I’ve been to the white cookouts right down the road and it’s kinda refreshing to see the history behind what black and white southerners may share, or really just many parts of a diverse culture being represented among different ethnic groups. Obviously, there’s white influence in southern cuisine but at the white cookouts I’ve been to, they also cook ham hocks, black eyed peas, okra, etc, things with more of a black history. And it’s just normal.. been that way for generations and generations. This is why I’m so proud to have been born in the south. There’s history that should’ve ruined this country as a whole, but somewhere along the line, black, white, native and many Hispanic southerners also, really just kinda merged in a sense. There’s cultural differences, but so many similarities which is just a beautiful thing.

This episode made me want all these dishes lol

Black and Brown Unity! All day. Sharing our culture and food is beautiful. We're more alike than a lot of people realize.

@@RobertoReyesChHC what is brown?

@@christianbryant5617 , I agree and want to remind people that the Native Americans need to be honored in Southern food especially because,they were the ones to introduce grits ,certain styles of BBQ as well as beans, squash, pumpkins,sweet potatoes and peanuts.Many people are not aware that peanuts originally are from South America.

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Am Mexican and soul food is my favorite. But I’ve discovered that Korean food hits a lot of the same notes. Spicy, sweet, flavorful.

Chicken and Wafflesan oxtail is not considered soul food in the black community😏neither is shrimp and grits

​@@cliftonmobile123 ox tails? You trippin

Mexican food is my second favorite as well. 😋

Same

Same here! And there is so many different cultural cuisines to try😋

nope they treat black mexicans same way yt americans treat us or even worse

@@user-er5uk7so8o u mean the same way colorism exists in the african american community? should everybody hate lighter skinned black ppl bc of how they treat the darker skinned AAs ? think before u speak on other cultures.

@@Brainhoneywalker That part. Knowing our history...hit different.

Yassss honey boom! I love that they got the answers right & enjoyed the food. Just made chicken enchiladas the other day. Going to make soul food tomorrow. Grew up on both cultures food. ❤

@@diedrehood9961struggle recognize struggle man, that’s just how it be and it’s a beautiful thing

Tbh a lot of us mexican americans grew up like yall a lot of my héroes are black. I always have deep convos with my black coworkers. They're not even surprised how much I know about black history to me its history anf american history to be exact. Much love brotha

Assuming they're Mexican American, in which case they should know the answers to these very basic American history questions. But glad they enjoyed the food.

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Its cause our roots are closer than most would think! A lot of these cooking styles come from Africa, especially using rice and beans together. Its really cool to see how recipes havw evolved depending on your geography! I watched a video where they compared soul food to african dishes and you can find a matching recipe for almost all of them.

What?! This "soul food" is stolen cuisines from different cultures. Please tell me what cuisine that blacks created/invented and I will run down the list of what Mexicans have created, eat everyday, and have other cultures including blacks using their recipes.

​@spankbuda3769 it's not stolen. It was black americans were forces to make for their slave masters or were given as scraps.

​@@spankbuda3769RICE,PLANTAINS, TAMARIND, COFFEE ALL COME FROM AFRICA. SIT DOWN

😝💕MINE TOO!!😝💕

Same here. So bomb and comforting

Yessss !!!! I don’t care 😂

i was cheesin the entire time i read your comment lol big love your way, i miss my mami too ♥

I'm African American, and I feel the same way about Mexican food ❤

@@TANKDABOSS Same!

Thank you , and I love Mexican food! ♥️

You didn't wait 50 years to try it 😂. I'm white and I have been eating everyones food for years since i was a little hijo

Its mid tbh

What’s the difference between soul food and southern food if I may ask? From a southerner to another southerner I presume, I’m just curious as to what your take is..

@@christianbryant5617 Soul food comes specifically from the enslaved African/Black people in the US. Most of it was made out of necessity because they were only allowed scraps for food. Southern food adopted elements soul food so the lines can be blurry. IE Fried chicken, collard greens, Mac n cheese, etc. can be found in soul food restaurants & southern restaurants.

@@christianbryant5617 Soul food usually uses more economical cuts of meat with more of an emphasis on slow cooking and deep frying, but it's more a black family favorites menu of food once originated, developed, embellished and cooked by slaves more than the melting pot that is creole and Cajun. And it's not so much about BBQ. But BBQ, Creole, Cajun, soul food, Gulla Geechie, are all heavily influenced by African recipes, crops and labor. Not one Southern chef worth their salt will try to pull the "soul" out of southern cuisine nor should they omit the contributions of all cultures that contributed to Southern cuisine with so many very special recipes, ingredients and techniques.

​@@christianbryant5617 Fried chicken originated in Scotland

Soil food tome is just unhealthy diabetes causing food. It contrived and honestly shouldn’t be conflated or confused with culture.

Here’s some Black Mexican history: the first free Black settlement in the Americas was in Mexico, the town of Yanga in the state of Veracruz founded in the 1500s and there was an Underground Railroad that helped several thousand formerly enslaved Blacks escape to Mexico.

@@ChicanoPhD this is so true! I watched a doc that Henry Louis Gates narrated discussing the number of folks in Veracruz that are of African descent. Two of my ancestors escaped on the UGRR, but they fled to free states. However, I am very interested in those who escaped to Mexico. Can you please point me to some academic sources that focus on this flight to Mexico?

