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@scottlambert3337 25 дней назад

She schooled him on southern manners. He is a baby and should not address her by her first name. 😅

@nullakjg767 25 дней назад

hes a 30 + year old man and ollie has a kid. i dont understand why people in the south infantize adults. respect is a 2 way street and if youre old enough to go overseas and fight wars, i think you deserve some basic respect.

@heoniebee9566 25 дней назад

@@nullakjg767 it's a culture thing. if you are strangers and they are an elder, you call them mr/mrs/ms, sir/ma'am, etc. no one gets mad that it's impolite to not use the correct honorific in languages likes japanese, korean, etc, so why do people get mad at regions of the US, etc that do the same?

@amyfionna 25 дней назад

@@nullakjg767Southern manners are valued. It’s that simple. Say please and thank you. Hold the doors. Give up your seat to a lady. And address your elders with respect and reverence. What’s wrong with any of that?? We like it like that.

@juliepepperman 25 дней назад

If we are from different generations and you are younger than I am, then I would be insulted if you called me by my first name without a “Miss” in front of it. This does not necessarily apply to coworkers. However, when I was younger and started working, there were a few much much older people who worked there that I called “Mr or Miss.” This is more of a respect thing than trying to treat adults as infants. Basically, until I ask you to call me by my first name (alone) you should not assume you can. Ultimately, I should get to decide what people call me. It’s a southern thing. If you are not southern and someone from the south addresses you this way, it is actually a sign of respect not disrespect. If it helps just pretend that Miss is part of my first name.

@TheBarkinFrog 25 дней назад

@@nullakjg767 😂😂😂

@phoenyxz8516 13 дней назад

As a black southern woman, where I’m from we all say hello and ask how you are doing. It’s part of our southern hospitality. We were taught that it’s rude not to speak when entering a room. And it’s just in me to call people honey, sweetie, baby, etc. if they are younger than me. The kids at my daughter’s school told her that they loved me because of how I talk to them. They said that my voice also makes them feel like they are receiving a warm hug 😂 And yes, I don’t raise my voice even when mad. If I’m mad I whisper to let you know that I’m serious 😂😂😂

@Theone-jt4lr 6 дней назад

People in the north were taught that too. It's not a southern. It's a Black thing.

@DisLezMellah 5 дней назад

I'm southern, and I don't speak when I come in a room. Not all people want to be talked to. So i only speak when spoken to.

@melinatedvessel6840 5 дней назад

Same...although I'm actually from the North, my parents are from SC. and raised us that way.

@steph-i-see-you 3 дня назад

Love the ending.😂😂😂

@devyntibbs5865 3 дня назад

Ooh yes the whisper is more affective than yelling lol I'm definitely working on that myself

@flarica64 17 дней назад

I have an elderly black woman as a neighbor, when I met her the first time, she told me her name was Diane. Everytime I see her in the hallway I say hello Mrs. Diane. It would feel weird for me to call her Diane. as she is about 30+ years older than me.

@GiGi52020 5 дней назад

Kids today haven't been taught that respect.

@dassinefaye 2 дня назад

Your parents did an excellent job 🥰

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

I absolutely love how they call her "Your Ladyship"! She deserves that respect! ❤

@user-rl3mj7nc8d 2 дня назад

That I liked. Thought it was quick witted, classy and respectful.

@OrondeBranch 24 дня назад

I’m glad she explained what Soul Food was to them. I remember saying the phrase Soul Food at a job YEARS ago and an older white counterpart said “you mean Southern Cooking”? And I had to explain it to him but he just didn’t wanna get it.

@HarlemIndigo 24 дня назад

YES!! I HATE how Soul food has been coopted and rebranded as "southern food". They only did that to include white people, because they always think their great great whoever had a recipe. I always ask them, if they think the people who had slaves for hundreds of years, didnt wash, cook or clean for themselves, all of a sudden woke up and just knew how to cook after slavery was abolished? They never have an answer for that. They had slaves who cooked, whose recipes they took credit for.

@missmichel-a 22 дня назад

People like that never want to give credit

@syi2295 20 дней назад

Exactly! I had to explain the same thing, as alot of people are under the assumption that they are one in the same; and also that if you eat at any restaurant or have a home cooked meal in the South, that it’s automatically soul food because it’s from the south. There is definitely a difference between Southern cooking and soul food!

@OrondeBranch 20 дней назад

@@syi2295 🎯🎯

@paulharrison2918 10 дней назад

@@missmichel-a They way it was explained to me is "all soul food is southern but not all southern food is soul food."

