What Every American Should Know About Black Cooks

[@bonitaphinney1529]

Soul food is delicious, if cooked with love. There is a saying in the Black Community, that if that food was good, then it was said " your mama put her foot in it" The majority of Black women had to cook for their families, and they learned from watching whoever was preparing the meals. I love to eat many different foods, but there is nothing like golden brown fried chicken, collard greens, mashed potatoes, homemade biscuits and a prayer at the Sunday meal. Thanks to my mama, and all the mamas who took what they had to make a delicious meal.

[@MelissaThompson432]

That's an interesting expression, and I don't think I understand it. My mother used to say her food tasted better because she stirred her thumb in it (meaning it had a taste of her hand) but I'm pretty sure that's not where you were going. And neither of us was black, so maybe we just don't have the background....

[@marlomills6800]

AMEN

[@stacybrown6760]

A saying is just that ❤ expression on how delicious the meal was ​@MelissaThompson432

[@delphine88313]

In my neck of the woods that was a common expression yet in other cultures everyone has their sayings ​@@MelissaThompson432

[@CynthiaRockroth]

I'm passing my plate, fill please, your making me hungry and I just had dinner😊! By the way, that sounds like Sunday dinner, but you left out the green beans.( we had green beans and potatoes every night, even if it was the ONLY thing on the table)

[@incognito96]

We know colonel sanders didnt slave over a hot stove, perfecting that recipe, we know it was Big Momma.

[@crackerjacks6789]

She was his cook and he Allegedly paid her a few dollars for her recipe😢,, He made Millions and never gave her family a cent but uses his marketing of white suit to advertise and build a franchise. 😮

[@riverbilly64]

“Colonel” Sanders used to work at Boone Tavern in Berea, Kentucky. I heard from older Black folks who live in the area that BT had a Black cook whose recipe Sanders lifted. Straight from the mouths of locals. I believe them.

[@jdf875]

It’s sad because we are constantly being robbed of our ingenuity in everything that human race benefits from! There is NOT one thing on this green earth that we haven’t contributed to to benefit everyone and everything!

[@riverbilly64]

Cala looks like hush puppies. I know those are rooted in southern cuisine.

[@CharlesJohnson-xd6mu]

True story

[@vmitchell8636]

My father was a cook in the Air Force. In the 60's and 70's. We(family) traveled with him wherever he was assigned, in Europe and South East Asia. My father was an amazing cook and we lived in some amazing places. Thank you for this content.✌🏾

[@susandonoghue7933]

Thank you TO your father for his service and you and ur family

[@kaliha55]

Yes! 💯% our black men fried chicken in Asia during the war. They now have there Korean fried chicken which everyone raves about currently. Let them tell it they created there own fried chicken.

[@mikkibarker8671]

​@@kaliha55No. 😂

[@kaliha55]

@@mikkibarker8671 yes! Ref...find network sciences. It was not a staple. It was a southern dish. Think about it! They were nit frying chicken. It evolved due to the soldiers. This is how customs are exchanged.

[@sharoneuby-62]

Thank you to your father for his service.

[@fabiennejones4660]

My grandmother, Martha, “Cooked” our family from Mississippi, via St. Louis, MO, north to Chicago. She was a very determined woman, who wanted better….and used her skills as a cook to get it done. I’m proud to be her granddaughter and I feel her presence every time I cook a meal. She is with me. ❤️🖤💚

[@moorpinklillies2152]

❤ that

[@moorpinklillies2152]

@@fabiennejones4660 this is a testimony to all, keep your generations knowledgeable of this woman of God’s great achievement, strong will, perseverance and knowledge. Most of us can attest to some type of greatness of how our families made it by Grace.

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

Love This🥰❤️🤗

[@claireejones9575]

🎉my Grandmother Clara was a great southern cook from Bessemer, Ala.,to chattanooga, Tn, also my mom and Dad were great cooks.

[@jdf875]

We are the culture

[@lcoleman6046]

Always been.

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

Indubitably!

