The Black Foods That Shaped Thanksgiving

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@Winnib7479 Ай бұрын

Thanksgiving is what you choose to make it. I personally celebrate Thanksgiving as a day to thank Almighty God for the blessing given by him throughout the year. Even though I praise God daily, having family gather together for that day makes it even ore special. ❤

@bobbiwilson4659 Ай бұрын

Thank you! Black Americans! Nothing against Africa! But I'm not African! I'm Black! Have a Wonderful & Blessed Thanksgiving.

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@@bobbiwilson4659 Stand In your power!

@ginalin7115 Ай бұрын

😂

@alphabright9138 Ай бұрын

they say they aint black. so we even. until the get pulled over in the Us that is. lol

@justpde Ай бұрын

Whoop de do for you!!!

@meechee2too754 25 күн бұрын

I appreciate the jewels you drop and the history you share of our people

@truthseeker9679 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing the history behind so many foods!

@Waffles84 Ай бұрын

I’m white and generation grew up on collard greens. Every Thanksgiving, New Year’s with hoppin John they were served and at Christmas. My family always had a huge garden and we couldn’t wait until the first frost was over and we could pick them because they would not be as bitter. Cooked them with salt cured ham bone or ham hock etc. I put apple cider vinegar on mine or chow chow. If cooked right I needed nothing. I’m from the south. Gotta have that cast iron skillet corn bread with it. Used the pot liquor to cook the cabbage in etc. It was liquid gold my grandmother said. ❤❤❤

@kimmy5072 Ай бұрын

Yep!💯💯

@judithkcolbert8483 Ай бұрын

I do not call myself African American, I am a Black American.

@MikeBBlack4Life Ай бұрын

That is why FBA is becoming a direct description to those whose lineage were enslaved in America.

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

I understand that.

@barrychilds109 Ай бұрын

I do refer to myself as African Descended/Black/African American as well

@SakinahTVNews Ай бұрын

Your not BLACK 💯 Your bronze 🥉

@judithkcolbert8483 Ай бұрын

@ I like African Descended👍🏽

@JaniceEllis-bk6fn Ай бұрын

Oh, good ol cornbread dressing, Turkey, Collard, Turnip, mustard, greens, candied yams, black eye peas,, ham , sweet potato pie, buttermilk pies . My mom cooked all of that and more.,

@DivineGrace-ex1gd Ай бұрын

Same sis, and we had leftovers for 4-5 days, wasn't no cooking a new meal until we ate them 😂😋

@usmc_sunscreenqueen Ай бұрын

Thank you for helping shape our country, Black Americans!

@anthonystrocks247 Ай бұрын

Another fantastic and well-researched video! Thank you!

@riverbilly64 Ай бұрын

Pilgrims were seeking religious freedom for *themselves*, not others. Only themselves.

@Queen_Amenarina Ай бұрын

Exactly, the pilgrims were looking for freedom of religion, freedom to take People's land, freedom take peoples' gold, take their silver, & take their Lives at times.

@azborderlands Ай бұрын

We should be thanking the Indigenous Americans. All over the world they eat Turkey because of them. It’s an indigenous Bird of the Americas. The 1st Thanksgiving was in New Mexico well before the British decided to come over like we are taught.

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@@azborderlands We need to acknowledge that this land was stolen from them. #refusetobecolonized

@citizencoy4393 Ай бұрын

So why is thanksgiving mentioned in the Bible which predates New Mexico?

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@ It’s not that simple, the Bible as a text has been transcribed meaning that certain words have different meanings in cultures. The Bible mentions thanksgiving but not as a holiday. Rather as an action or an attitude of being greatful for one’s blessings.

@cruzinpc Ай бұрын

Africans ate guineafowl, more like chickens.

@aphetrerryac3603 19 күн бұрын

Share the part about how _Indigenous Americans_ *ALSO* owned African Slaves - I will NOT be thanking them!

@2075vj Ай бұрын

This was very informative. My mother used to always make chitlins and I couldn’t stand the way it smelled, 40:48 , but it taste good in the end. It’s nice to know the history of things our family is from Virginia and I’ve heard so many stories of slavery, but we have overcome, and we now own the land that we used to work on. And that is encouraging.

@Ms.Tasha. Ай бұрын

This was so good! So many good facts! Thank you!

@spoetryqueen Ай бұрын

The pig's feet and other parts cost more than the meat. They found out

@WhatsItallAboutAlthie Ай бұрын

Due to all the mendacity around the “holiday”, I first began to think of it as a day of family or friends. But for the past 10yrs, I started to consider it as “Gratitude and Compassion Day”. Gratitude to celebrate and exalt all for which I’ve been thankful. Compassion, because we typically donate to special food drives to offset the costs for families; also because it kicks off the “season” of giving, that ironically ends with the start of the new year.