@scrappypirate2268 24 дня назад

To get them to say that was some of the best food they've had when they travel the world eating five star meals is one hell of a compliment!

@sharnadixon-scott710 12 дней назад

It would be but they say it in each video so it loses it's meaning

@79AuGoddess 7 дней назад

Yes! It really was! I love this episode because it hits home and we did a great job!

@susiemoody27 25 дней назад

Ha! She let him know quickly that he can't call her by her first name. He is a young man and respect is a huge thing here. I'm southern and I'm 62 and everyone calls me Miss Susie with the exception of my husband of 43 years and he calls me baby❤

@mariegraves8202 10 дней назад

I'm a black northern woman but I learned to cook from older women who were from the south and I watched and learned. My grandmother, my aunt, and neighbors were all originally southerners, and I thank god for them. Good eatin!

@sherrigrant573 3 дня назад

Same here

@sarettajohnson5061 25 дней назад

Never call a person older than you by their first name .It's a respect thing.

@moodyinformed 25 дней назад

Yup a true nono in the south

@nullakjg767 25 дней назад

dumbbbbbb. i live in the south and this is not a thing in the professional world in actual cities. in my office everyone happily refers to each by their first name be they 30 or 60. respect is a 2 way street and im not sure why i owe you respect just because your only accomplishment is getting old.

@DonaldBurner-ib6ri 25 дней назад

That's all bs

@raven3moon 25 дней назад

@@DonaldBurner-ib6riTry it in the South and see what happens.

@janflewelling6277 25 дней назад

A possible exception is adding Ms or Mr in front. We grew up addressing our familiar neighbors and family friends as "Miss Susan or Mr John". But NEVER forget to say Yes sir, and Yes M'am - Never Yep and Nope. And God help you if you forgot Thank you.

@jashanestone 5 дней назад

"The stone that was rejected, became the cornerstone" Loved that.

@Cody38Super 25 дней назад

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES & FRIED OKRA PHUCKING RULE ! !

@mrcvictor 25 дней назад

Right, fried okra gets slept on

@christineharrison7815 25 дней назад

But it depends on where..... there are awesome! Or bad

@2009kygal 25 дней назад

Not a fan of okra, slimy once you get past the breading.

@TheDirtee1 25 дней назад

Catfish is a bit different than cod or haddock as catfish are freshwater fish

@captsean660 25 дней назад

I get fried okra from local gas stations in a paper bag with hot sauce and eat it like popcorn.

@FourFish47 25 дней назад

That's so cute how Lady Lordship is in the background listening in lol

@I321Oo 21 день назад

She cares how the food is received! She wants them to love it :) Great cook

@syi2295 20 дней назад

@@I321Oo….Right! They love to see people enjoying the food that they’ve cooked.

@papamaehem 5 дней назад

Us Black Americans take Pride in our Culture. The Tutenese Blues, Jazz and the many Dishes we whip up are to die for 😋 literally you need a hospital when your done eating 🤣

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

I haven't been there specifically but treating people like she does is part of the culture If you go to a true family-owned soul food joint in the south this is the sort of treatment you will get as long as you are open to it and you have good vibes

@captsean660 25 дней назад

I was in a diner north of Mobile 20 years ago. I noticed a group of guys I had met previously from North Dakota looking around in amazement at how everyone was interacting with each other. I told them that the people there might not know each other outside of there but in the south, everyone treats each other like brothers and sisters, like everyone is part of a huge family. And as people started talking to them I told them that they're now part of that family.

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

@@captsean660 there’s nothing quite like a warm southern welcome.

@syi2295 20 дней назад

EXACTLY!!

@nomadicbynature007 8 дней назад

@@daniellelevy8056 Facts!!!🥰🥰🥰

@justify798 3 дня назад

@@captsean660 I'm from the south. Stop the lies.

@alicehenry6935 10 дней назад

I lived around the corner on mud island. Yes she is like this all the time. My little nephew asked when we left was she our cousin because she kept calling us family. Sweetest person in Memphis. It’s an event when you go. Love her.

@mremac266 21 день назад

A Blak Southern Dude Here, These 2 Dudes are Funny Man Even The Host Is Funny. You can Tell That They All Are Really Enjoying this.

@indiaveal9835 14 дней назад

What Southern State? I'm in Louisiana.