[@Mr.NettaizmysusSirNettaizmysus]

Yet we get no credit are the lowest on the totem pole. Even the ones that have ‘made it’ are mistreated. Almost every Important thing in this world was created by a black person. Including the higher education institutions were built off of the sweat of the black men. Yet they don’t want intelligent black ppl to enroll in ‘their’ schools. Caucasian ppl feel so entitled and I’m so amazed at how many black folks flock to them for personal relationships when most of them are hidden racist. I was recently called the N word by a fat obtuse white man over a parking place. Sad thing is he initiated the interaction but had no clue what he was talking about. I was parked in the 🅿️ spot waiting on my order from Sam’s club, long story short my order was wrong I had to go inside the store to correct situation. I never moved my vehicle from parking spot. After correcting order. I make it back to my car, putting in my items. I noticed a white man in a raggedy pickup 🛻 parked next to me. His face of venom. I drive a Maserati truck, i continue loading my items up he looking crazy, i continue to watch him. His order arrives,he gets his shyt and put it in car. As he pulling out he says’some ppl can’t follow the rules, I was confused at his remarks and yes some ppl don’t,I continued putting my merchandise in car. He said ‘typical N’, he tried to say it quietly bc it was busy, ppl everywhere. I called him a fat ignorant cracker that should mind his f business. I also said he should die off bc he’s full of racism and ignorance. Ppl noticed the exchange and realized he was in the wrong after hearing me tell him u assuming I parked here bc it’s close to the store but there were issues w/my order which is noyb. (I live in Las Vegas I carry 🔫, had he approached me physically I would have defended myself.)He was so angry bc other ppl began to notice him using racial slurs. My remarks were not what he wanted either, he almost hit several cars trying to interact w/me. He wasn’t ready for my quick tongue 👅 telling him to mind his business&return to his trailer park and I’ll happily go back to my gated community where trash and hillbilly trucks are not allowed. I asked him why was he in my area where the wealthy reside 😝. I’m not racist not ignorant but I had to put him in his place. Black ppl accept other ppl effortlessly yet we get spat on, unalived by white ppl for no reason it’s sad and they need to do better.

[@cosmopolitanwonder9675]

All life began in Africa and it will be free from the colonials one day and the world will be a wonderful place for all as we will share our resources sell at fair prices no one human or animal will go hungry, the greed,of the Europeans is the reason for all the suffering and wars in this world.when Africa gains all he God given rights and resources all the world will be fed, as it was supposed to be Mother of all Landsms Africa God made it full of greatness for a reason, the captivity will end, and what a wonderful world it will be. Not one human or animal should be without food and it will be so in time, not in my life time however in the future it must be or no point in the world at all. For just one set,of white elected to benefit and everyone else suffer.long live Mother Africa.

[@sharonsmith4328]

Ur a culture

[@ChillWill2050]

Much Love Native Black family

[@southernladybrown5092]

B1❤❤❤❤ definitely southern staple smoked and barbecued meats paired with rice, collard greens, cabbage, green beans, mashed potatoes, potato salad, coleslaw, corn, and beans etc……Shout Out to OUR Ancestors 👑 4EVER❤❤❤❤❤❤❤NOBODY DOES IT BETTER 💯

[@TeenaDavis101]

Why does everyone try to Africanize everything Blk Americans do?

[@Mrs.Stewart719]

Stop you're making me hungry 😂😂😂

[@rosewest3176]

I SECOND THAT 💯💯💯

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

@@Mrs.Stewart719 Me Too!!! 😂😂😋

[@HelenBurns-y8c]

They were the very best cooks. I grew up in the post WW2 south. The food was fresh, flavorful, and healthy. The best food I have ever eaten. And I'm 82. And I agree they were taken advantage of. All the time.

[@Joankc119]

I believe that they probably still are!!!😮

[@samanthanickson6478]

This was made with love. Thank you! 🙏🏼 🤗

[@kaliha55]

IMPORTANT:Black American Pride So proud to see our brothas and Sistas making sure our history in this country is lemented through video, books and word of mouth. It is imperative that our history is recorded and exchanged amongst ourselves. We have been innovators in this country and we have the lengthy historical content to validate these discussions. Unlike others in this country. We built this country. End of story!👊🏾 We are stronger together ❤️ 💪🏾

[@TruthAndLight4995]

Next time you’re in NoLA, stop by “Heard Dat Kitchen”. Chef Jeff can cook!!! ❤

[@ParisCouture]

We all knew Thomas Jefferson and George Washington both were eating damn good -- they each had over 200 enslaved black people on their plantations.

[@Mr.NettaizmysusSirNettaizmysus]

I know I shouldn’t shake my head at that comment. But damn the image of the white men eating soul food &having sex with those same black women against their will is devastating. The white wife knew what was going on but couldn’t open her mouth in distress. Part of why they hate black womenfolk now.

