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ThoughtCouture 
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 Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:26pm |
 Alias_Avi wrote:
I always assumed Southern food was a mixture of various ethnic dishes |
i'm trying to think of like what other yt ethnic dishes?
irish, polish? certainly not english lol.
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Rumbera
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:26pm |
I wish I could remember the name of the doc, it was very informative and on PBS. It did state other influences but that Africans introduced yam, rice, okra and peanuts.. I believe.
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Alias_Avi
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:28pm |
Spanish, French and don't forget Native American
ThoughtCouture wrote:
Alias_Avi wrote:
I always assumed Southern food was a mixture of various ethnic dishes |
i'm trying to think of like what other yt ethnic dishes?
irish, polish? certainly not english lol. |
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ThoughtCouture
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:28pm |
ok...italian and french influences i can see...
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ThoughtCouture
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:29pm |
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ok yeah...forgot about the spanish...
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Rumbera
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 6:30pm |
Actually, slave owners looked for Africans from a specific country (i can't remember which one) to irrigate rice in the Carolinas because of how efficient they were at it in African. Rice then became a valuable crop in the Carolinas.
ETA: It going to air again on te 22nd of Dec.
Edited by Rumbera - Dec 06 2012 at 6:52pm
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Alias_Avi
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 7:02pm |
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Many crops were already native to the Americas before they bought the slaves over
Corn, beans, squash, pumpkin, game, etc,...
The French brought over white wheat. Turned bouillabaisse into gumbo..
The Spanish brought over the pigs, cows, potatoes, lima beans, peppers...
The Africans brought over the rice, yams, okra, watermelon, the frying etc,...
The English made the puddings and roasted everythang
There's a large blend in Southern cooking ("Southern" being a very broad term btw)
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kkscottdale
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 7:34pm |
I always wondered what traditional English( I mean the UK) tasted like. I only know of fish and chips and tea. 
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 10:59pm |
Rumbera wrote:
newdiva1 wrote:
White people food? hmm...is it hamburgers? And what regional whites are we talmbout? I know some southern whites that can cook their damn ass off. Peach Cobbler fo the gawds. |
Southern whites learned how to cook from enslaved Africans. |
True....but for the purposes of this thread......they still white.
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Alias_Avi
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Posted: Dec 06 2012 at 11:01pm |
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Her kids are Chris Rene
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