FRIED FOOD
SEPT 24, 2022
Long Crispy History Of Fried Chicken
With such a long crispy history of fried chicken, this meal is now a traditional dish for many families around the world.
Fried chicken or fried chicken flour is a dish made from chicken pieces that have been coated with flour or a thin batter that is seasoned and fried, deep fried, fried in a pressure fryer, or air fried.
People all over the world make their own version of fried chicken. Some are similar to American fried chicken, some are different. With such a long crispy history of fried chicken, this meal is now a traditional dish for many families around the world.
It is not known for certain however, who invented fried chicken. But for sure, the invention of fried chicken is older than you might think.
The first dishes known to have been fried were fried foods from Medieval Europe. However, the Scots were the first Europeans known to fry chicken in fat (albeit without seasoning).
Many West African societies have a tradition of spiced fried chicken (chicken meat wrapped in dough and cooked in palm oil). This West African creation was pioneered by a black woman in 1863. After many black people were freed from the conflict of slavery and racism, they sold fried chicken as a pillar of life in earning a living.
This Scottish frying technique and West African seasoning technique were later combined by enslaved Africans and African Americans in the southern United States.
African slaves of Scottish immigrants adopted the fried chicken recipe, which often added more spices as their unique touch to the way fried chicken was cooked.
One of the basis of this theory is from James Boswell’s journal entitled ‘Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides’. In 1773, he wrote about eating a fowl fricassee for dinner, served by the locals, known as ‘fried chicken or something.’
Citing National Today, the earliest known fried chicken recipe was written by a British chef, Hannah Glasse in the 18th century in her cookbook entitled ‘The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.‘ The recipe was named ‘To Marinate Chickens,‘ and its first publication was in 1747.
However, the earliest tales of fried chicken dating back thousands of years come from China, the Middle East and West Africa.
Citing Days of The Year, fried chicken is known to have been invented since Roman times. This is because there is a recipe for fried chicken in Apicius, which is a Roman cookbook from the 4th century. The dish is called Pullum Frontonianum.
In the United States, fried chicken is known as a typical food for people in the South, namely the Texas, Kentucky or Florida areas. Some sources say that this fried chicken first appeared in the 18th century.
African-American entrepreneurs, mostly women, started selling fried chicken as early as the 1730s. Then many people do the same.
Fast food restaurants selling fried chicken began to open in the 1950s. Until now the fast food restaurant is still there.
After World War II, Harland Sanders or better known as Colonel Sanders, a businessman from the US sold his own fried chicken.
It is stated that Colonel Sanders was rejected more than 1000 times before successfully selling his KFC fried chicken recipe. Not only that, but he has also failed in every other career he has tried to enter.
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