Soul Food: 10 Facts You Didn't Know! | Americulinariska

[@mac6308]

I always thought it was called "potliquor"? Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@KendraValentine]

It's called that as well! (or originally) I just used the colloquial spelling since I'm talking specifically about greens, and 'pot liquor' is the French it comes from meaning all pot juices. It was a personal style call ;) but good catch and glad you brought it up! Thanks so much for watching and don't hesitate to share!

[@nicoleblount7610]

My grand parents called it pot liquor too

[@nijinokanata111]

Never knew that about the leftover greens' sauce. Thanks!

[@SheraePerkins]

I definitely love this video thank you so much. I will defiantly be using this in a presentation for my students. I didn't know that about the juice from the greens either great wealth of information

[@KendraValentine]

Really glad you liked it! Let me know what your students think!

[@tammi67able]

Love this video! You’re so cute the way you presented everything! God bless, I’m subscribing!

[@KendraValentine]

Thanks so much!

[@savannaharisugawa6011]

You could probably make a good soup out of the left over liquid from the greens!!

[@KendraValentine]

Yes! And I have! I’ll take the liquid along with a bit of greens (and often little bits of smoked meat Ieftover in there) and just add some kind or starch (rice, potato), beans , short pasta.... OR my favorite: little stuffed tortellini. Maybe a little stewed tomato depending on my mood as well

[@tonigonzalez2827]

It existed, there wasn’t a name for it. Or we didn’t name it.

[@KendraValentine]

That's precisely the point of making such a bold statement, to call attention to the fact that it was not named as such until that point in history, nor was there a common sense of what a typical Soul Food menu would consist of... and for good reason. Thanks for watching!

[@askagriot9820]

While I agree with the vast majority of what you were saying, I would like to add that in fact, W Africans weren’t vegetarian. They were historically pescatarian. Seafood was a predominant ingredient in cuisine eg 🥘Thieboudienne🥘😋

[@KendraValentine]

Fair. The point was that it was vegetable-based day to day not meals designed around a chunk of meat every single day- what ever meat. That would include seasoning a pot of food with dried fish, etc. Thanks for watching!

[@mfrenchcazenovia]

This was a fantastic video. Thank you!

[@KendraValentine]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@MarieDomander]

Thanks for those great facts!

[@KendraValentine]

YOU'RE SUPER WELCOME! I noticed the term "Soul Food" getting popular in Stockholm, so I figured I'd share! Thanks for watching!

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,SOUL FOOD YUMMY 😋,

[@williamcoady2380]

Not n my family my father Cook as well as my mom...it was eight ten all together....I remember going to the butcher my parents go on the weekend it was fun . The butcher slice different cheeses n cold lunch mear

[@KendraValentine]

Those sound like nice memories. I myself have two different butchers I visit regularly - it’s the way it should be! Thanks for watching!

[@acajudi100]

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[@nicolesaylor4027]

Thank you for sharing this video!

[@KendraValentine]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching! BTW: What's your favorite Soul Food dish?

[@nicolesaylor4027]

@@KendraValentine corn bread. There is a lot of good food to choose from but I would pick corn bread over anything!

[@petebutler5139]

Hog maws, not mogs

[@yvonneharris2222]

Lol 😆 who cares

[@MrCeora]

@@yvonneharris2222 Positive critique is okay. I would want to know the name to be correct too.

[@michaelreed4744]

Hello. Did you mention that soul food has some Native American ingredients?

[@tammiewhite1132]

Where I'm from it's not soul food it's dinner

[@josephel4292]

Very interesting. I like what you said about the diet of the West African, that it was essentially a vegetarian diet.

[@KendraValentine]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrCeora]

This western diet is in cahoots with the doctors, pharmacy industry, and funeral homes in my opinion.

[@artalcoolique3341]

:3 Thank your for teaching

[@KendraValentine]

Awwww YOU ARE VERY WELCOME! Feel free to ping me on any socials with questions or follow for what*s coming in 2020!: @MissKendraV

[@SAPHYTYRA]

Little known fact: All of soul food is indigenous American food. The food and the cooking techniques. There is an indigenous species of rice in American called river rice or Indian rice. That is the kind of rice we eat. The ancestor to the okra plant abalmoschus manihot is ingenous to America and it is my theory that like us genetically modifying teosinte to produce corn, we genetically modified abelmoschus to get okra. All of the food items on your plant is indigenous to the Americas. Fact check me.

[@Nicole12445]

That why I don't eat soul food

[@claudeturner6055]

Young lady your soo beautiful.

[@KendraValentine]

Thank you very much

[@drewhendley]

Soul food is another name for slave food

[@mariamart_0]

Wtf, that is racist honey. Soul Food is not Southern Plantation food 😒.