Scots and the chicken

[bluemingidiot]

The 145,000-odd Scots who made their way to the American South in the 18th century brought with them a tradition of battering and frying chicken. (I always felt in my heart that Scots were good for something). The almost half a million west Africans enslaved in North America brought a knack for frying and braising chicken from their own cuisines.

The number of deep-fried foods eaten in the 19th century was extensive, including oysters, doughnuts, fish and fish balls, clams, potatoes, all kinds of fritters, “corn dodgers,” brains, chicken, and even parsley. Deep fat frying in the home in the 1800s seems to have been frequent.

[mogal]

I don't remember ever seeing my grandfather eating brains and scrambled eggs, according to my grandmother, one of his favorite breakfast combinations when I was a child. I do remember seeing some commercial cans of brains in their basement pantry. The Scots and my Papa can have 'em. To say he grew up hard-scrabble is being generous about his, his mother and younger sister's financial situation.

[countrymom22]

Just the thought of all that fried food makes me queasy! Like eating one too many funnel cakes at the fair!

[bluemingidiot]

I don't believe I have ever eaten funnel cakes. While I don't have any moral or political objection to eating them, there is no way in or near Helsinki that I would go to a fair to do so.