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Hi,
Inkubus, I am so glad the guys are giving you some love . That is really jacked up! But I wanted to address the issue of Fried Chicken and Watermelon. The reason why people associate watermelon and fried chicken with black people is that they are part of African American's culinary history. Watermelon actually came over from Africa, but it became a staple of Southern cuisine for both black and white. Fried chicken as well became a staple of low couintry cooking first cooked by blacks for the tables of others. It's more recent association was that fried chicken was a food that could be kept on the long journeys without accomodation during the days of "Jim Crow" . Even up until recently, grandmothers continued to pack bags of food for road trips in spite of the fact that segregation was over. The name "Chickenbone Express" came to represent rail travel for blacks during the time of segregation. So, these foods are seen as traditionally black cuisine but in reality they are the cuisine of the larger South as a whole .
Naughty
Inkubus, I am so glad the guys are giving you some love . That is really jacked up! But I wanted to address the issue of Fried Chicken and Watermelon. The reason why people associate watermelon and fried chicken with black people is that they are part of African American's culinary history. Watermelon actually came over from Africa, but it became a staple of Southern cuisine for both black and white. Fried chicken as well became a staple of low couintry cooking first cooked by blacks for the tables of others. It's more recent association was that fried chicken was a food that could be kept on the long journeys without accomodation during the days of "Jim Crow" . Even up until recently, grandmothers continued to pack bags of food for road trips in spite of the fact that segregation was over. The name "Chickenbone Express" came to represent rail travel for blacks during the time of segregation. So, these foods are seen as traditionally black cuisine but in reality they are the cuisine of the larger South as a whole .
Naughty