SOUL Food, or Stuff Only Us Like, which is consistent with black people’s tendency to shorten words/names/etc., is American style cuisine traditionally associated with African Americans. The word “soul” was and is commonly used to describe black culture, for example soul food, Soul Train, and most recently, Soul Plane, a groundbreaking “black people” film that certainly would have won the award for best writing in a motion picture…. at the 2004 BET Comedy Awards of course…. if not for the steep competition that year of; Head of State, Deliver Us from Eva, Johnson Family Vacation, Malibu’s Most Wanted, and Barbershop 2. The award… went to White Chicks.
Back to the discussion at hand, black people, and their soul food. Stereotypically it is believed that black people adore deep fried chicken, purple and red drinks, and corn bread. This is true. Very true. However, to say black people like chicken is inaccurate. Black people like SOUL Food. Chicken is just a part of it.
Stuff Only Us Like or SOUL Food, was popularized during the 1960’s but it’s origins are believed to go all the way back to the 14th Century. The traditional soul food of today includes but is not limited to; chicken gizzards, chicken livers, chitterlings, corn on the cob, country fried steak, fried chicken, fried fish, fried anything for that matter, ribs, black-eyed peas, not to be confused with the band “Black Eyed Peas,” cabbage, mac and cheese, sweet potatoes, cornbread, hush puppies, biscuits with honey, chow-chow, grits, rice pudding, sweet tea, purple drink, red drink, yellow cake, and of course, an abundant supply of hot sauce.
If you are planning a SOUL Food dinner party, it is a good idea to ask your one black friend which SOUL item’s are still SOUL item’s. Most people have adopted fried chicken and cornbread, but your black friend will certainly tell you, “Purple drink, chicken gizzards, chicken livers, pigs feet, and hoghead cheese dat be stuff only us like.”
Am I the only one who can not read the first few lines due to an overly large picture of chicken? What a hack website, that I love because this stuff is so funny!!! and I am white, and I love it, and my one black friend loves it too.
I love me some chicken livers – friend good and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. YUM!
White mom loves soul food. And I happen to be old enough to remember Saturday morning Soul Train…
I imagine my black friends do too.
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your weird…………
hey, little tip?
put lil’ wayne on here. black folks LOVE weezy.
I got soul mothafucka
Listen none yall bitches got soul. Fuckin stupid ass crackas.
Chicken gizzards, chicken livers, chitterlings, pigs feet, and hoghead cheese…..definitely gross. All the other stuff made my mouth water, but those previously listed are dishes I have NEVER gotten into, even tho my step-grandma tried to make me eat it. Stomach is just twistin just thinkin back on it. Ick!
I agree with lalala. You definitely should’ve put lil wayne.
black people don’t love lil wayne. white people love him. they are the ones who think he’s a good rapper. any black person who knows the first thing about rap hates weezy and remembers who he was way back in the day
Respectable Black people are offended by soul plane because it’s a terrible movie and it makes us look bad but besides that you post are hilarious. I just wanted to let that be known
I don’t think black folks are the only ones who eat soul food. We just make it taste damn good. LOL
ew I hate corn bread but yeah fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits…man its a rap
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Another question….what the hell does red taste like? Im a black girl and I still haven’t figured that one out. Yea I love chicken but only the white part (giggles). i dont eat any scraps(chit-lins, hog anything, and I thought gizzards were the trash left over from cleaning the chcken before eatting) and Kool-aid make me sick everytime i try to drink it. But I have some family in the south who will break their necks flying to the table so PREACH brother….You ain’t neva lied!!!!!
I like fried Chicken and corn. mmmm
Didn’t you forgot to write that all black people live in shanty’s and are illiterate too? This is the most ignorant blog I have ever read.
you forgot the collard greens with ham… yumm
I think you all are getting this topic confused with SOUTHERN food in general. Its obvious that the name “soul” food came from black culture its self, but white people from the south have been eating these same dishes just as long as black people have. Maybe, if you traveled around a bit you would see that places like Cracker Barrel, Biscuitville and all of those other country ass restaurants are owned by white and the majority of the customers ARE white people. Very ignorant.
Meh… I like my chicken baked with a good leafy salad, some wild grain rice and 8 ounces of water. But what other Black people like doesn’t bother me.