@kyanamorsell1 Ай бұрын

I remember how bad the kitchen would stink when my great grandmother made chitterlings. The smell turned me off so bad that I would never want to try them

@jacquelyndavis6493 Ай бұрын

If you clean them until you can see through it doesn't smell so bad & they taste delicious. You have to start a week before Thanksgiving though

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@@kyanamorsell1 sticking them in Water with a half of a potato helps . But if they are cleaned well it shouldn’t be that bad. Avoid the buckets !!! Aunt Bessie’s is where it’s at!

@eulaliabradley4991 Ай бұрын

@@kyanamorsell1and everyone says oh mines don't stink because, I clean them the right way. Walk into anyone's home and it hits you at the door. We owned a cafeteria when I was growing up and we had them on the line every Saturday in the winter months and I could not stand the smell and I saw them in there cleaning them things. The customers loved them- ugh 😩

@winsbeyond8295 Ай бұрын

"Shitlins"

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@@eulaliabradley4991 😂

@redlitego6085 Ай бұрын

Now a days you can't even afford to buy the food, it's so expensive!😢

@dennismclaurin1487 Ай бұрын

I don't observe Thanksgiving, Christmas, nor a happy New year They're like any other day, for me. Someday at Christmas should be the 1st Christmas song playing

@Kim-427 Ай бұрын

You haven’t heard of SNAP?! Lol

@malwads1836 Ай бұрын

🤔Some of it's cheap...I prepare homemade food for the holidays & buy bulk ingredients. We're fortunate enough to have memberships to go to Costco & Sam's Club for all our groceries/clothes and the bags of potatoes are $5 per 10lb bag...Also milk is cheap & butter isn't too bad either.The 🦃s are the price of gold basically everywhere though & it worries me about folks being able to afford them to celebrate with because even baking and preparing it yourself isn't cheap this year😮‍💨.

@glowuplife Ай бұрын

I have a free food business in Athens ga! It requires a small monthly membership And it’s doing quite well. Hope it catches on

@fred5399 Ай бұрын

this guys a troll.

@robinsmith8252 Ай бұрын

That "high on the hog" explanation. Wow! I've used it. But the deeper meaning behind it is something else.Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

@malwads1836 Ай бұрын

I always kinda knew there was more to a lot of these old sayings that a lot of people use without stopping to 💭 about where they originate from... Another one that some have used is "cotton picking hands" for example "Get your cotton picking hands off me.".Hmmm I wonder who used to do a lot of the harvesting of cotton🤔🤢🤦🏻‍♀️ .

@robinsmith8252 Ай бұрын

The deeper we go. It's fascinating and sickening at the same time.

@Kim-427 Ай бұрын

I’m an African American. My features are a wide nose and thick lips and high cheekbones. My features are African I was born in America. I celebrate the American holidays because it is apart of my culture in this country. It doesn’t mean that I don’t know all the explanations of why Thanksgiving came to be. I’m am black without question and I am down to fight for the rights of my people and stand on the beliefs that make me who I am. I’m going to live my life how I see fit and it won’t be based on another human beings thoughts,feelings or beliefs. Happy Thanksgiving!

@anastasiarene6617 Ай бұрын

Loved the content! But the subtitles? Especially at 46:42…just wow.

@DKennyPie 27 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@bombyboo6335 Ай бұрын

I'm an African American. My dad is South African, my mom is Scottish. I enjoyed my dad's cooking and the history behind it. I miss my mum and dad so much

@glennjackson4911 Ай бұрын

Well explained. With both parents being from the south, my Mom and Grandma told me much of the same history. Very true information

@dangeroustemptus5324 Ай бұрын

I just went through the collard greens process for hours ❤ their great 👍🏽

@deatrageorge3377 Ай бұрын

I really appreciate you telling me this story it is very interesting

@Aristocrats1234 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Sir. I witnessed my Grandfather was the man in the neighborhood that traditionally was the first to walk into homes on New Years Day. Back in the dazed (60's) in Virginia. He kept hope alive. Smile I will download a portrait of the Great Chef Mr. James Hemmings and frame it display it on my dining room wall. Wow so proud of him and our accomplishments Less we never forget him. ☮️💟🙏🏼

@GroovyGrandpa Ай бұрын

My Grandfather used to brag he used every part of a pig except that last squeal, he said he'd use it too if he could catch it. 😂

@gregorysmith168 Ай бұрын

My mother's favorite insult " X eats everything but the pig's ass."

