BmoreGorilla
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So you agree that soul food doesn't = unhealthy?Because I don't take issue with healthy eating. Maybe you should actually figure out the point you're trying to address
Have y’all noticed younger Blacks don’t really fw Soul Food
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Just wanted to mention that our ancestors had a little more autonomy over their diet then usually presented. It was hit and miss, but a lot of slaves had gardens they maintained for sustenance and we’re allowed to hunt, fish, trap there own food occasionally. Soul Food wouldn’t be as diverse as it it if that weren’t the case.
Soul Food traditionally is heavily vegetable and grain based supplemented with small amounts of meat. People gotta understand ALL meat were a luxury for us back then, during and after slavery. And most of it for our ancestors either raised a few small animals like chickens, or went out and got it, and even the majority of that was smaller game, i.e rabbits, squirrels, possums, racc00ns, etc. or seafood.
What hurts us health wise is salt, not the cuts or type of meat. The heavy use does involve slavery and sharecropping and had to do with the preservation process. With working sun up to sun down our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of eating what they got right away most the time, they had to preserve and stretch it. You add that with the stresses of everyday life, smoking, alcohol, overworking, and you have a recipe for hypertension.
In 2018 most of us got choices. When people blame Soul Food for there health woes I always wonder what is it they’re eating. If you’re Soul Food diet is heavy on the “bad stuff” (fried chicken, mac and cheese, etc.) but light on the “good stuff” (okra, black eyed peas, greens, etc) then the issue is right in the mirror, not with Soul Food as a whole.
Soul Food traditionally is heavily vegetable and grain based supplemented with small amounts of meat. People gotta understand ALL meat were a luxury for us back then, during and after slavery. And most of it for our ancestors either raised a few small animals like chickens, or went out and got it, and even the majority of that was smaller game, i.e rabbits, squirrels, possums, racc00ns, etc. or seafood.
What hurts us health wise is salt, not the cuts or type of meat. The heavy use does involve slavery and sharecropping and had to do with the preservation process. With working sun up to sun down our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of eating what they got right away most the time, they had to preserve and stretch it. You add that with the stresses of everyday life, smoking, alcohol, overworking, and you have a recipe for hypertension.
In 2018 most of us got choices. When people blame Soul Food for there health woes I always wonder what is it they’re eating. If you’re Soul Food diet is heavy on the “bad stuff” (fried chicken, mac and cheese, etc.) but light on the “good stuff” (okra, black eyed peas, greens, etc) then the issue is right in the mirror, not with Soul Food as a whole.
Quote my post that this question is in response to.
people thinking "massa" was giving slaves plates like this
Take off the mac and chicken and there's your typical old-school soul-food meal. Corn-bread and collards.
My grandpa grew up in the great depression he said all they got to eat everyday was beans, some rice and nothing else. every single day for a decade.people thinking "massa" was giving slaves plates like this
to his dying day he never ate beans again.
the was in the 20s, I can only imagine what the regular meals for a slave looked like, but i imagine it was something similiar.
IllmaticDelta
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exactly...........slave masters didn't cook or prepare shyt for their slaves but hoteps/misinformed people think otherwise
IllmaticDelta
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yup...slavemaster actually gave their slaves very few options. The variety came because slaves on their own would plant gardens and hunt/catch the food that their masters didn't give them
yup...possum/squirrel eating was very popular.
exactly
My grandpa grew up in the great depression he said all they got to eat everyday was beans, some rice and nothing else. every single day for a decade.
the was in the 20s, I can only imagine what the regular meals for a slave looked like, but i imagine it was something similiar.
Most people from what I’ve seen from the Low Country, south GA, Mississipi, and Lousiana damn near eat rice with every dish. Of course it could be wider spread but this is just from my experience.
I’d assume this is because these areas had large Mande populations and rice is a staple in our diets. We damn near make a stew out of anything we can get our hands on.
SheWantTheD
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what health food wave?! lmao millenials eat out and are too lazy to cook, nothing healthy about that.
IllmaticDelta
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Most people from what I’ve seen from the Low Country, south GA, Mississipi, and Lousiana damn near eat rice with every dish. Of course it could be wider spread but this is just from my experience.
I’d assume this is because these areas had large Mande populations and rice is a staple in our diets. We damn near make a stew out of anything we can get our hands on.
It is. The areas of the south known for their rice dishes (carolinas, low country, mississippi-LA gulf) are the same areas with high slave era, mande/senegambian input
SheWantTheD
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The soul food spots around me are expensive asf.
I saw a soul food spot opened up about 5 minutes near me like last year.
I went in there once.. their menu was very limited and very expensive.
I saw a soul food spot opened up about 5 minutes near me like last year.
I went in there once.. their menu was very limited and very expensive.
TaxCollector13459
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We off that.
I'll eat it for like thanksgiving and every now and again
I'll eat it for like thanksgiving and every now and again
Yup. Pretty much various combos of Rice and Soup (well in America we say stew/gravy).
Lol depending how country you are you put the Stew/gravy over the rice which is how they serve the dishes in West africa.
People are downplaying the innovation of black people in that they literally had to create new dishes due to lack of access to some of the traditional ingredients they were used to. I will say the close to water people were the closer it resembled west african dishes. Then of course the intro of new ingredients not found in west Africa introduced new meals.
Ain’t no other wayMost people from what I’ve seen from the Low Country, south GA, Mississipi, and Lousiana damn near eat rice with every dish. Of course it could be wider spread but this is just from my experience.
I’d assume this is because these areas had large Mande populations and rice is a staple in our diets. We damn near make a stew out of anything we can get our hands on.
Gumbo with rice
Red Beans and Rice
Beef tips with rice
Oxtails with rice
Hamburger steak with rice
Smothered chicken or pork chops with rice
Neck bones with rice
Just to name a few