[@Crystal1107]

😡

[@Bloombaby99]

😂😂😂😂

[@nolineneal5696]

Thomas Jefferson sent his black son to France to further his cooking skills. I understand it was his son that introduced Mac and cheese to America.

[@karensimmons1107]

My first time on your platform 😊very insightful and informative 👍 one love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 to all chefs from around the world 🌎 and to all my ancestors who did the groundwork for us today ❤

[@lorrainelegg-coleman811]

Big ups to Jamaican cooks as well. 🇯🇲 My grandmother (St Anne…Higgintown/ Brownstown…) was apparently quite an impressive cook at a Jamaican beach resort during the late 40s early 50s around WWII times. She had to been some sort if legendary cook because the story is that… Soon thereafter one of the vacationing families “sent for grandma” to come to live with them on Park Ave. NYC to be their personal chef. 13:02 She in turn send for my Mom (As the first born) and then for her brothers-my uncles soon afterwards. Eventually the host family sponsored grandma’s citizenship. The “Sponsoring”family then had my grandma choose a house and worked out all the details for Grandma to buy a big brick house for them in Queens-she still cooked for them and basically had two places to live. What a God!! ❤

[@karensimmons1107]

@lorrainelegg-coleman811 beloved your story is Golden!! Your grandmother is a legendary 🙌 with all the ingredients of wealth. She needs a platform for herself to tell her story. Her story is very insightful and inspiring 👏 you're my new found friend, happy new year to you and your family. Wish you wealth of blessings along with good health ✨ 2024 was a challenging year for most of us, but with God's grace and mercy 2025 we will claim it victory in Jesus name 🙏 ❤

[@wellbbq]

Louisiana StandUP!! ShoutOUT Dooky Chase rip Mama LEAH...

[@QueenMaryMinistries]

We here ❤

[@riverbilly64]

❤

[@lcoleman6046]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ivyteacherwilson]

⚜️💯👏🏽

[@mysticqueen74]

Louisiana: used to be. The spirit is sleeping 💤

[@Bloombaby99]

Both of my grandmothers were excellent cooks. One was a master at soul food, the other expressed interest in American as well as foreign cuisine. Both were really well known for their cooking.

[@wannellalawson4001]

My mother and grandmother were great cooks. When I was growing up, the only time we had meat was on Sundays. My mom and grandmother could turn the taste of beans into the taste of steak. It was that good. In addition, my mom sold dinners at her church every Friday. Lines were around the corners. Oh, boy, do I miss those meals.

[@MikePickleball]

Thank you for this , I love to cook , garden , bbq, and smoke and have lost my passion over the years , this has given me another chip in the fire to get back into it thank you again!

[@Blessed-ly6kr]

Never stop doing what you love that was you give love back into the world❤

[@harlemboy413]

First off rice was first planted in South Carolina hence all the Carolina rice and it was called Carolina Gold which is an african strand of Rice and was recently re discovered by African Americans who still had the seeds and didnt really know what it was.

[@cathypurnell9331]

I would love to be able to purchase some of that rice. Carolina Gold. 🌸

[@harlemboy413]

@cathypurnell9331 um you can just Google Carolina gold rice. It's 1 place that sell the real stuff and you will see it.

[@kimwhite2682]

Facts. Some of my ancestors were brought from West Africa to South Carolina because they were expert rice farmers for thousands of years. 👍🏽

[@culturevultureztv]

I thought Carolina Gold really referred to a type of barbecue sauce that they make in the southeast like South Carolina specifically and part of Georgia like Savannah is the color of the sauce

[@alfredasingletonsmith4897]

@@culturevultureztvCarolina Gold is a type of rice.

[@TawanaScott-x9q]

Yah bless all of my ancestors and may their souls forever rest in paradise 🙏🏾

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

Thank you for your work. Never stop spreading truth.

[@nitaw9885]

Thank for sharing this story ❤

[@TheMidtownPookiee]

BLACK FOLKS ARE THE BEST COOKS ON THE PLANET 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@cgvccourtneyomega6166]

indeed. though i love him, gordon ramsay better stand down if I ever meet him

[@nightswan1234]

Yes, they certainly are; second to none!🔥💪🏿

[@Violetsoul91]

True but Puerto Ricans (who are mixed with African blood) cook really good too. We cook criolla which is creole

[@SkyJamieson]

Not you tryna leech off our energy 😢😂​@@Violetsoul91

[@nonino1644]

Oh yeah PR throws down. They got the best sofrito. We know.

