap Music and this new black culture of today. Yup, like black people are supposed to love fried chicken and watermelon. Don't forget hog intestines, I know plenty of blacks that won't touch them
Around 7 minutes in you mention the explosion in fried chicken consumption, around WW2. The reason for this largely comes down to the fact that chicken, since it was labour intensive and not often eaten, it wasn't a rationed meat in America. This also led the A&P grocery chain (pre-Walmart) to establish competitions in fairs for farmers to breed a superior chicken. They were successful in breeding chicken stock that was around three times bigger, and matured quicker than the regular chicken at the time.
Both of these together really helped increase the consumption of chicken which in turn led to the fast food chains sprouting up - because there wasn't a limit on the consumption of this meat during the war and so it was an easy thing to promote.
Did you know the KFC produced in Black nations - especially those in the Caribbean - is utterly and completely different from the KFC produced in the rest of the world? I don't know about in the U.S. but here in the U.K. KFC is now practically inedible. However, in the Caribbean, it remains crisp, tasty, and delicious, especially in Antigua.
You are right... it is rubbish here now.
@@darkcharmrecords The last time we purchased it as a family, the chicken was literally rotten to the point where I could smell it. I took it back, and they gave me another rotten bucket; we were pretty much done with it after that. If you ever get the opportunity, try the KFC in Antigua or Jamaica. I'm 58, and their KFC reminds me of the KFC my late mother would sometimes treat me, my brother, and my sister to on Sunday nights here in the UK, when we were kids
They went downhill when YUM brands bought them out. I haven’t had a decent chicken breast from there since ‘99 when my roommate used to bring home buckets after his shift ended.
@@zeroturn7091 don't forget that the US govt. made everybody change the oil everything is fried in. nothing tastes as good as it used to, even potato chips.
@@richardhart9204 Mac, nasty, Ken dirty.
Never knew fried chicken went that far back! This was a great story I can't imagine frying chicken without seasoning! That's like baking a cake without flour😵😂 still black people do it best👍👍👍💃😋😋😋
It doesn't. Learn botanist and you'll see all these immigrant lies to steal Black Americans Culture. Africans keep trying to displace Black Americans Culture as their imprint. Crops were introduced to africa.
Learn the true origins of crops. America
Straight cap... U made chicken without seasoning ...
I agree we have the best fried chicken. Guses the best chicken in the world to me was originally made by blk people, the Nashville hot chicken came from us as well. We all know chicken and waffles comes from us
My mom never put season salt on chicken wings I ran away one day didn't eat almost 2 days my friends mom gave me some wings with that was seasoned my eyes opened like Adam when he bite into the fruit Eve gave him now I know I call my girl no welps cause I slavery time the mater would say don't beat her the hands make the best chicken
We Asians have been frying chicken centuries before any of you existed in America. The domestication of chicken happened in Asia thousands of years ago. That's how far back this Asian legacy traces back.
For such a small country, Scotland has had a massive foundational influence on modern western culture. Being Scottish myself, I take great pride in our ability to deep fry everything in sight.
It's not racist to say all Scottish people like eating haggis and deep fried mars bars? Cause they do bro.
The amount of influence that Scottish people have had on Western culture is extraordinary but is nothing compared to the ability of the English to take credit for the accomplishments of others, so let's not forget about how fried chicken was invented by the English.
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Scot’s hardly ever eat Haggis.
@@matthewmoore7447lol!
@@matthewmoore7447could say the same about how the Scots played a HUGE part in colonising the world in the name of the British empire, but somehow convinced the world they are victims to English imperialism. Now that’s clever.
I don't know why, but the thumbnail made me burst out laughing... Happy New Year!
been looking for a black channel specializin in history, dunno how it took so long to find one
Why?
Specializing in bullshit is what you mean
@@windog551because they want to learn about history?
@@windog551 i like history, different perspectives are important. n bein intrigued in world war 2, i never found a channel that had a uniquely black perspective on the matter, so its coo.
I want some fried chicken right now 😊 I'll have watermelon as well!
I got BGE
Pop round to mine!
I’ll cook you some.
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Collard greens an ham hocks😁😁😁
There is no way I’m cutting the grass listening to origins of fried chicken
And yet here we are… 😂
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Love this video. Well put together with the art and history, The narrator -- old country boy, and even the information about stereotyping. Great video.