@emotionsinmotion 12 дней назад

I'm a korean American, these two guys got famous in Korea first n the Ukraine showing people in UK korean food, they are nice guys, they have 2 channels one called the korean englishman... and the other called jolly. I love em! They took a bunch of UK kids to korea....😊

@emotionsinmotion 12 дней назад

UK* not Ukraine lol

@mremac266 12 дней назад

@@indiaveal9835 Family from Georgia and South Carolina, but I was raised in Miami. Learned Southern Cooking from my Georgia Side

@MIZZATOWN 6 дней назад

Georgia Girl Here ❤

@davidweiss8710 25 дней назад

"Ghetto-Aid" is three differrent flavor Kool-Aid packets and a LOT of sugar. We called it a "suicide" but her naming works as well.

@aaronlewis2501 25 дней назад

All you're toes are falling off! I hope they have a dialysis machine in the bathroom

@tracyjohnson4486 24 дня назад

I kept thinking that was the same thing.

@nip9898 23 дня назад

That's a more general term for just mixing a bunch of drinks. It also applies to mixing every soda at a soda fountain. Ghetto aid is specifically mixing different kool aid

@theidajawho 20 дней назад

We called it 'Bug Juice'

@blessed3779 18 дней назад

I thought she was saying “Get-Away”

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

This makes my dinner of kale salad with grilled chicken seem so utterly inadequate. 😂

@meesegomoo1836 21 день назад

If the food don't put you in the ground by 55 it ain't American.

@a_chosenGeneration 14 дней назад

why did I have that exact meal too 😂

@Rebecca-zw4pm 13 дней назад

@@a_chosenGeneration 😂 well, it is delicious, but after seeing this it just paled in comparison 😂

@GiGi52020 5 дней назад

At least you won't have high blood pressure or diabetes lol

@meesegomoo1836 5 дней назад

@@GiGi52020 first of all, Diabetes is VERY livable so long as you aren't so bad you need insulin. And if you're even a little physically active you can dodge that bullet while eating garbage. My entire family has it, people on both sides, yet I manage to dodge it and pack on a lot of muscle. #murica. Leading the world in GDP and calorie consumption.

@nannerz1994 25 дней назад

In my life I've never met anyone friendlier, funnier, more hospitable, or more resilient than a black woman. If you've got black women in your life, surround yourself with them and you'll be just fine. And if you don't go find some, you won't regret it.

@mjpink8408 16 дней назад

Especially southern black women!

@a_chosenGeneration 14 дней назад

yes!! ❤❤❤

@tinaorifici-hasan832 День назад

Agree 100%

@timmclaughlin7196 19 дней назад

She hit them with a Bless your heart! 😮

@camillep3631 19 дней назад

😉

@yammieyammie8980 7 дней назад

Right most people think it's a compliment 😂

@camillep3631 7 дней назад

@@yammieyammie8980 😂

@GiGi52020 5 дней назад

We know what that means 😂

@camillep3631 5 дней назад

@@GiGi52020 we do! 😅

@brucew7062 25 дней назад

The Kool-aid packets do not have the sugar in them. You have to add sugar. Apparently they add a lot of sugar.

@RedzGirlz-rc7br 25 дней назад

You add a lot and ask for half a cup then you just add water. Sweet for the kids. Just right for the Adults. You can also add a bit of liquer.

@brucew7062 25 дней назад

@@RedzGirlz-rc7br hopefully the alcohol isn’t going into the children’s cups though. 🙄

@RedzGirlz-rc7br 25 дней назад

@@brucew7062 Its like when your given a cup of coffe you add a little somthing to it. My friend used to add water to our Kool-aid.

@brucew7062 25 дней назад

@@RedzGirlz-rc7br I am good with watering down overly sweet Kool-aid. I was just joking about putting the alcohol in it for kids. Plenty of college students drinking the spiked Kool-aid, but not recommended for the adolescents and toddlers. As for coffee…I don’t like the taste and don’t drink it. I tried to like coffee, but it wasn’t really coffee after I got done adding enough cream, milk, or sugar to it so I could stand it.

@nullakjg767 25 дней назад

you gotta work for that diabetes

@user-lf2vs5st1t 25 дней назад

Congrats Lewis, you are a big boy now and you're taste buds are maturing.

@heaterparker 25 дней назад

@@user-lf2vs5st1t He is branching out of the bland UK palate 🙌🏼

@whiteowl4097 25 дней назад

As an American, I have been there, at that exact restaurant. That is exactly how they treat everybody. Southern cooking with Southern hospitality is far superior to any nation in the world. They make you feel like family for your dining experience. Good food and good times. Best food in the world is Texas BBQ and Southern (American) Soul food. Gordon Ramsey would have nothing on Southern BBQ, or soul food.

