History: Southern Fried Chicken, Also Known Simply As Fried Chicken, Is A Dish Consisting of
History: Southern Fried Chicken, Also Known Simply As Fried Chicken, Is A Dish Consisting of
History: Southern Fried Chicken, Also Known Simply As Fried Chicken, Is A Dish Consisting of
History
The Roman cookbook of Apicius (4th century) has a recipe for deep-fried chicken called Pullum
Frontonianum.[1]
The American English expression "fried chicken" is first recorded in the 1830s, and frequently
appears in American cookbooks of the 1860s and 1870s. [2] The origin of fried chicken in the southern
states of America has been traced to precedents in Scottish[3][4][5] and West African cuisine.[6][7][8]
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Scottish fried chicken was cooked in fat (though unseasoned) [3][5] while West African fried chicken
was seasoned[3][4][9] (but battered[7][10] and cooked in palm oil).[6] Scottish frying techniques and African
seasoning techniques were used in the American South by African slaves. [3][4][5][9] Fried chicken
provided some means of an independent economy for enslaved and segregated African-American
women, who became noted sellers of poultry (live or cooked) as early as the 1730s. [11] Because of
this and the expensive nature of the ingredients, it was, despite popular belief, a rare dish in the
African-American community[6] reserved (as in Africa) for special occasions.[10][8][9]