I'm a white guy and I'm in love with good fried chicken! I still have fantasies and memories of how KFC used to taste in the 80's when i was a kid 😋 🍗 got too corporate and changed by the mid 90's. I bet the original Kentucky Fried Chicken when restaurant first opened was bomb 💣 anyway I've been to all kinds of different cookouts & bbqs and love it all baby.
Oh Yes, KFC was the bomb when they first opened in the early 80s.My Parents would send my Sister and I to get a whole bucket of chicken. The BEST. Aah Memories
It's entirely different, as Col. Sanders would lament. He hated what they did to his recipies. Called the mashed potatoes unfit to be wallpaper paste. Brutal. And he was right.
@LatitudeSky yes, everything has went downhill. It's all corporate garbage with poison as ingredients nowadays.
Popeyes tatses better 😂
@Yahshuaismyeverything nowadays, sure. They couldn't touch Kentucky Fried Chicken from the 80's though.
Thank you it's about time someone made a video about this
Thank you for this. I love to be educated on stuff like this, it helps.
In what way? Lol
It's not worth explaining to you if you have to ask. Being educated on new things and absorbing facts about such things, is a sign of intelligence. @@joesmith5247
You can just tell this mf hears birds chirping in the hallway of his house...
I’m from Eastern Europe fried chicken was a weekend ritual. The whole black ppl fried chicken stereotypes threw me for a loop. Also, fried chicken is best with parsley garnished baby new potatoes fried in duck fat.
Of course no seasoning right? Or you don't fit that bill?
@OGdienomyte850 Stfu. Someone just said something very positive about a negative stereotype, and you turned it into an insult 🙄
@@olindetroit7636 😭😭😭 emotion online is weird g
@@olindetroit7636That's blacks for you
@@OGdienomyte850No one is more emotional than niggas in the USA.😂 Worse than women. No self control whatsoever. I guess an absent mother and a hoodrat of a mother would produce such a being.
I like learning the culture of food almost as much as trying the food. Thank you for the history and explanations.
As an Indonesian it's amazing to see that almost every culture now have some sort of fried chicken recipe (that's coated in batter). In here because the big chains like kfc and mcd are expensive to us, locals had made their own recipe. Now every city has their own local fried chicken joint. Every culture here (Indonesia have very diverse culture groups) claims that their recipe is the best. It's so interesting to see the origin of this deep fried goodness and see it essentially becoming one of our own culture.
While it is not fried chicken, I am a fan of Indonesian grilled chicken drenched in thick and sweet tasting soy sauce.
KFC IS SO AWFUL GO GET SOME REAL FRIED CHICKEN SOMEWHERE.
@@lindanorris2455 maybe in america, but in indonesia, KFC is like a fast food above warteg.
@@lindanorris2455KFC only sucks in US. Other places they give variety of taste and spices
@@justinchris4433no the kfc in Indonesia is not good lol
As a Haitian American, in our household, fried chicken was never part of our culinary habit. We ate Haitian food which did not include fried chicken. But guess what? I ate the best fried chicken in a pit stop in Port-au-prince
Every Week in Jails & Prisons.. somebody is getting Beat down Over Fried Chicken.. They call it Yard Bird..🙉
Facts I've seen many fights over that big bird aka pterodactyl 😢
I am 72. I've eaten fried chicken all my life some of it straight from the coop. I still ❤️ 😍 love it.
I grew in a small town in Canada in the sixties and seventies. My mom made the best fried chicken, and watermelon was a treat in the summer! I don’t think I ever hear of any racial association with fried chicken and watermelon until I was in my twenties.
2:31 i thought you said a british cookbook stated they’d make a better with oregano, parsley, salt and peoper and bay leaf
Thanks, man, for that history lesson. Great to know.
I bet that chicken they were frying was good....
This doesn't come as a shock.. We as a nation of people , never get credit or respect for anything positive or the thing's contributed to make life better for people.
Facts,a lot of people choose to see only the bad stuff,and jerk themselves off at how holier-than-thou they are.
Read "A Blanket, A Bowl, and A Stick" by A. Wyatt Mann
credit for what exactly? This video literally proves you didn't do anything lol.
Someone help me find my eyes. They rolled right the fuck out of my head when I read this fuckers comment.
@@episode6691Google it I'm sure you'll find alot
That was a really well made and informative video. Thanks for sharing.
Just one thing... The subtitles were crazy. I couldn't concentrate on what you were saying waiting for the next hilarious misspelling, or completely different wording to what you were saying. At one point the subtitles substituted "minstrel" for "menstrual" 😱 I look forward to more videos from you, but PLEASE sort out those captions.