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

I love this video, but I am from Louisiana so it’s a bit different. Here it’s about mustard greens. Collards are generally the last choice. Potato salad as opposed to mash potatoes. Chitterlings are a religion, it’s blasphemous not to eat them at Thanksgiving or New Year’s Day. I heard a black guy judging saying that we should come out and start renouncing these things. How arrogant when these folks paved the way for us in 2024.

@Texasbelle-qk1ez Ай бұрын

@terrenceh.3139 Do you eat potato salad with your gumbo?

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@ Yes

@terrenceh.3139 Ай бұрын

@ But thanksgiving in North Louisiana where I am from tends to be more traditional. The gumbo comes out after u have had enough of everything else!

@Texasbelle-qk1ez Ай бұрын

@@terrenceh.3139 Good to know, thanks for responding. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

@hazesativa8641 Ай бұрын

Hey bruh it says "after masturbation" at 46:43 lol you might wanna fix that

@umarabdulkarim8811 Ай бұрын

As african americans we should not be involve in conflicts between whites and Indians.

@foggylungs Ай бұрын

I agree, but I think us blacks identify with Indians

@anastasiarene6617 Ай бұрын

Why not, discrimination toward one group is just as bad as discrimination toward any other. Besides, there are quite a lot of African Americans who also have Native American ancestry.

@Gullahbae Ай бұрын

@@anastasiarene6617you’re not Africa American if you have Native American ancestry. You’re Afro Indigenous. Stop forcing all blacks under that label.

@aphetrerryac3603 19 күн бұрын

What a nonsensical comment. “Conflict” between White people and Indians. - You do know White people were NOT the only people that owned Black slaves????????? - Freed Black people *AND* Indians owned slaves in this country!

@laurabutler7391 Ай бұрын

Love your videos

@CarolLaPlante-z1r Ай бұрын

I am a white woman but my best friends are black. With that said I love everyone. I love this video

@barrychilds109 Ай бұрын

I do refer to myself as an African Descended/Black/African/Foundational Black American as well

@beverlypasley Ай бұрын

We are Black of many diasporas - American if born here , or decide to be one! Even in what’s said to be Africa, we have similarities, and differences . We have characteristics shared and attributes shared; and sometimes Mit !

@iamstrangepeaches Ай бұрын

28:31 oh! I thought high on the hog meant Getting pork headaches and the itis from any the big meals that included the pig feet and everything else on the pig.

@DerickSmith-r9b Ай бұрын

I'm a black American but I'm Originally African decent I'll NEVER deny my lineage my skin colour .I'm disgusted by those who do .Our roots came on slave ships across the Atlantic for GODS sake let us be real my African black brothers .If I was white I'd be saying the same thing to Europeans .

@CoachSherri Ай бұрын

Thanksgiving is a time to recognize that we are our ancestors wildest dreams. We still have a long way to go, but we’ve overcome so much and our resilience is powerful. What better way to celebrate that and over a wonderful soulful meal and calling it Thanksgiving? The holiday that’s most concerning is Christmas.

@CoachSherri Ай бұрын

I enjoyed all of the food history. Thank you for your research.

@CoachSherri Ай бұрын

Sharing on my community wall

@EddieBlanks Ай бұрын

We are Black Americans. Not African Americans. Thanks.

@jojoone1099 Ай бұрын

What's the difference?

@xfreedmen7020 Ай бұрын

@jojoone1099 African Americans are those who were born on the continent of Africa and became u.s.citizens. Us who are descendants of u.s. chattel slavery were not born in Africa. So we are of African descent but we are not African. We are Black United States Citizens/Black United States Slave Descendants

@malwads1836 Ай бұрын

@@xfreedmen7020An interesting point is that technically 🤍 folks originally from places such as South Africa for example would actually technically be African Americans if they became citizens & were living over here.🤔

@garyterrell5702 Ай бұрын

@@jojoone1099 Jesse Jackson placed that ridiculous name African-Americans on American black people

@jojoone1099 Ай бұрын

@garyterrell5702 I remember. I think the "Asian American" ethnicity was created around the same time. We all need to decide upon a name, otherwise we will have no unity.

@CPAndy-x5x Ай бұрын

I am white but my mother was from rural, poor deep south and ate some of these foods as a child.

@spoetryqueen Ай бұрын

Well, for those of you who don't know!!! Black at one time was a taboo word just like the n word. So they did the best they could during this time. We were called tar baby and many degrading things.

