Westside Steve Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Long standing Southern delicacy or made up hipster bullshit? WSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Never had it. I've seen it on TV a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Westside Steve said: Long standing Southern delicacy or made up hipster bullshit? WSS It's a thing in NC.... but I'd never try it... Here's a whole Variety menu of them, from our local Business.. https://dameschickenwaffles.com/menu/#visual I'm a simple hipster 🤓... And enjoy Biscuit & gravy or Chicken & Pastry...😋 (though i may spread some peanut butter on waffles before adding syrup) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Long standing? Yes, if something that began in the 30s is considered long standing. But...Southern? Apparently not. It apparently started in Harlem: But who first put chicken on a waffle? It’s hard to say. The one thing we know for sure is that this “Southern” favorite, didn’t actually start in the South. By most accounts, the rib-sticking, crave-inducing, version of the dish we know and love today first appeared on the menu of the Wells Supper Club in Harlem in 1938. That’s right—it started in New York. The supper club was a popular late night stop for jazz musicians after their gigs. Too late to eat dinner but too early to eat breakfast, fried chicken on a waffle seemed like a good compromise to the hungry musicians. The dish was popular with Wells’ famous guests, like Sammy Davis, Jr., Nat King Cole and Gladys Knight, and also the non-famous guests—like Harlem native Herb Hudson. In 1976, Hudson took to the dish west and made it the central focus of his Los Angeles restaurant, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles. Roscoe’s quickly became a popular stop for LA’s glitterati, and the dish was soon popping up on the menus of soul food restaurants across the country, and it especially took hold in the South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATOM Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 I wasnt impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Done right? Absolutely fucking outstanding!! Not done so right? Meh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpeen Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 6:32 PM, The Gipper said: Long standing? Yes, if something that began in the 30s is considered long standing. But...Southern? Apparently not. It apparently started in Harlem: But who first put chicken on a waffle? It’s hard to say. The one thing we know for sure is that this “Southern” favorite, didn’t actually start in the South. By most accounts, the rib-sticking, crave-inducing, version of the dish we know and love today first appeared on the menu of the Wells Supper Club in Harlem in 1938. That’s right—it started in New York. The supper club was a popular late night stop for jazz musicians after their gigs. Too late to eat dinner but too early to eat breakfast, fried chicken on a waffle seemed like a good compromise to the hungry musicians. The dish was popular with Wells’ famous guests, like Sammy Davis, Jr., Nat King Cole and Gladys Knight, and also the non-famous guests—like Harlem native Herb Hudson. In 1976, Hudson took to the dish west and made it the central focus of his Los Angeles restaurant, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles. Roscoe’s quickly became a popular stop for LA’s glitterati, and the dish was soon popping up on the menus of soul food restaurants across the country, and it especially took hold in the South. Could be....but it could be the other way. I don't think Chicken and waffles was something really served except outside the house in the South in the beginning.. I think it very possible it came to NYC from black people who moved up there for work. I never ate it growing up. I lived in Cleveland, but my mother was from Alabama and the largest portion of my family are spread through Alabama and Louisiana and it was never a family meal at home unlike other traditional southern foods such a grits and various greens other than spinach with a ham hock.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, ballpeen said: Could be....but it could be the other way. I don't think Chicken and waffles was something really served except outside the house in the South in the beginning.. I think it very possible it came to NYC from black people who moved up there for work. I never ate it growing up. I lived in Cleveland, but my mother was from Alabama and the largest portion of my family are spread through Alabama and Louisiana and it was never a family meal at home unlike other traditional southern foods such a grits and various greens other than spinach with a ham hock.. My Dad was from the South....Bowling Green Kentucky, and my Mom was from the South.....of both England and Ireland. (Born in Cobh on Ireland's south coast; grew up in Kent on England's south coast). Neither introduced us to Chicken and Waffles, though my Dad did insist on certain kind of southern style food. LIke Red eye gravy, which was pretty good stuff. And my Mom did have her tea....which I usually still drink in the mornings if I am home (though if I go out for breakfast it is coffee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 Chicken and grits or chicken and biscuits maybe, but chicken and waffles in the south? Well not this part anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 10:27 AM, TexasAg1969 said: Chicken and grits or chicken and biscuits maybe, but chicken and waffles in the south? Well not this part anyway. Not my favorite at all ! I'll take the waffles or better yet pancakes with plenty of butter and syrup and NO chicken........ thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted May 2, 2021 Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 Umm ummm good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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