LOL the mispronunciations too. Had to skip back three times for "racist deplictions and menstrual shows" haha
Which chicekn restaurant has the Superior chicken??! I chose churchs first olace, second place is chik fil a after that they just start tasting the same.
In my nutrition class in college we were told too wright about our favored foods in a 500 hundred word essay and presentation mines was fried chicken and watermelon. I went on how much money fried chucken makes American corporations across the world.
In her 1903 book titled Education, Ellen G. White wrote, "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength."
@@earlbee3196 she was a racist and nothing is more nutrition dense than egg thats soft boiled or cooked anyway with the yolk still creamy. She did not have any idea about absorption of fats and proteins from food sources.
Fried chicken is beyond delicious, and anyone who thinks otherwise must be insane. I am Cherokee, and wish that our human history wasn't filled with such horrific treatment with each other. Yet all those things have brought us here at this moment learning from the wrongs, and hopefully making it harder for those evil ways to return to any form of reality.
If you're bothered by the horrific treatment of people throughout history, just remember that although we more easily note, record, and remember the bad things, people treated each other well FAR more often than they treated each other poorly.
Turkey is tastier chickens pretty damn boring
Those evil ways are still here... We just pretend like it's not evil anymore, as long as certain people do it.
You have a warm inviting tone and welcoming timbre, your voice is like a song
Ha...I've always wondered how it was so tied to just one race...great explanation of the history! Thank you. Now, I don't know if the jokes and stereotypes will ever go away, but there's nothing to be ashamed about, and much to be proud of in formulating everyone's love for this food.
I love history when it’s truthful. This was very interesting and enlightening. 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
The truth is he copied the Scottish
@@Sadie1959 which was mentioned in the clip, but hey, you be you.
@@billyc6678 I didn't watch the video. AND?
@@Sadie1959 if you had we wouldn’t be having this conversation 😉
@@billyc6678 I don't watch lies
Even in Canada, I remember when I attended a basically, all white elementary school, some kids in grade 6, 7 and 8 ( in the 80s) would from time to time bug me about me liking watermelon and fried chicken. They used to mimick a southern US accent when they used to make remarks to me about it. It was only kids joking around, but you know these jokes came from the parent's conversations at their family times. I did feel a bit self conscious about eating watermelon and chicken in those days. Adolescents are sensitive about everything!! Now, I could care less, but it is interesting how those kids learned from the older people and the media.
Strange huh? kids can be rotten little twirps and what a stupid thing to be saying to anyone when you really think about it.
But as a girl and my name being Denise, I would get called dennis as if that was funny. I found it stupid that they couldn't find something better than that to get my attention and isnt that really what it boils down to? They wanted your attention.
Watermelon is something I associate with my Mennonite heritage. We eat it with rollkuchen (deep fried fritters) and syrup in summer.
You could care less? Black education on display right here.
9:05 I honestly don't see that as racist. I'm mexican and if you replaced black people with mexicans in that commercial and it was a bucket of tacos i'd legit be laughing my ass off
i mean regardless if you find it funny that doesn’t make it not racist
@@cheerio4000 cultural differences i guess, its an interesting subject in itself i feel like. a lot of people in black culture get offended over things that i feel like aren't even a big deal but then again idk if its valid or not. something i have to think about.
@@BadVoodo0100% agree with you 👍
I've heard this stereotype referenced for years but never knew where its roots were. Thank you for explaining. The video was interesting and well put together, but the errors in the embedded subtitles were distracting.
Fried chicken is biblical. The people of the bible lost their identity, culture, etc as the Bible also mentioned would happen and called by words, etc.
Leviticus 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
That's black people for ya - can't spell for shit
You listed the spices the Scotts used right before claiming they used no spices. Vinigar, garlic, bay leaf, salt, pepper, oregano, and parsly are listed. As well as wine and butter. Of those seasoning elements at least 5 are spices. Most of those ingredients are not native to Scottland, and are hard to grow there.
they are herbs, not spices.
@@Usagi1017There is a combination listed of herbs AND spices.
@@lynnodonnell4764 bay leaves, oregano and parsley are herbs. Salt and pepper are the basics of spices.
Thank you julia child.@@Usagi1017
@@Usagi1017 salt isn't a spice but pepper is
Love that chicken from popeyes😂 🎶 🎵
Fried chicken ….. you had me at fried chicken….
