Food of the enslaved in the 1800s

[InfinateOpulance]

Here goes the fried chicken information for the in my thread.

Yes they were basically eating corn mush and fruit but some posters act like they were eating chitterlings and pork ever week. That would be a luxury.

That fried chicken thread got to you huh?

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

most slaves diet wasnt even as varied as that sadly.
lots of plantations the rations were basically just crap corn week
after week that the slaves had to grind themselves into meal and cook
hoe cakes before heading to the field before sunlight
in rice country they got lots of rice.[broken garbage rice] meat was really just for special occasions
like Christmas.

depended on the plantation too
some grew sustinence crops others didnt
if the food had to purchased and imported
the slaves were less likely to get it

some slaves were allowed their own small gardens
others werent

some slaves were able to hunt and fish to supplement their rations

sugar and salt were luxuries

this is more accurate

 

[Larry Lambo]

I always took Soul Food as what developed in our cuisine after slavery.

During slavery, I assumed we ate whatever was available.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Let that white dude on the travel channel tell it, all they ate was fried chicken and greens back then... I swear every time he visits a soul food restaurant, he calls that shyt food the slaves ate

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Contrary to coli belief, African American cuisine was vast and diverse.

In my fried chicken thread lots of posters jumped to the conclusion that fried and fatty foods were all that black Americans slaves ate. This could be farther from the truth.

Food Historians set the record straight.







None of the coli folks can jump too piss poor assumptions that slave food was unhealthy or greasy.

Parts of so called "slave food" INCLUDING fried chicken[yes fried chicken] is actually said to be quite healthy and are healthy ways to cook them.

Anyways, keep up the good work.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

america really had slavery think about that

 

[Bart simpson]

Contrary to coli belief, African American cuisine was vast and diverse.

In my fried chicken thread lots of posters jumped to the conclusion that fried and fatty foods were all that black Americans slaves ate. This could be farther from the truth.

Food Historians set the record straight.







None of the coli folks can jump too piss poor assumptions that slave food was unhealthy or greasy.

That food looks...
But im always hungry...

Its an informative youtube channel

 

[calixprynce]

shyt having a grandmother born and raised in mississippi all these foods extra familiar.

One of her favorite cheap ass meals is cooking Red beans and rice, cornbread, cutting up some onions and putting that shyt together and putting a lil vinegar and hot sauce together.

Probably the cheapest quality meal I've ever ate and its good as hell.


Hate having to clean up her okra pot, that shyt be gooey and disgusting

a piece of fried chicken and u got the goat meal .
the cornbread and onion set it off, specially the onion

 

[skokiaan]

Okra