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The History of Fried Chicken and Black Women in America
04:44 - 12:43 (07:58)
Fried chicken became popular among Black Americans after emancipation when many Black women who became proficient at it, were able to support themselves by selling it. Psyche Williams Forson explores the history of Southern Black cuisine and its diaspora in her book “Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs Colon Black Women Food and Power”.
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The speaker talks with enthusiasm about skillet fried chicken and mentions his love for Opal Bryant's preparation technique, as well as his dislike for country ham with meaty congealed fat.
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The speaker talks with enthusiasm about skillet fried chicken and mentions his love for Opal Bryant's preparation technique, as well as his dislike for country ham with meaty congealed fat.
ChapterThe History of Fried Chicken and Black Women in America
EpisodeJuicy: The Fried Chicken Story
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The dish of fried chicken in African American culture originated from black women during the era of slavery who perfected the dish and were the only ones who knew how to make it correctly.
06:23 - 12:43 (06:19)
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The dish of fried chicken in African American culture originated from black women during the era of slavery who perfected the dish and were the only ones who knew how to make it correctly. It became a source of income for them after emancipation, with some food historians theorizing that Scots and Scots Irish colonists taught their slaves to cook the dish.