@jmb3d 24 дня назад

In "Gordon Ramsey's American Road Trip," I believe he does a cook off with BBQ with a Texan and he lost. Either way, his road trip series are fun to watch. He and his friends goof off, cook, and eat. It's a great watch if you haven't seen it.

@dancingwheels8494 22 дня назад

I slightly distinguish southern from soul food. Both are good, but soul food has more consistent flavors and spices and unique delicacies rooted in black families surviving slavery. We were given the scraps, and so we had to get creative icn order to make the food taste good. I can taste the love and history when I eat it. Touches my soul.c

@syi2295 20 дней назад

@@dancingwheels8494….Right! Not all Southern cooking is soul food.

@chrisquance7494 18 дней назад

Never had Texas barbecue, but as a North Carolinian, I'm very partial to Eastern-Style pulled pork barbecue. Ketchup and molasses-based sauces don't hold a candle to it because they're typically way too sweet and cover up the flavor of the meat.

@a_chosenGeneration 14 дней назад

@@dancingwheels8494exactly !

@coleensakamoto6844 24 дня назад

In Hawaii, we ALWAYS call someone older than we are "Aunty or Uncle". Kool-Aid packets do not contain any sugar. That let's you decide how sweet you want it to be. Would LOVE to know what 3 flavors they mixed together. 😅 I'm not a big tomato lover. But, I LOVE fried green tomatoes!!!! Yum!!!! From what you've said, if Brits do any little thing different, they are harshly judged by other Brits. I think that's the key as to why your food never changes. Why there are very little innovations. Why you're all afraid to talk to each other or why you're all afraid to smile at each other. Choose to be a "change agent". Break the cycle. Choose to break the cycle. I'm will to bet 90% of Brits are DYING for that kind of change.

@NkemOnyeka12 16 дней назад

Probably Grape, Cherry and Lemonade Kool-Aid packets.

@sageallure 25 дней назад

Mac and cheese and candied yams are soulmate foods. They're meant to be together, like peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, or mashed potatoes w/gravy. Separating them is a culinary crime! Trust me, the magic happens when you twirl a forkful of cheesy goodness through a spoonful of sweet, sticky yams. 😋😋😋

@JovianEmpress 5 дней назад

Unless you hate your food to touch. I surely do 😂😅

@sageallure 4 дня назад

@@JovianEmpress Hunnnyyy, you don't know what you're missing. 🤩🤩🤩

@sherrigrant573 3 дня назад

@JovianEmpress ikr!

@JovianEmpress 3 дня назад

@sageallure oh I do, believe me

@user-rl3mj7nc8d 2 дня назад

The Soul Food family must stay together:Separating mac and cheese, candied yams, braised oxtails, cornbread dressing and gravy with stewed cabbage, mixed greens and sweet tea....concluding with hot out the oven peach cobbler and homemade ice cream; would be considered a Class B Felony in the south..

@BriLaLaah 25 дней назад

Green tomatoes fried are fresh. But with fried fish we also serve pickled green tomatoes that are sweet and tart. So dang good.

@florastewart7957 25 дней назад

Now that’s eatin! They are orgasamic

@8559jack 25 дней назад

You might think I'm crazy, but I like about 2 or 3 slices of fried green tomatoes on a homemade biscuit with a little Duke's mayonnaise and a couple dashes of salt. Pickled green tomatoes are best with pinto beans mixed with diced onions and a spoonful or two of that tomato's pickle juice to me.

@yalaagee8902 23 дня назад

Yes it i

@bluflaam777 25 дней назад

Yams and Sweet Potatoes often interchanged but they aren't related (maybe distantly). Sweet Potatoe can be white/pale as there are different varieties. Yams can also be white or a soft tan, some varieties are pink/purple. Yams are less sweet and starchier. Yams originally came from Africa and Asia and the slaves when they came to America called the local sweet potato "nyami" which translates to yam in English. Sweet Potato is what is mostly found in US grocery stores. Sometimes you can find yams, but rarely.

@tracyn5096 5 дней назад

Thank you for this clarification because people often confuse the two. Bless their hearts though lol.

@klown83 25 дней назад

Catfish is probably the best tasting fish when it's fixed correctly.

