American Chicken and Waffles #LostandHungry
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Date: 2020-08-17
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Tubebrerry
Just a footnote to this vid: although today we associate chicken & waffles with soul food and African-American foodways, the dish didn't always have this identity.
Fried chicken & waffles was first a thing in Philadelphia in the 19th century. First came fried catfish & waffles, but when catfish went out of season, restaurants substituted chicken, and that's how the dish was born. It didn't become an African-American thing until the 1930s, when it became popular on the jazz scene in Harlem establishments. Over the mid-20th-century, chicken & waffles faded from mainstream American food culture, but after 1975 it became a thing again in Los Angeles, thanks to Roscoe's, founded by an African-American from Harlem.
Over the next decades what happened was most likely this: non-African-American hipsters discovered the dish and started eating it because they realized (a) that, as crazy as it looks on paper, it tastes very good; and (b) that being seen eating this especially exotic African-American dish made hipsters feel and possibly also look cool. Sometime after that, chicken & waffles spilled out of African-American culture and hipster culture back into mainstream American food culture when a broad spectrum of people, like the hipsters, realized how good the dish is and started eating it more and more, whether or not it made them feel or look cool. And that's how chicken & waffles got to where it is in 2018.
So, we have African-American foodways to thank for the preservation of a dish that was not originally African-American. It's funny how we wring our hands so much these days over cultural appropriation, but the truth is that chicken & waffles has been appropriated several times over the past 200 years. In fact, before the Philadelphia scene, there was a different version of the dish, from Pennsylvania Dutch Country, that was a waffle smothered in stewed, pulled chicken and gravy. But then, yes, Philadelphia paired fried chicken & waffles, then Harlem took it over and made the basic version we know today, then Los Angeles revived it and made the dish its own, then the hipsters moved in, then everyone else climbed aboard. So maybe cultural appropriation isn't always a bad thing. If African-Americans had never appropriated this glorious dish, it might have been lost to history, at least until someone dug up a recipe in a musty old cookbook in a cobwebbed attic somewhere.
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Just a footnote to this vid: although today we associate chicken & waffles with soul food and African-American foodways, the dish didn't always have this identity.
Fried chicken & waffles was first a thing in Philadelphia in the 19th century. First came fried catfish & waffles, but when catfish went out of season, restaurants substituted chicken, and that's how the dish was born. It didn't become an African-American thing until the 1930s, when it became popular on the jazz scene in Harlem establishments. Over the mid-20th-century, chicken & waffles faded from mainstream American food culture, but after 1975 it became a thing again in Los Angeles, thanks to Roscoe's, founded by an African-American from Harlem.
Over the next decades what happened was most likely this: non-African-American hipsters discovered the dish and started eating it because they realized (a) that, as crazy as it looks on paper, it tastes very good; and (b) that being seen eating this especially exotic African-American dish made hipsters feel and possibly also look cool. Sometime after that, chicken & waffles spilled out of African-American culture and hipster culture back into mainstream American food culture when a broad spectrum of people, like the hipsters, realized how good the dish is and started eating it more and more, whether or not it made them feel or look cool. And that's how chicken & waffles got to where it is in 2018.
So, we have African-American foodways to thank for the preservation of a dish that was not originally African-American. It's funny how we wring our hands so much these days over cultural appropriation, but the truth is that chicken & waffles has been appropriated several times over the past 200 years. In fact, before the Philadelphia scene, there was a different version of the dish, from Pennsylvania Dutch Country, that was a waffle smothered in stewed, pulled chicken and gravy. But then, yes, Philadelphia paired fried chicken & waffles, then Harlem took it over and made the basic version we know today, then Los Angeles revived it and made the dish its own, then the hipsters moved in, then everyone else climbed aboard. So maybe cultural appropriation isn't always a bad thing. If African-Americans had never appropriated this glorious dish, it might have been lost to history, at least until someone dug up a recipe in a musty old cookbook in a cobwebbed attic somewhere.
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bluediamond24
I recently made this Steak and Onions recipe. Could you please test it and tell me what you think? The recipe is under: )
Ingredients:
1/2 of a medium sized Onion
1 Steak (About 6 ounces)
2 Tbsp of Butter (Divided in 2)
6 Ounces of Red Wine
5 Tbsp Soy Sauce
A few generous pinches of both Salt and Pepper
Steps:
1. Tenderize your steak until its about 1/2 inch thick.
2. Make slits across your steak in a grid pattern
3. Mince your onion
4. Place the minced onion onto the steak and let it sit for 15 minutes
5. After it's been 15 minutes, take the onions off
6. Sear the steak in 1 Tbsp of butter (To your liking)
7. Take the steak off but leave the remaining liquid
8. Add your red wine
9. Switch to medium heat and add your Tbsp of butter
10. When the butter melts, add your onions and cook until golden brown
11. Take the onions off the heat and onto the steak
12. Take the remaining liquid and pour onto the steak
Enjoy!