[@kemyattacromer2515]

Food for the soul. SOUL food 🫶

[@janetday5431]

I think it's called soul food because we always prayed over the food while cooking it,I would say Jesus cooked this cornbread, because I learned from my grandma, to pray before doing anything 🙏

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

@@janetday5431… first time l heard a definition for soul food and it makes sense. I remember watching an episode of Soul Food, the series, and they prayed holding hands before eating. I notice in many black churches and gatherings they like to hold hands while praying. I grew up Catholic and inwardly l always cringed whenever they would do it. Always felt uncomfortable and wasn’t praying, just listening and waiting so l could move my hands 😂😂😂😂 That’s why l always say, Black Americans are culturally and socially diverse whether we want to admit it or not. ❤❤❤

[@janetday5431]

@Mimi-ht6xr I admit yes people of color are all different, being black doesn't say much about your culture, your parents decided before you was born what and how you would think. I'm a lot like my Mom loving and generous ,my sister is like my Dad ,making money is paramount, same parents, and we are so different, color doesn't define who you will be,your choices does.

[@michelemiller7049]

Excellent presentation

[@twinitedkindle5159]

We are and always will be #1 Cook's. That's it that's all. Say Yes Family 💞.

[@Joankc119]

YES!!!🙂🙂

[@MooMoo-fw3kh]

Black cookery came out of necessity and survival. these black cooks ,who were also slaves were forced to cook in the big house for the slave owner's family so you didn't do a good job, you got a beating and so the cuisine of black cooks became history

[@cathypurnell9331]

WHAT ??????

[@KathyPowell-e4i]

Only God knows😊

[@KYLE1010-wj1og]

Great stories…thank you for this. You are a great teacher.

[@kathyw.3146]

These recipes are not lost. They were stolen. They now try to rename them as southern food.❤

[@ronceyhines9212]

rite

[@kathleenstoin671]

I grew up in South Carolina. Thanks to Black cooks, white people learned to enjoy that wonderful food, but we all knew where it came from. Most restaurants, which didn't even serve Black customers, had Black cooks working in the kitchen. In those days, most Black people lived in the South, in many cases outnumbering the white population. So technically it is Southern food, and we white Southerners are glad those wonderful Black cooks showed white people how good food could be! I'm happy to say that now Black people are not shut out of restaurants!

[@kathyw.3146]

@kathleenstoin671 , I love that everyone loves Black cooking. But the point I was trying to make is, just like Chinese food or Italian food, no matter how many Chinese or Italian restaurants are in New York, we don't call their cuisine Northern food. No matter how many Mexican restaurants are in California, we don't call their cuisine West Coast food. And that goes for every other ethnic group. So why not just say we enjoy soul food instead of trying to erase the people who created it. And renaming it to simply Southern food as if it's no big deal that many younger people have no idea who created the cuisine. That's all I'm saying. ❤️

[@kathleenstoin671]

​@kathyw.3146 You make some very good points. I get it. But I guess it depends on where you go. In Charleston, South Carolina, where I am from, there are so many restaurants now that are serving "Southern food," and everyone knows those recipes came from Black culture. But maybe in other parts of the country it isn't so clear. So many people in other parts of the country are very ignorant of Southern culture in general and may not know the difference. So yes, if that's the case, I agree that credit should be loudly given where it's due. Are white people actually trying to steal credit? I don't know. But actual Southerners, but maybe not the transplants, are well aware of our gratefulness for rice, okra, peanuts, collards, and many other foods, and we knew who brought them here and taught us how to enjoy and cook them. The South Carolina Lowcountry used to grow most of the rice for the entire country. Everyone knew who brought it here. The fact that so many white cooks adopted those recipes just shows how good they are! But as I said, Southerners know who gave them to us, and to the entire country.

[@kathyw.3146]

@kathleenstoin671 , Paula Dean is a prime example. I have been noticing this trend for quite a while. Even when people from other countries taste it, the people in the restaurants NEVER say this is Soul food. They simply say it's southern food.

[@riverbilly64]

This was a great video. Thank you.

