How multiculural are you?

[TheRealJoeFish]

The provenance of Chicken and Waffles is actually interesting and varied! A brief summary of the Wikipedia article:

- Waffles became popular in America when Thomas Jefferson brought back a waffle iron from France (apparently in the 1700s there weren't pop singers or reality stars to emulate, so things got cool when statesmen did them).
- In the 1800s, places like Baltimore and Philadelphia started incorporating waffles into recipes, and started serving Catfish and Waffles, which quickly became Chicken and Waffles because it's a lot easier to get chicken than catfish.
- The Philadelphia version of chicken and waffles (with gravy) migrated northwest, and was adopted by the mid-1800s as a Pennsylvania Dutch staple, commonly served on Sundays.
- The Baltimore version of the dish (with syrup or cream) migrated south and became popular as a delicacy in African American communities; it was eventually made famous by its introduction to restaurants in Harlem in New York City.
- The Harlem version of Chicken and Waffles became famous in Los Angeles due to Harlem resident Herb Hudson's famous restaurant Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles.

So. That was interesting! We both learned a lot today

Edit: Forgot to include said Wikipedia article (I cite my sources yo): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_waffles

Second Edit: I should also note that the gravy version generally uses stewed, broiled or grilled chicken, whereas the syrup version generally uses fried chicken.

Maybe it's that I got 4 hours of sleep last night due to sickness, but I can't find the reference to cream. I guess I thought you meant cream like is used in strawberries and cream. When I google, I find creamed chicken with the waffles. Is this it? Sounds good.

Ah yes I meant to say "peaches and cream" but I must have cut out a few words. Here's the picture from Wikipedia:

[c172]

Ohhh, interesting. Alongside. I'm not into peaches, myself, but blackberries or raspberries would be good.

[BrokenQuill92]

Yesterday I had a bagel with lox topped with pickles for breakfast

A Capri salad and a mini sub for lunch

Red curry with shrimp gyoza for dinner

So I'm not sure what you'll make of that

[c172]

Yesterday I had a bagel with lox topped with pickles for breakfast

A Capri salad and a mini sub for lunch

Red curry with shrimp gyoza for dinner

So I'm not sure what you'll make of that

Do you mean caprese?

[BrokenQuill92]

Yesterday I had a bagel with lox topped with pickles for breakfast

A Capri salad and a mini sub for lunch

Red curry with shrimp gyoza for dinner

So I'm not sure what you'll make of that

Do you mean caprese?

Yep! Damn you autocorrect!

[vorlon13]

I'll eat a few specific items of Chinese to keep my wife happy.

Sushi = bait.

Mexican will burn out your asshole.

Indian?  No thanks, they all look like they're starving to death.

Italian?  Now that's good cuisine.

Um . . .

there are other things that could happen to an asshole that might be somewhat worse . . . .



or better depending on ones inclination.

[drfuzzy]

Well!  Just about every food that I would name as American actually exists in similar form in other cultures:  fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, grits, hot dogs, hamburgers, even barbeque . . . tuna casserole . . .    
I guess whoever posted that turkey would be the most American food is probably right.  Buffalo burgers?  (never had one)  

I like just about everything, which is unfortunate.      Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Italian, Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican, Indian . . . you name it.

[Whateverist]

Well!  Just about every food that I would name as American actually exists in similar form in other cultures:  fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, grits, hot dogs, hamburgers, even barbeque . . . tuna casserole . . .    
I guess whoever posted that turkey would be the most American food is probably right.  Buffalo burgers?  (never had one)  

I like just about everything, which is unfortunate.      Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Italian, Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican, Indian . . . you name it.

I'll have what you're having.  (I left off the Indian food from my list but not from my diet.)

[Minimalist]

I'll eat a few specific items of Chinese to keep my wife happy.

Sushi = bait.

Mexican will burn out your asshole.

Indian?  No thanks, they all look like they're starving to death.

Italian?  Now that's good cuisine.

Um . . .

there are other things that could happen to an asshole that might be somewhat worse . . . .



or better depending on ones inclination.

As I was hitting "post reply" I knew it was a mistake.

[Crossless2.0]

Well!  Just about every food that I would name as American actually exists in similar form in other cultures:  fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, grits, hot dogs, hamburgers, even barbeque . . . tuna casserole . . .    
I guess whoever posted that turkey would be the most American food is probably right.  Buffalo burgers?  (never had one)  

I like just about everything, which is unfortunate.      Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Indian, Italian, Greek, Mediterranean, Mexican, Indian . . . you name it.

Buffalo burgers? You should. Delicious!