SOULFOOD

Soul food is a variety of cuisine originating in the Southeastern United States , and from Native American culture. It is common in areas with a history of slave-based plantations and has maintained popularity among the Black American and American Deep-South communities for centuries. The expression "soul food" originated in the mids, when " soul " was a common word used to describe Black American culture. The term soul food became popular in the s and s in the midst of the Black Power movement. Soul food restaurants were Black-owned businesses that served as neighborhood meeting places where people socialized and ate together.

The origins of recipes considered soul food can be traced back to before slavery, as African, Native American, and European foodways have influenced it. Many of the foods integral to the cuisine originate from the limited rations given to slaves by their planters and masters.

Slaves were typically given a peck of cornmeal and pounds of pork per week, and from those rations come soul food staples such as cornbread, fried catfish, BBQ ribs, chitterlings, and neckbones. Slaves needed to eat foods with high amounts of calories to balance out spending long days working in the fields. This led to time-honored soul food traditions like frying foods, breading meats and fishes with cornmeal, and mixing meats with vegetables i. Impoverished whites and blacks in the South cooked many of the same dishes stemming from the soul tradition, but styles of preparation sometimes varied.

Certain techniques popular in soul and Southern cuisines i. Introduction of soul food to northern cities such as Washington D. Prior to having a black chef in the White House, the Washingtons had a white chef. They did not like the white chef's cooking, however, and replaced that chef with an African American one. One famous relationship includes the bond formed between President Lyndon B.

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Johnson and Zephyr Wright. Wright became a great influence to Johnson in fighting for civil rights as he saw her treatment and segregation as they would travel throughout the south. Johnson even had Wright present at the signing of several civil rights laws. From their cultures came one of the main staples of the Southern diet: Many fruits are available in this region: To a far greater degree than anyone realizes, several of the most important food dishes that the Native Americans of the southeastern U.

A live on today is the "soul food" eaten by both Black and White Southerners.

List of soul foods and dishes

Hominy, for example, is still eaten: Sofkee lives on as grits; cornbread [is] used by Southern cooks; Indian fritters -- variously known as "hoe cake" or "Johnny cake"; Indian boiled cornbread is present in Southern cuisine as "corn meal dumplings" and "hush puppies"; Southerners cook their beans and field peas by boiling them, as did the Native tribes; and, like the Native Americans, Southerners cured their meats and smoked it over hickory coals Both Africans and Native Americans of the American South supplemented their diets with meats derived from the hunting of native game.

Common game included opossums , rabbits , and squirrels. Livestock , adopted from Europeans, in the form of cattle and hogs , were kept. When game or livestock was killed, the entire animal was used. Aside from the meat, it was common for them to eat organ meats such as brains , livers , and intestines. This tradition remains today in hallmark dishes like chitterlings commonly called chit'lins , which are fried small intestines of hogs ; livermush a common dish in the Carolinas made from hog liver ; and pork brains and eggs.

The fat of the animals, particularly hogs, was rendered and used for cooking and frying. Many of the early European settlers in the South learned Native American cooking methods, and so cultural diffusion was set in motion for the Southern dish. Scholars have noted the substantial African influence found in soul food recipes, especially from the West and Central regions of Africa.

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This influence can be seen through the heat level of many soul food dishes, as well as many ingredients found within them. These include pigeon peas , black-eyed peas , many leafy greens, and sorghum. There are many documented parallels between the foodways of West Africans and soul food recipes.

The frequent consumption of cornbread by African-Americans is analogous to West Africans' use of fufu to soak up stews.

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Because it was illegal in many states for slaves to learn to read or write, soul food recipes and cooking techniques tended to be passed along orally, until after emancipation. Greeted with a super smile ; packed house. So glad I found this place. Great value and really central in the Jewish quarter! Service was very nervous and they forgot much and the food was not soo good but the burgers was not so bad.

This restaurant is located in the Jewish district of Budapest. The staff was nice and helpful.

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Can a vegan person get a good meal at this restaurant? Does this restaurant serve alcohol? Can a vegetarian person get a good meal at this restaurant? Share another experience before you go. United States portal Food portal. Chicken fried steak [3]. A breaded cutlet dish consisting of a piece of steak tenderized cube steak coated with seasoned flour and pan-fried. It is associated with Southern cuisine and derives from German American cuisine.

Fatty, cured , salted pork , especially the first layers of the back of the pig primarily used in slow-cooking as a seasoning. Pictured is breaded and fried fatback. A dish consisting of chicken pieces usually from broiler chickens that have been floured or battered and then pan-fried , deep fried , or pressure fried. The seasoned breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior.

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Southern fried chicken derives from Scottish American cuisine. Any of several varieties of fish, including catfish , whiting , [5] porgies , bluegill , sometimes battered in seasoned cornmeal. Adapted from method of frying chicken. Ham hocks [6] [7].



Typically smoked or boiled, ham hocks generally consist of much skin, tendons and ligaments, and require long cooking through stewing, smoking or braising to be made palatable. The cut of meat can be cooked with greens and other vegetables or in flavorful sauces. Cured and smoked cheeks of pork. It is not actually a form of bacon , but is associated with the cut due to the streaky nature of the meat and the similar flavor. Hog jowl is a staple of soul food, [8] but is also used outside the United States, for example in the Italian dish guanciale.

The stomach lining of a pig ; it is very muscular and contains no fat. As a soul food dish, hog maw has often been coupled with chitterlings , which are pig intestines. Such as chitterlings or "chitlins" the cleaned and prepared intestines of pigs, slow cooked and also often eaten with a vinegar -based sauce or sometimes parboiled , then battered and fried. It is adapted from early European cuisine , or hog maws [1] the muscular lining of the pig's stomach, sliced and often cooked with chitterlings.

The tail of cattle , oxtail is a bony, gelatin -rich meat, which is usually slow-cooked as a stew [12] or braised. Pickled pigs' feet [6]. Slow cooked, sometimes pickled or often eaten with a vinegar based sauce. The feet of pigs: As a meat dish, such as ham and bacon , and for the flavoring of vegetables and legumes , gravys and sauces.

The ribcage of a domestic pig , meat and bones together, is cut into usable pieces, prepared by smoking , grilling , or baking — usually with a sauce, often barbecue — and then served. The method of barbecuing is of Native American influence. Giblets , such as chicken liver and gizzards. Often mixed into Hoppin' John and other types of rice and beans dishes. A staple vegetable of Southern U.