[@cgvccourtneyomega6166]

This is a beautifully thought out and delivered dish! Just like good cooking. Not complicated but done well! These are the type of dine and discussion events we hope to offer at The Colored Only Cafe in Athens GA in the warmer weather months as we are an outside venue

[@thetruth8280]

Them black eye peas look yummy😋

[@emmettpinkston236]

Thanks!

[@I.Am.Unworldly]

RIP Mama Ruth Tillman of Jackson, MS. 5/19/1937-1/5/2023 The best southern cook ever. I still use her recipes and fill her presence with every meal I make! ❤❤

[@tobiasisrael3758]

These recipes ain't lost ... they are in every famous southern white cooks cookbook.

[@penelopewilliams9336]

Of course. Cornbread? Fried chicken? Collard, mustard and turnip greens? The list is endless

[@Joankc119]

💯💯💯

[@xnx2158]

Thank you for sharing this history, love your videos!

[@Melinda-k2t]

Eliza Jackson's potatoes salad . . Was a tradition ever since I can remember. 1958.

[@Gary-e4h]

As cooks these people were holy. That food is ridiculously good. It's just sad how it happened. But the shit they made, insane.

[@Rebecca-le9hn]

Great history lesson. Here are a few cookbooks from my collection. "Spoonnbread and Strawberry Wine" "Mandy's Favorite Louisiana Recipes" "Bound To The Fire, How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent America's Cuisine" "Black Food" "The Peppers, Cracklings, and Knots of Wool Cookbook, the global migration of African Cuisine"

[@Blessed-ly6kr]

Thank you for sharing

[@ParisVan-Del]

Thank you.

[@francesrochellepride4130]

Thanks!

[@ladywithclasscarpenter1143]

Enjoyed this video thank you for the cooking documentary; Some of the best food was created in Louisiana, my home state.

[@DustySoulLtd]

Thomas Hemings was also Jefferson's enslaved son.

[@janetday5431]

It's crazy how well my sisters can cook, any kind of food, my sister makes the best fried cornbread,and fried catfish and shrimp.

[@slimtrain]

Please watch the food documentary called High On The Hog.

[@thecommunityofpeace6905]

This is such an excellent video. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@bonitaphinney1529]

Thank you for recognizing the slang used in our communities, such as " putting our foot in it " which may not be used elsewhere.

[@scoobysnax9787]

Brilliant video. But did you know virtually all of North Africa got their spices from India & as far as Indonesia as early as the 3rd Century. Spices as Cumin, Cardomen, Chillies, but the Bonnet Chillie came from India. Africa was trading with India & Indonesia for well over 1500 years. I got an A for my Spice Trade Masters thesis 40 yrs ago. It was amazing to see what spices went into Africa & when. Ethiopia was trading with Southern China as early as the Tang Dynasty in the 7th & 8th centuries. African cooking goes way back. I love it.

[@susan_elizabeth]

Thank you so much for shining a much-needed light on this vital information from our American past. If anyone is interested in more information or recipes from enslaved Americans, I highly recommend this cookbook: Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef (Dover Cookbooks). Peace and love to all.💜

[@msmini1585]

Enjoyed the video.❤

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

BTW, it might be helpful to mention "Thomas Hemings" and his relationship between "Thomas Jefferson" and "Sally Hemings". ✊

[@MayWhite-bz7xl]

Thank you for this excellent informative video.

[@gingerjones111]

Great video. Thanks, I learned a lot.

[@TrinaMarie1]

Sally Hemmings, ..James Hemmings 🙏🏾💕

[@CelesteJenkins-f4c]

Im so blessed to come from a family of great cooks from North Carolina and South Carolina SIHP to all my Ancestors ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

[@kitt7477]

Gambariy is a famous rice dish from the Arabian Gulf states, it always contains shrimp & spices.

[@mikkibarker8671]

Africans were enslaved there, also.

[@deedeedixon712]

My Husband is a wonderful cook....😋😋😋😋😋😋😋 Yes indeed ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@KimBall-pp4os]

Yes, my dad was in the Navy and he was a cook in the Navy

[@MelissaThompson432]

As a white Southerner, I am duly aware of and deeply grateful for the effects of the legacy of Africa and enslaved people on our traditional foods, and, indeed, our unique culture overall.