@joanmest4752 25 дней назад

I grew up and still in Iowa and grew up fishing with my parents and siblings. We ate what we caught! From sun fish to catfish

@jishani1 25 дней назад

I live on the gulf coast. I'd rather have red snapper or mahi-mahi

@donaldharris3037 25 дней назад

I don't know crappie gives it a run for the money

@kyrataylor2035 25 дней назад

I prefer crappie and blue gill for frying. In some restaurants the catfish can taste greasy or muddy.

@FloridaHiker619 25 дней назад

Deep fried or Cajun blackened?

@joeadler179 24 дня назад

Warm pecan pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.... now you're in heaven!

@bieassialaw6832 4 дня назад

Whether you're born in the North or South, you put a handle on your elders' name! It's called Respect. That's how I was raised, it's how I raised my children, and how I hope they raise their children...

@ImThat9irl7 3 дня назад

I’m in the MidWest and they look at me like, excuse me. So, I ask if that bothers him/her, they say no, but they know that I’m not from here.

@Armyofmeek 3 дня назад

Some northerners are offended by manners

@mosesruiz9813 25 дней назад

Historically, ketchup was mushroom based and used in both the UK and the U.S. Tomato based ketchup first appeared in U.S. cookbooks in the early to mid 1800’s. Heinz tomato ketchup and Heinz baked beans were introduced to the UK by the H.J. Heinz Company (an American company)in the late 1800’s. So yes, we have tomato ketchup here. Baked beans come from native Americans. They were adopted then adapted by the American colonists.

@Horradar86 25 дней назад

Ketchup was made from fruits before mushrooms. Tomato ketchup is the youngest fruit based ketchup.

@mosesruiz9813 25 дней назад

@@Horradar86 Ketchup's origins can be traced back to fermented fish sauces in Southern China as early as 300 B.C. . The sauce was made from fish entrails, meat byproducts, and soybeans, and was called "ge-thcup" or "koe-cheup" by speakers of the Southern Min dialect.

@chitownsfinest1013 25 дней назад

@@mosesruiz9813 he doesn’t read these comments

@mosesruiz9813 24 дня назад

@@chitownsfinest1013 I kind of figured.

@karenpowers3319 24 дня назад

The bean pots of Boston.

@Adore7_AUM 13 дней назад

FYI in America the African-American/Black communities call Sweet Potatoes... Yams. They are nothing like traditional yams. So they were eating Sweet Potatoes that make Sweet Potato Pie. It's delicious! 😊

@deborahzimmerman2697 25 дней назад

If you haven't had soul food, you haven't lived!

@CarrieMay-h2f 25 дней назад

100%

@Ladiofthewoods 25 дней назад

Dang I need some collard greens now!

@lancekirkwood7922 25 дней назад

We're making fried chicken tonight, I think I'll make collard greens too. Just bought some fresh yesterday.

@sherryford667 25 дней назад

I'm in Arizona right now, and I hear you on those collard greens, coming through loud and clear. 😋

@kyrataylor2035 25 дней назад

Wish I had some mustard greens right now with a little vinegar.

@sherryford667 25 дней назад

@@lancekirkwood7922 What time's dinner? 😀

@Ladiofthewoods 24 дня назад

@@lancekirkwood7922 dang, haven't been able to find any fresh in a while now! I did however have some frozen I cooked up with smoked turkey so those are now defrosted lol

@icanary64 25 дней назад

Southerners are raised on soul food, at least we used to be. 😊

@sortaamy3003 25 дней назад

Still are in my parts. I like to make a bit of everything from everywhere but soul food is the regular meals, if that makes sense.

@captsean660 25 дней назад

In the rural south where there isn't any kind of fast food, it is still eaten every day every meal. Any restaurant tends to serve soul food, or steak.

@MimifromChicago 18 дней назад

A lot of northerners too because our parents and/or grandparents migrated from the south.

@justify798 3 дня назад

No, pc southerners are raised on casseroles and ration food (pot soups). Soul food is not normal/typical southern food. Time to stop the lies.

@janb200 25 дней назад

Lewis, as they were taking their first bite of that catfish sandwich, you looked like you were ready to jump through that screen! LMAO

@AC-ni4gt 25 дней назад

I don't want to get started on how amazing breaded and fried catfish is....

@BrenaMagdalena 25 дней назад

The best 🎉

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

Not only do I want to get started on that, I'd like to finish an entire basket of it! 😂

@janflewelling6277 25 дней назад

But where are the hush puppies? 😧

@AC-ni4gt 24 дня назад

@@Rebecca-zw4pmI'd clear a few baskets of them if I could.

