How Enslaved Cooks Broke the South with Kitchen Scraps

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• JI

  @JimiHendrixAcademy · 6 months ago

  In school the only thing they said we invented was peanut butter. People are still ignorant to our history and contributions.

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• PH

  @phanatic215 · 6 months ago

  Black folks been turning dogshit into diamonds since we were brought here. There is no America without us.

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• SA

  @samhklm · 6 months ago

  George Washington’s enslaved chef, Hercules Posey, escaped from slavery and was never recaptured.<br>Hercules was Washington’s head cook at Mount Vernon and in the presidential household, <br>widely known for his culinary skill. On February 22, 1797, Washington’s 65th birthday, <br>Hercules fled from Mount Vernon in what historians describe as an act of self-emancipation.

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• RA

  @RAconsciousness · 6 months ago

  Ranch dressing was created by a Black American man on his ranch called, Hidden Valley Ranch

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• ME

  @melaniecevann2009 · 6 months ago

  Our ancestors never get recognized for what they have done for those who couldn&apos;t cook. We still have a way to cook and make others happy with those foods that slaves were forced to eat during slavery days. Today, we still can make those foods taste so good to eat.

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• JU

  @justlynn3734 · 6 months ago

  As a chef I give so much love and respect to our ancestors ❤️

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• TH

  @thirdrail9295 · 6 months ago

  Don’t overlook the role of railroad dining cars in the expansion of black cooking. The best restaurants in many towns of America happened twice or more a day when the passenger train rolled through town. Railroad Dining cars were set up to be a fine dining establishment. The cooks and waiters were virtually all black under the supervision of a white Dining car steward. As almost everything else on railroads, Dining car personnel, both cooks and &nbsp;waiters were on the senority system. This meant when you started out you were laid off for at least a quarter of the year or maybe more. Peak employment was during peak travel with some trains requiring two Dining cars to cover the annual Exodus from the East Coast to Florida and in the west for tourism. Not a great job but a pretty good job more importantly it provided training for a lot of men to become professional waiters or professional shelves and open their own restaurant. Don’t forget, everything in the Dining car was cooked from scratch and you worked up the ladder from essentially skull work being head chef by gaining experience.

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• RH

  @Rhythmicons · 6 months ago

  I am a historian and can&apos;t look away from your videos because your pacing and narration is perfect.

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• MA

  @MackeyDeez · 6 months ago

  I&apos;m proud that buffalo wings aka hot wings is a black people creation.

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• HI

  @hilsonholdings2144 · 6 months ago

  Kudos to you for creating this channel, please do keep up the Great Work. Thank You

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• RO

  @romecottrell6444 · 6 months ago

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• SH

  @sherifffruitfly · 6 months ago

  France was always the place most decent to us. Low bar to set though.

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