One tiny problem with your video: When you said “Culinary norms” at 2:39 , the subtitles mistakenly read “Culinary gnomes,” which now that I think about it is a pretty fun idea that you should definitely pitch to Pixar.
A lot of odd subtitle mistakes...
Fried Chicken is delicious, everyone eats it.. white people people from Europe and everywhere else around the world, African Americans need to be proud of their culinary delicacy. I know I am, because I know where it came from and I know why the food exist with aside the African-American community, and for me that's a very prideful thing, I feel no shame. Even if it's thrown around as a racial trope
We are the cash cows of America
It’s fried right your the chicken
Undercover racist trying to talk down on Afro centric people we did it first
I haven’t met many people that don’t really like fried chicken regardless of their ethnicity. This was a good piece of educational content. Thanks
No one should care what other people like to eat. What is the big deal?
No one should care about what other people watch. Whats the big deal 😂
Great history presentation. The west African connection and evolution of the food through time was very well done. Properly done fried chicken is always a culinary highlight. I have also read it was a way of making prpared chicken "portable" (for a reasonable period of time) during the post-bellum migration of freed slaves to northern industrial centers. Good job.
That fried chicken recipe in that brittish cook book didn't sound too mundane. It was missing the seasoning but that wine induced batter, garlic cloves,bay leaves & grated oregano sounds bomb. I don't know about marinating the chicken in vinegar for 2 to 3hr step though. Sounds sour to me
My thoughts and sentiments exactly.
Sounds good. I wasn't too sure about the vinegar either. Perhaps it was a small amount to tenderise the chicken and impart a bit of tangy flavour as well.
I do this with salt it tenderizes and cleans it. Same as using lemon or lime. The acid breaks tough the toughness and the salt help the meat retain moisture when it's cooked.
Some old recipes call for marinating the chicken in buttermilk.
@@jaymichaels5187 ohhh wooow🤤
Wow, your research is impressive 👏 I enjoyed this.
This video is very insightful. Just found your channel, liked and subscribed. Fried chicken is my favorite kind of chicken! I often wondered about the origins. Thank you for the content. I look forward to more videos.
It's biblical. It was created by God himself to his people who lost their identity, culture, etc. "BLACK PEOPLE" Love it because it's literally been with them for thousands of years.
Leviticus 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
@@adamwithouteve8691 stop inventing fantasies. Domesticated chicken came from here in Asia thousands of years ago. We even exported it to Ancient Indian kingdoms, Egypt, Israel, etc. We asians have been frying chickens in boiling oil before you blacks, and for thousands of years. Stop stealing and appropriating our achievements and culture.
Wow! This was a great video! Thanks!
I’m a new sub here. You mentioned the watermelon stereotype and I was hit by a memory of being a young white girl born in South Dakota and watching a PBS cooking show where a black woman told a story, while making different watermelon dishes, about how she was on a train or a bus and her very ripe watermelon fell from the overhead compartment and exploded on the floor. She was sitting next to another black woman, older, who leaned over and said, “I hope that watermelon didn’t belong to a black woman.” The chef (and it was her watermelon) said, “Me too.” I was so confused by the story. I asked my mom about it. She said something along the lines of how black people get attacked and it’s said they like watermelon. Confused me even more because doesn’t everyone like watermelon? Huge love to my mom who then sat me down and taught me about slavery and civil rights and the horrible people that try to make us all seem different. I honestly haven’t thought about that conversation in years. Great video on fried chicken! I am grateful to my mom for being a wonderful human. She could have said something very different in those moments and I would be a different person, a lesser person, if she had. Instead she taught me about how we all are humans and we all love food and none of the differences in appearance matter. Mind blown. Thanks for the memory!
I like you never associated watermelon or fried chicken in a stereotypical way, both foods I grew up eating and love. I watched this video to learn why people associate this.
What a wonderful story !!
How blacks get attacked ! My sss ! We are Norwegian and they publish books Olie and Lena books and they are 100% jokes about Norwegians
Do I guess we were being attacked to huh ? ,, I don’t think so no we don’t take ourselves or life that seriously as your mom and I guess you and her black friends do ! Blacks are nothing but whiners , that’s all they do is whine , cry , piss and moan always the victim
Anyone that would not eat fried chicken, purely on the grounds of racial stereotyping, I say; “No problem.” That just means, more for me!