@AC-ni4gt 24 дня назад

@@janflewelling6277My bias is towards seafood overall.

@whiteowl4097 25 дней назад

In America there are very sweet things and there are very savory things and everything in between. In the US you can taste every food in the world. We are an immigrant based society, so every culture that immigrates here integrates their culture into the whole. We embrace all cultural foods, and enhance it.

@kristcanya7039 9 дней назад

There’s a meaning for a southern woman saying “Bless you’re heart”❤️❤️🤣🤣🥰🥰

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

“Soul” in the US refers to African American and Black American culture. Soul music and soul food being the two most notable examples. Much of soul food originates (as stated in the video) from slaves and old slave recipes from before the slaves were freed and then carried up through the northeast (particularly New York) as slaves escaped to freedom. Now, soul food is often used interchangeably with southern culture due to the heavy impact of African Americans and Black Americans (including former slaves) on the pervasive culture of the region. A lot of people (not just former slaves) have always experienced significant economic disparity throughout Appalachia and the Deep South, and often used similar methods of utilizing all food resources not just the good quality foods due to the affordability of less desirable ingredients. As such they often utilized the recipes the slaves had used and it quickly spread throughout those regions. There are often jokes (especially online) about white people food lacking flavor and seasoning but that’s not really true in the south, largely thanks to the widespread influence of soul food and culture.

@Kim-427 25 дней назад

Thank you! I’m so tired of the “soul”trying to be removed from it. They’re trying to call it comfort food. And they try to say it’s only in the south. I and other AA that live in the northeast,Midwest,WestCoast whose ancestors migrated to these parts of the country bought that way of cooking with them. I and others cook soul food up north. I have to disagree more than not many white folks as seen on cooking shows and in some recipes do not season enough for me. Some black folks over season to me. Most of what you see is salt and pepper. Not all but more than not. And I lived in the south for a while not every southerner can cook nor can all black folks cook and dance. lol I’m 61 and I can cook my butt off.

@nullakjg767 25 дней назад

many of those recipes are just classic recipes that people from the south appropriated. things like okra, gumbo and jumbalyla are truly unique to african american southerners. breaded pork chops and gravy have been around forever and do not taste unique. same with chitlins, grits, catfish, bread pudding etc. Fried green tomatos isnt even southern. its from jewish immigrants who settled in the north.

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

@@Kim-427 lol yeah obviously not everything is the same. I know a lot of people start using southern comfort food and soul food interchangeably so I can easily see how people would drop the “southern” part of southern comfort food and it would get confusing that comfort food is different wherever you go. But yeah so many people forget about the migration of a lot of black and African Americans throughout other parts of the country

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

@@nullakjg767 And hamburgers originate from Hamburg Germany but are still categorized as american food. Not everything that was borrowed or taken is appropriation and just because it takes its influence from another culture or an existing recipe doesn't mean it doesn't fall into a specific variety or category of food. Nitpicking that information doesn't change anything. And if you had read my comment, I even mentioned the influence from other cultures in the north and even brought up the fact that that style of food has been used beyond just black americans and former slaves in the south. Obviously theres so much more nuance about the long and complex history of this style of food and culture, but this is also a comment under a youtube video about brits reacting to other brits trying this style of food for the first time. It's not the time or place or audience for nuance, and was intended to be simply informational. Not everything needs to be a 300 page dissertation.

@captsean660 25 дней назад

@@Kim-427 A distinction between soul food and most other foods is that soul food tends to be slow-cooked, similarly, true barbeque is slow-cooked versus grilling something with barbeque sauce on it and calling it barbeque. Slow cooking tends to bring out all the flavors and blend them together.

@darcyjorgensen5808 24 дня назад

In the South I am called Miss Darcy, regardless of the addresser’s age. Children, contemporaries, elders, it’s always Miss Darcy.

@flp376 24 дня назад

Yes the same. Everyone calls me Mrs. Feather. 😂

@JuliaTodd-fl2hi 13 дней назад

Best food I've ever eaten was cooked by black women. They know how to cook food. Southern black women are the best. Friendly, happy. I love them.