@@kimberlyross6688 I just read an academic text titled, “South to Freedom” by Alice Baumgartner. Amazing text. I teach Chicanx Studies and always incorporate Afro-Mexican material in my curriculum. That documentary about the Black history of Latin America by Dr. Gates is essential viewing for everyone.

@@kimberlyross6688 South to Freedom by Alice Baumgartner is a great text about this topic

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Cuts of meat like oxtails and pigs feet were the inexpensive cuts that the majority of the white population didn't buy back then. So my Mexican mom would buy these along with beef tongue and chittlins (tripas), too. It partly explains why there is a lot of crossover. Our families didn't have much, but they made the most with what they had. Of course, now those cuts of meats are not cheap anymore.

@@mattwonder4657ain’t nobody enjoying y’all recipes 😂

@@mrxman581 one thing we gon do as a ppl is make it work . We are the definition of making something out of nothing ‼️🥰

@@Shestylez1988 lmfaoooo he thought he ate, but even he dnt like that unseasoned shit. Lol 😂

Yes !!!! I'm French creole And they love calling creole food " Cajun" like YALL DID NOT CREATE THESE FOODS !!!

But isn’t like fried chicken with waffles a southern dish? I know that the yams, collard greens, beans are soul food. But I thought fried chicken was an all southern food. I’m not sure that’s why I’m asking. Thanks.

@@shaportueng7156 it was gentrified by yt southerners after slaves where freed. Yt ppl didn’t create it, hell they didn’t even know how to cook for themselves let alone create a dish. The sad part is, it’s been so white washed that it does confuse people so I understand why you ask. It’s a valid question

@@Amberrechelle they even calling themselves creole now too and Gullah geechee in SC. They need to stop!!!! They only claiming creole food because they don’t want yall to be seen as the blueprint for which yall are 💙

@@godsservant1092 They didn't, it was being said as a happy feeling.

I need to come open one it’s time to leave America anyway lol

@@godsservant1092you’re using his name in vain….

Absolutely same! I love Mexican food as well, and I appreciate the respect that these beautiful women gave to our culinary traditions!

Lulu would loved it

Funny as an African I attach it to Carribbean 😂😂

Right! What happened? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Exactly, or the cornbread with the greens.

That's optional. My mother used salt pork. She never cooked smoked turkey or andouille sausage. I never ate those meats growing up.

​@@glencora6340That's more Gulf South. I lived in S. Louisiana but grew up in N. Georgia so no andouille, yes, we use more salt pork, ham hock and even streak'o'lean 😂.

Exactly

Yep, and this is why our food is similar.

I didn't know that

@@fread51 I didn't know either until 2 years ago. I'm like well then lol.

Grits is from native Americans 🇺🇸. You didn’t know because it’s a lie. Grits isn’t Mexican, it’s comes from native Americans and it’s South Carolina’s cuisine.

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Well thats not true it was actually South Dakota in 2022

Yeah, because they didn’t try everything like baked mac n cheese, cornbread dressing, jambalaya, gumbo, and fried catfish

Guy, you’re not serious right?? IT VERY MUCH IS AMERICAN CUISINE. That’s like saying why is feijoada credited as Brazilian cuisine when it came from Africans. Y’all just be sayin anything in these comment sections.

Grits and cornbread comes from native Americans but enslaved Africans incorporated it into their dishes.

@@capeverdeanprincess4444 Most so called Afro Americans ARE indigenous. Which is why they know and have been using these ingredients since before they even knew about the siberians

Yeah they are !! Or they called " southern"

@@capeverdeanprincess4444Nope, definitely not true. When you look at west African food, you can see that grits and the use of grains are common .

You grew up eating shrimp and grits in the central and SW US?! That's wild! 🎉

I'm a fool for good fried chicken. But I'm like Xóchitl- no combining sweet with my chicken!

So glad you did the wrap-up at the end (what they liked best)!

Fried catfish!

Fried Chicken wings, mac & cheese, yams, collard greens & peach cobbler for dessert

would you please do mexican moms try pakistani dishes next? like Shik kebab, Nihari, Biriyani etc

Please! To who? Afro Americans, mexicans, and Asians have been cooking ox tails since before we even knew what a Jamaican was, completely different flavor profiles. But Jamaicans-and their cuisine are promoted and celebrated globally.

That’s actually false. Oxtails were apart of soul food when the enslaved created the cuisine. You need to do some more reading up

Nope definitely African American . Oxtails are a huge staple for us in the deep southern part of American. I'm French creole and eating oxtails and rice and beans were a thing ..... so you're wrong about this .

@@Shestylez1988that's what I'm saying

@@citizencoy4393yep ! She needs to know her culture more 😊

I bet they ain't scared -- they've all eaten menudo, which has tripe and sometimes pig's feet in there. and they have a version of chitlins called tripas.

Nahhh idk about all that lol. Might be a bridge too far

We eat chitterlings! or "tripa" usually fried to a crisp on a flat grill to make some tacos. Add cilantro, onion, lime, and avocado green salsa = party in your mouth. As a Mexican, my favorite kind of taco 2nd is al pastor. Just make sure to ask for them to be "doraditos" or fry hard 🔥

@@RobertoReyesChHC Omg! I never knew tripe and chitlins were the same - I guess we really do have more in common than I thought 🤣💞