[@Defaultname00012]

Africa didn’t produce any of these dishes, Black Americans did in America. You don’t see any of these cuisines cooked on that continent and our ingredients are mostly indigenous to America

[@MelissaThompson432]

@Tfutalkingbout okra, black eyed peas, yams, some edible gourds, arguably the entire rice economy of the US south, all from Africa. Spices and seasonings, cooking methods and pairings. If somebody was cooking before they left their homes and then we're charged with cooking in the land of their exile, they would adapt what they already knew. Not every owner would send his biracial child/servant to France to learn French methods. Not every owner could.

[@Defaultname00012]

@ the key is preparation. Black Americans don’t prepare any foods similar to any African nation. We don’t use the same methods, sessonings, or pairings. Most of our dishes use native ingredients such as corn which is native to the americas.

[@MelissaThompson432]

@Tfutalkingbout ok.

[@Defaultname00012]

@@MelissaThompson432 you need to think about what you’re saying before you sprout this stuff on the internet. Black Americans went through an ethnogenesis in America and became a totally unique ethnic group due to race mixing. We don’t belong to any African nation or ethnic group. Our group was created here in America and we won’t allow you to keep Africanizing us

[@elizabethilling9387]

Many thanks for this history lesson. I am a Canadian woman who has great appreciation for my African and Jamaican friends. Would you please recommend a cook book written by your fav African chef/cook. Many thanks. Bless you.

[@bonitaphinney1529]

I am a Black woman who lives in Maryland. Each region in the United Sates has their slang for good food. Please don't undermine , my expression just because your mother didn't use. My mother was a very good cook, and sometimes the expression, " Putting your foot in it", implied it was delicious.

[@hildawatlington2012]

Yes indeed it was delicious.

[@Jellykelly1222]

Lol

[@debraharris776]

@bonitaphinney1529 That’s right. That’s exactly what “Putting your foot in it” means that the food is very delicious or very good. My husband was a chef and a cook. He often used this expression. I’m a Georgia girl, now living in Alabama so that’s a very well known expression!!!

[@bonitaphinney1529]

Thank you for recognizing that our slang for good food may not be used elsewhere. But yes we in the Black communities knew when the food was de‐‐--licious.

[@TheElochai]

Who's now craving soul food?

[@VisibleTimes]

Always ❣️😍😋

[@Bloombaby99]

Right here.

[@margaretlouiseable]

As a woman of Scottish descent I claim this as my American history too. We have to start thinking as one, with full knowledge of what transpired in the bad ol days. What would Martin or Jesus do? God Bless America. My folks have been here for 300 years. I cook like what you are describing! Us Texans love soul food!

[@JarubenJones]

Certain places got good food I order large amounts to go & add spices with onions garlic wet it up & butter put to oven cook some more😅 if I don't have time to start from scratch.❤

[@irenefinch7024]

1st Time Listening From Atlanta!

[@CoachSherri]

Paschal’s is still in Atlanta. I don’t know if it’s in its original space but I’ve gone there recently and it is a wonderful Soul Food restaurant

[@marciarobinson8200]

These traditions were so simple even now we still do our meals around our ancestors cooking 🤪💯☝️🌏 from Marcia P Robinson

[@sherleengibson8847]

I've noticed that the Black cooks gave some of the cooking secrets BUT they didn't give everything,they didn't give that MAIN INGREDIENT 😅.

[@VauveAnais]

Thank you!

[@7CarChronicles]

bbq from my knowlege is a word from the americas...the caribbean specifically...the indigenous caribbeans..the taino, arawak, etc.

[@KatherineWithFriends]

I enjoy your videos

[@kevinstubbs2778]

Yes we are

[@bonitahobbs2374]

TThe historical movie starring Nick Nolte as Jefferson n Gymneth Paltrow as his daughter stated that the Hemmings young man was Jeffersons son .

[@Michelle32533]

The Colonel took her recipe. And soon after he passed, KFC chicken never tasted the same.

[@allybrosia3725]

We NEVER get credit for a whole delicious cuisine we invented out of scraps! Represents who we are. Everything we touch becomes a delicacy and a luxury. The goal is to keep you believing otherwise! They call it “Southern cooking” to take Foundational Black Americans out of it.

[@Joankc119]

💯💯💯!