@purrfitazitgetz3365 27 күн бұрын

my parents are baby boomers and born in the “ 50”s and their birth certificates say “negro” for race but we were called “ Afro” until the 90s and it became African Americans

@JaniceEllis-bk6fn Ай бұрын

Fried corn in butter .

@eulaliabradley4991 Ай бұрын

What happened to 1492?

@turquesa_8056 Ай бұрын

What about 1492? Columbus never landed on this continent in 1492, he landed in the Bahamas. He never stepped foot in North America.

@eulaliabradley4991 Ай бұрын

@turquesa_8056 I understand that. When we were going to school that's all we read was Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in the year of our Lord in 1492. So, I was wondering what happened to that lie?

@astrochakbathbodyaromather5984 Ай бұрын

We are not African. We were the American in captive Indians. This why a lot of Southern didn’t appreciate the holiday. We didn’t land on Plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us.

@azborderlands Ай бұрын

My people were around well before Plymouth Rock or anything British.

@astrochakbathbodyaromather5984 Ай бұрын

@azborderlands thar was my point. They came here and landed all their bs on our ancestors. Meaning we were here before Plymouth Rock or its people.

@JLive-jt6jc Ай бұрын

My ancestors are from African descent. Will not erase history to fit a more comfortable narrative.

@aphetrerryac3603 19 күн бұрын

@acajudi100 Ай бұрын

mustard greens, sweet potato pie,

@frugalwitch Ай бұрын

In Alabama it’s pronounced chitlins

@purrfitazitgetz3365 27 күн бұрын

What part of bama u from? And u right lol I hate them but my Unk stopped by for thanksgiving and had 40 pounds of them 🤮

@alphabright9138 Ай бұрын

Native Americans who went to Europe who speak English and escaped slavery . taught the Pilgrims survival skills? please explain

@gwen8859 Ай бұрын

I am an American, period!

@LadyGlobalChic Ай бұрын

This is the HISTORY going where back when in the 1600’s as far as 1621 let everyone LEARN from this instead of who is Native American or African or African American there’s more to this message in this video 😅🧐🤔 @OneMicHistory

@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts Ай бұрын

❤🖤

@philliplyn2692 Ай бұрын

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

@snoodysnoody8118 Ай бұрын

Some black Americans still identify as African American and than you have some people that get offended by being called African American.

@Angie-v4r Ай бұрын

Yes, it has become confusing. I think few people would purposely want to offend anyone at random, or in general, but some Americans are offended by being referred to as "black," while others are offended by "African American." I think Morgan Freeman makes sense of the discrepancy. We are all Americans. Let it begin and end there.

@dennismclaurin1487 Ай бұрын

What about Negro American

@JLive-jt6jc Ай бұрын

@@dennismclaurin1487negro is a racist classification. Same as being ‘black’. Jesse Jackson labeled us as being African American to give us a respectful classification highlighting our ancestry connection. Calling yourself a negro is no different than labeling yourself as a nig-er. I dont want to be called negro, colored, or black. If anything simply call me American if African American is out. Black is a crayon and not the right color of our complexion. We are brown. So we should be called brown americans 😂 which makes no sense in the same as being called black.

@Gullahbae Ай бұрын

@@dennismclaurin1487😂😂😂

@Justme69316 Ай бұрын

💜💕🫶💕💜

@Monaedeezy Ай бұрын

You’re missing dressing, that’s very much Afro American origins.

@WilliejJackson-nk5ox Ай бұрын

😅

@SakinahTVNews Ай бұрын

The sad part is the first Thanksgiving they ate seafood 🤣🤣🤣🤣The tradition of the Turkey came later 💯So why don't people eat seafood 🦞 As they originally did

@foggylungs Ай бұрын

Interesting. I don't eat turkey, pork nor beef. I eat seafood though, so that's what I'll be eating on Thanksgiving

@turquesa_8056 Ай бұрын

I think people can eat what they want at Thanksgiving. It is your preference.

@anastasiarene6617 Ай бұрын

They also ate venison. Old traditions die hard. Turkey used to be a special occasion food when I was a kid and frankly it wasn’t that great, but now it’s everywhere. It isn’t special anymore.

@thepickledfish3631 Ай бұрын

The color of your skin is not what makes you of who you are, we are all human beings . You can have any color of skin and age still be treated horrible in America these days.

@bigcoop3717 Ай бұрын

We are copper colored Indigenous Americans, we are not Africans

@DerickSmith-r9b Ай бұрын

If Africa was wealthy like America those denying their African decent would not ...I can understand they don't even speak their own language but European it's not even American ...let is not deny our roots our lineage .

@beverlypasley Ай бұрын

“Not”