“When people think about soul food, they think of heavy dishes like gravies, macaroni and cheese, and candied yams. I want to highlight potlikker as a cultural connection to soul food.” — carlahall
“When people think about soul food, they think of heavy dishes like gravies, macaroni and cheese, and candied yams,” Hall says. “I want to highlight potlikker as a cultural connection to soul food.” An ingredient whose use sheds a light on the complex racialized history of Southern cooking, potlikker was once valued only by diligent enslaved Africans who saved the nourishing broth for their families after cooking greens.
Eventually, potlikker became so popular that in 1931 an Atlanta newspaper editor stirred a nearly monthlong public debate involving the governor of Louisiana and whether cornbread should be dunked or crumbled into it.“Potlikker was so much a part of growing up,” Hall says. “Most people don’t analyze what they’re eating as a child.” Now, in her cooking, writing, and eating, “I intellectualize it.
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