[@enjoyingnourishments6812]

What were the recipes

[@EastSider48215]

A part of this story that is too frequently overlooked is James Hemings actual relationship to Jefferson: James was Jefferson’s enslaved brother-in-law. James and Sally Hemings were half-siblings of Jefferson’s wife, Martha Wayles. Martha Wayles’s father was also James and Sally’s father, and when he died, His daughter Martha inherited her own sisters and brothers as slaves, and brought them with her when she married Jefferson. The Hemings family is a bold, classic example of the depth of depravity the American institution of chattel slavery: people enslaved and abused their own kin: children, siblings, grandchildren - all of that meant nothing compared to the color of their skin. And that is why 150 years after the legal end of literal enslavement, we Americans are still needing to acknowledge and atone for that founding sin of our nation: its legacy is still ever-present today.

[@jocelyngardner5711]

Not all black Americans came from Africa. America is black indigenous land. My families for Louisiana and Texas America 🇺🇸 stamped

[@orangemoonglows2692]

if you're black, you are african-descended. your people were not here before whites came. stop this cap. it's ridiculous..

[@LavitaWilliams-tf6mp]

EXACTLY THAT IS WHAT WHITE AMERICA TOLD EVERYONE. MY ANCESTORS ARE FROM PORTUGAL. AN I am black. The funniest thing white slavery was way worse than black slavery. But I will never ever hear about it at all. But u can purchase books only. Black masters, white slaves, WHITE CARGO, the forgotten history of British white slavery and many many more books. Don't u find it weird in the 21 century the government in America don't want black history taught at all. Me and my family are leaving America because we been planning on leaving since COVID. My uncle force all of us to leave America. Because he stated the America government is against the black race in America. An that is very dangerous plus he stated our reparations went to the immigrates. An that was the ultimate of disrespect. Than the government pass a anti Asian hate crime bill. But in the meanwhile black Americans are being murder ever single day by the cops❤. Right after the holiday we all are moving to Barcelona SPAIN. IT IS BEAUTIFUL OVER THERE CANT WAIT TO LEAVE AMERICA. JUST SHARING

[@Jellykelly1222]

Right, I immediately became lost when mentioning 😮 Africa

[@qualqui]

Now I more fully understand why a Black Chef appears on boxes of yummy, nutritious Cream of Wheat and why Aunt Jemima appeared until recently on Pancake mix boxes. And finally realizing that "southern food" is actually "Soul Food". And while the black slaves taken to s.e. Mexico's Costa chica were few in number compared to black slaves taken to America, I'm pretty sure they also influenced our Mexican food as well.🤠👍

[@annmcevoy9299]

I think it's sad they took them off.

[@MonicaSmith-i8k]

Thanks 👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏😊😊😅

[@Blessed-ly6kr]

New sub🎉 good y research

[@purplepheasant4776]

Zucchini, squashes, and eggplants were brought by Creoles to the U.S. The original term for creole is an artisan or skilled person no matter their ethnicity. African were brought to North America for their skills and talents. Thus, there are many talented, intelligent black people in the U.S. They shaped the continent. I wish they hadn't been so helpful.

[@albertmartin-j9k]

Word up 21 21 21 Real Life 💯💯💯

[@jackienash299]

Amen!

[@marilynchappell2691]

Yes, I grew up with some of the best cooks on my mother side

[@maryedwards8551]

None of our cooking is lost black people I am fro the old school

[@colinchampollion4420]

BARBECUE ~ COMES FROM Mexico ~ "Barbacoa" then traveled through Texas then to "La Louisianne"😮! !

[@Patrick-uu5xg]

My dad brought me to a restaurant in Milwaukee where the entire staff and all the consumers where black. We where the only white people there an I was sooo scared. I was about 12 years old. Very nice people and the best corned beef sandwich I ever had to this day. That was 45 years ago. Great memory. Great video. Thanks.

[@luketheduke626]

What restaurant in Milwaukee is it? I love me a corned beef sandwich!!

[@queenash2702]

Why were you scared? Take no offense but blacks were segregated from EVERYWHERE! They feared to even make eye contact with a white person! To this day I can't go into a country all white staffed restaurant without having PTSD. It's a good feeling to see white people wanting to enjoy cooking by black people. Sounds like that corned beef made you forget about your surroundings lol which is awesome.