@chijason6630 25 дней назад

I went to Alcenia's on my 4-day visit to Memphis in May 2024 - I got the same welcome that JOLLY did. A big hug from the owner, and delicious food for their Saturday brunch. I got their salmon fritters, along with biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, and rice. Everything was great! I still preferred The Four Way (another Memphis restaurant) for their soul food, but Alcenia's was definitely worth a visit. Also, Memphis has a lot of barbecue places - Charlie Vergos' Rendez-Vous was great, but The Bar-B-Q Shop in Midtown was even better! Finally, Global Cafe at the Crosstown Concourse food hall is a highlight for ethnic food from around the world - I had a Somali appetizer, along with a Kenyan entree!

@BrenaMagdalena 25 дней назад

Catfish is amazing. It's meaty tasting, it doesn't have a fishy taste.

@kiandraplummer2095 10 дней назад

Especially with grits ❤

@pdiddy523 8 дней назад

Catfish is actually one of the fishiest tasting fish.

@BrenaMagdalena 8 дней назад

@@pdiddy523 maybe in Louisiana and Texas with polluted waters it is.

@romulus_ 5 дней назад

@@pdiddy523 it can be muddy tasting if it's not farmed properly or you eat a wild caught one from dirty water. or if it's an older fish.

@alexiswilliams8475 14 дней назад

Yes she like that with everyone. She been on Oprah, Good morning America ect. She is a staple in her community

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

Let me put it to you this way, sweet tea has TONS of sugar in it in the south, so if she's using that many "lots" then I cannot express to you just how many metric tonnes of sugar are in that ghetto-aide 😂

@CaraFay-bf8jk 24 дня назад

Sweet tea falls just short of being a super-saturated solution. 🤣

@daniellelevy8056 24 дня назад

@@CaraFay-bf8jk this. So when someone who you just KNOW pushes the limit on the amount of sugar in a sweet tea starts using that many “a lots” when describing the amount of sugar in Kool-aide???? HO BOY

@syi2295 20 дней назад

Your statement is so spot on! I thought sweet tea was the same all over…..UNTIL I ordered sweet tea at a restaurant in Texas. When I tell you that the amount of sugar in that “Texas sweet tea” SHOCKED my entire system…..I am being 100% real & honest!! I took ONE sip and was like “I cannot drink this as it is!” I even tried half sweet & half unsweetened with extra ice, and it was still too sweet for me. I ended up getting (needing!) a glass of unsweetened along with a glass of ice water! 😂

@daniellelevy8056 20 дней назад

@@syi2295 lol sweet tea in the south, especially the deep south, is more sugar than tea🤣

@syi2295 19 дней назад

@@daniellelevy8056…..You got that right! At a ratio of like 5:1 too. 😵‍💫🤣

@Erica-ls7bp 4 дня назад

Her explanation of soul food was an extremely edited history. One of the many distinguishing elements of American chattel slavery is that those enslaved persons were cut off from their traditional food items. Soul Food is African cooking adapted to the available foods of North America. The American way of frying foods was developed by enslaved people and frying a variety of fodds in flours and cornmeal is probarbly the most recognized culinary contribution by Black Americans. Fun facts, a Black American man invented potato chips or crisps as you Brits say. And Black Americans brought the tradition of fried chicken to Korea. Korean fried chicken is their spin on that dish.

@tboned70 День назад

Since the Native Americans are the cultivators of the Potato and they cooked them in many different ways, I wouldn't say by cutting a potato thin then cook it would be an invention of an individual who came thousands of years later,...........

@JJ-vt7sh 25 дней назад

Yams and sweet potatoes are two different things but here in the USA people use the words interchangeably to mean sweet potatoes for some reason.

@bluflaam777 25 дней назад

Sweet potato is most likely what everyone is actually eating. Yams aren't grown in the US. Yams originally were from Africa and Asia. When the slaves came over from africa they called sweet potatoes nyami which translates to yam in English. Even the canned yams we often see most likely are sweet potatoes but are being marketed as yams.

@tamrasmith1744 25 дней назад

I know where this place is, but haven’t been there. We have so much good food in Memphis, especially Soul Food and Barbecue. Of course we have fancy gourmet places, lots of newer farm to table type places, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian and about everything else you can think of. I’ll have to try this place. I love cat fish.

@chijason6630 25 дней назад

I was there for their Saturday brunch after visiting Bass Pro Shops in Memphis - it was delicious. I still preferred The Four Way when I visited Memphis for four days this May!

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

It's time to go on a food tour. 😂

@akspook 25 дней назад

I am not a fan of tomatoes. But I absolutely LOVE fried green tomatoes. You would also like cabbage done by this woman!!