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I recently made this Steak and Onions recipe. Could you please test it and tell me what you think? The recipe is under: )
Ingredients:
1/2 of a medium sized Onion
1 Steak (About 6 ounces)
2 Tbsp of Butter (Divided in 2)
6 Ounces of Red Wine
5 Tbsp Soy Sauce
A few generous pinches of both Salt and Pepper
Steps:
1. Tenderize your steak until its about 1/2 inch thick.
2. Make slits across your steak in a grid pattern
3. Mince your onion
4. Place the minced onion onto the steak and let it sit for 15 minutes
5. After it's been 15 minutes, take the onions off
6. Sear the steak in 1 Tbsp of butter (To your liking)
7. Take the steak off but leave the remaining liquid
8. Add your red wine
9. Switch to medium heat and add your Tbsp of butter
10. When the butter melts, add your onions and cook until golden brown
11. Take the onions off the heat and onto the steak
12. Take the remaining liquid and pour onto the steak
Enjoy!
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Damian
Here's a few ideas.
Frosted Steak (a sirloin with vanilla frosting)
Chips (actual chips, not fries) and Peanut Butter Dip
Vanilla-Infused Chicken
Chocolate Bar with Peppers mixed in
Buttercream Frosted Pepper (you get a taste of spicy then the milk in with the frosting cools it down
Sourdough Toasts with a peanut butter chocolate spread
Last, but not least.
A carrot cake infused with peppers
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Here's a few ideas.
Frosted Steak (a sirloin with vanilla frosting)
Chips (actual chips, not fries) and Peanut Butter Dip
Vanilla-Infused Chicken
Chocolate Bar with Peppers mixed in
Buttercream Frosted Pepper (you get a taste of spicy then the milk in with the frosting cools it down
Sourdough Toasts with a peanut butter chocolate spread
Last, but not least.
A carrot cake infused with peppers
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Michelle
I actually had the. pleasure? of trying bacon an onion icecream. The presentation was beautiful. A small scoop on a plate they sprinkled a white cheese over the top and then hit it with a flower of fire from a torch. Beautiful. However they didn't tell me it was bacon and onion icecream. Savory when you expect sweet breaks the brain a bit.
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I actually had the. pleasure? of trying bacon an onion icecream. The presentation was beautiful. A small scoop on a plate they sprinkled a white cheese over the top and then hit it with a flower of fire from a torch. Beautiful. However they didn't tell me it was bacon and onion icecream. Savory when you expect sweet breaks the brain a bit.
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Dani
I just tried Odd Bird for the first time and they have some awesome chicken n waffles I was so impressed! I like that they use a chicken breast instead of the usual bone-in because I'm not a huge chicken eater I always leave a lot on the bone. It was delicious, I have to try the other flavors!
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I just tried Odd Bird for the first time and they have some awesome chicken n waffles I was so impressed! I like that they use a chicken breast instead of the usual bone-in because I'm not a huge chicken eater I always leave a lot on the bone. It was delicious, I have to try the other flavors!
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Roisin
Just today I had Stilton and grape Ice cream, it sounded so weird I had to try it, it was pretty delicious! never would have put stilton in ice cream, never would have put ice cream on steak, you never know unless you try; )
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Just today I had Stilton and grape Ice cream, it sounded so weird I had to try it, it was pretty delicious! never would have put stilton in ice cream, never would have put ice cream on steak, you never know unless you try; )
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Robin
Y'all need to visit Memphis for some great bbq. Central bbq is a must as well as the Germantown Commissary. And if you want a delicious burger, then you need to go to Dyers and Huey's. Huey's is my favorite burger joint.
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Y'all need to visit Memphis for some great bbq. Central bbq is a must as well as the Germantown Commissary. And if you want a delicious burger, then you need to go to Dyers and Huey's. Huey's is my favorite burger joint.
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Genkins
I secretly love dipping chips into a milkshake. If you can make a recipe out of that Id be very surprised. Also, toast with jam and cheese (cheddar) is amazing. The sweet and savory combo is my fave.
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I secretly love dipping chips into a milkshake. If you can make a recipe out of that Id be very surprised. Also, toast with jam and cheese (cheddar) is amazing. The sweet and savory combo is my fave.
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Sean
You know, I saw Atlanta and chicken and waffles and automatically thought Odd Bird. it was actually the first place I heard of chicken and waffles outside of the Amish variant.
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You know, I saw Atlanta and chicken and waffles and automatically thought Odd Bird. it was actually the first place I heard of chicken and waffles outside of the Amish variant.
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seaancsfo
Bacon and eggs with pancakes or waffles and the syrup mixing with the bacon. .. and tons of butter of course. Love salty/sweet.
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Bacon and eggs with pancakes or waffles and the syrup mixing with the bacon. .. and tons of butter of course. Love salty/sweet.
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