[@MrsAudacious]

Why were you so scared ? 🤔

[@denise3885]

And nobody tried to eat you? 😂

[@tallendracarson9295]

Patrick, I live in Milwaukee. Just wondering about which restaurant that could have been? There were very few back then. Now, there are so many soul food places here

[@girlface983]

When we were kids my grandmother would make hoe cake. A big biscuit made in the skillet. We would get some syrup and the sopping would begin. You can make hoe cake with mill also. My mothers cabbage was so good we would ask for it as Children. She and my grandmother were fabulous cooks.

[@angenettemitchell5782]

Oh yeah my mother could cook she only had Lord butter salt Bacon grease and the food was so good

[@dulcerolindeaux9700]

I'd love some suggestions for cookbooks that contain recipes.

[@DFL_iBAIP]

He was free he didn't have to come back unless his family was threatened.

[@skeetmoses]

People take pride in not writing down recipes. I think we should change that. Write them down. Make them into a cookbook. This can be passed down to others and maybe everyone will become a better cook

[@illman8876]

Red peppers, and the term "barbacoa" are indigenous to the americas. I am not so sure that uplifting the black cook's story, without mentioning his interactions with the native people, is a very good idea. Just my 2c.

[@RealDealy]

But, you failed to mention those indigenous people were "blk", they were just reclassified as African once the system of slavery took over, and yt supremacy became the new game to play It was colleges that pushed the theory of African slaves making up the majority of the blk population when they were American Indians who got reclassified as African in order to take their land. Only around 87,000-320,000 African slaves came here from 1619-1860. Mexicans were just who the Spanish got, and did the same to them, but before that we were all different tribes on this one land before it got divided

[@SILKTEEN46]

Yes, those terms are Indigenous to the so called black people of America. With that being said, we were already cooking/preparing such foods, w/o the aide of Africa.,

[@illman8876]

@@RealDealy no, they were fucking not black, they were a completely distinct group of people, neither white nor black, and you are shitting on their entire life by saying this. and fuck those five people who agreed with you.

[@illman8876]

@@RealDealy have you even met a native person or been to any of their sovereign land?!

[@RealDealy]

@@illman8876 Most of FBA have "native american" in our lineage, again, they reclassified all of us in order to take the land This is why they call just five tribes civilized, they didn't recognize the other tribes meaning they didn't have to pay them for the land like the five tribes., & those members were able to put yt people on the rolls which allowed the blk members to be pushed out as reclassified as "African" Racism is the ultimate con game that has been played especially the story of North America

[@nyamahdunbar3821]

Was James Hemings Sally Hemings' brother or father?

[@shany3287]

Brother

[@sandracheek422]

Son Jefferson the president was his son by sally

[@lumpcrabbarnacle3382]

A black chef on a train invented Bisquick.

[@Gullahbae]

I’m sorry but I had to stop when you started talking about Louisiana being a rice colony. The rice industry was much larger in SC, hence why my people, the Gullah Geechee,were taken there. And Hoppin John wasn’t a dish created in Louisiana. It was created by the GG community in SC. I’m now questioning how accurate the information this video is since you already starting off with incorrect information.

[@theresemalmberg955]

I am curious. How did enslaved cooks introduce African elements to the enslavers' table in the "big house"? Wouldn't there have been some resistance to these new foods and techniques? Were these cooks simply told what and how to cook or did they have room for innovation? Then, as today, there are some folks who are open to trying new cuisines and foods and there are people who are not. It seems to me a very risky thing for an enslaved cook to experiment with the menu unless they were very sure that this would be well-received.

[@MelissaThompson432]

My guess? "Owning" people was so exotic at first that everything about their cooks was exotic and it was a matter of some cachet to eat "slave style." Anyone who would "own" someone and force them to work without pay is not a deep thinker to start with. I'm sure they hosted dinner parties themed around "slave style." And then after awhile it wasn't exotic, it was just superior.

[@carolelizabethowens2661]

Enslaved cooks and field hands introduced African breast milk DIRECTLY into the mouths of white "masters' infants" as Africans were ROUTINELY used (not voluntarily) by white masters' wives/women for "wet-nursing." Perhaps that is one of the early avenues through which "enslaved cooks introduced African elements to the enslavers table in the big house." Just a quick thought for you to ponder.

[@jerrysoucy2611]

Excellent - I'll be back for another video after I get something to eat

[@KimberlyReese-vi2or]

I love food

[@BadgerBJJ]

“American” cooking is a blend of Native American, African, European and waves of immigration into America (Italian, German, Chinese, Mexican). It’s impossible to underestimate the influence of slavery on our history and culture.