@sammymarcy6029 25 дней назад

I was born and raised and lived 30 miles north of Memphis Tennessee. I worked in Memphis for many years and have eaten at some of the best restaurants in Memphis.

@TheCAB207 25 дней назад

Lewis you would love going to places like this in the US. There is so many wonderful, local restaurants with people that put everything they have into their food like this place. It's fantastic and the community loves it.

@sherryjoiner396 25 дней назад

Much better than chain restaurants and fast food.

@TheCAB207 25 дней назад

@@sherryjoiner396 facts!!

@jontarr7444 25 дней назад

There's just something about catfish. It has a quite distinct yet mild, pure flavor. Absolutely delicious with onions and tartar sauce!

@kraichellecurren7892 7 дней назад

Lady Lordship nickname is super cute❤. My soul is fed watching the interactions and their reactions to the whole experience. Love it❤

@bethlovcy1276 25 дней назад

My aunt and uncle fished on the Missouri River for more than 40 years. She would have a fish fry at her son's and she stand for hours cooking fried catfish. One lady cooking as long as people kept coming. I miss you Aunt Edna!😪

@GaryCain-qf5vi 25 дней назад

On the Holidays I make a great Sweet Potato Casserole everyone loves lt,😋 everything they had is good👍 l like fried green tomatoes, of course anything fried is good 😋 people in the south really know how to fry and make gravies😋 Peace ✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊good! Pecan pie, bread pudding! yummy 😋😋 😋 😋 you would really like sweet potatoe pie 😋

@stephanieblackburn2778 25 дней назад

I seriously look forward to garden season for fried green tomatoes its my favorite. Lol yes tomatoes are green when not ripe and turn once ripe. The green tomato is sour or tart and harder so it can hold up to being fried. This to me is country cooking. All this is what my granny taught us to cook on the farm

@stephanieblackburn2778 25 дней назад

I fry mine with mostly flour and just a little bit of corn meal. That's how granny taught me anyway. My papaw raised cattle and had a stocked pond with catfish and bass. So this kinda eating was all the time

@lisaestes4748 25 дней назад

I made us fried green tomatoes today! My husband stopped by an Amish produce stand and they had the biggest green tomatoes I've ever seen! Slice in half inch slices. Dip in egg, flour. I season with salt , pepper, and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper. Fry until golden brown. So good!!

@chitownsfinest1013 25 дней назад

U been talking this “goin to America” stuff for a long time bro 😂

@ArchimGregorios 25 дней назад

He can't even get out of his own room... I seriously doubt that he'll ever make it to visit America.

@susanholly007 25 дней назад

I think it’s all talk. Doesn’t he live with his parents? I dunno.

@nullakjg767 25 дней назад

hes 100% just saying that to promote engagement. hes a 7 day a week streamer who never leaves his room. dudes lying to our faces.

@Guerita72 25 дней назад

Gah. Maybe he's saving up money or trying to find the right time.

@chitownsfinest1013 25 дней назад

@@ArchimGregorios he also doesn’t read or reply to the comments it seems. I’m not a fan of supporting a lazy content creator.

@tonyfranco5218 7 дней назад

She’s such a lovely lady. I love my people!

@michellew2422 25 дней назад

Those fried green tomatoes would be my first try they are so good. So good with seafood etouffee. Not a tartar sauce fan on catfish I use Louisiana hot sauce.

@Skye-vo2ho 25 дней назад

I was waiting for u to see some of the soul food videos , I love Greens, candy yams, baked macaroni, fried catfish n pork chops, baked chicken, fried chicken with and without gravy. Spicy baked chicken spaghetti, string beans, rice, and so much more 😂😅 you need to come check out everything here!

@GeminieCricket 25 дней назад

cornbread stuffing too

@pdiddy523 8 дней назад

@@GeminieCricketblack people eat dressing not stuffing.

@PriscillaV1964 25 дней назад

Why you like things now that you didn't like before, . . . Your Taste Buds change every 7 years. Always take a "No Thank You" serving (fork full) and give it a try, especially if your younger self had previously found it too bitter, like cabbage, or spinach. Older taste buds can savor bitter flavors that might gag younger ones.

@Justiceincorporated. 25 дней назад

Yup

@sortaamy3003 25 дней назад

I always try it, even if I didn't like it before. I also always get my kids to try a spoonful. If they don't like it, so be it but at least they tried it.

@captsean660 25 дней назад

Chitlins is something I haven't been able to bring myself to like. Being raised around horses and experiencing the taste of manure from it being in the dust around me that taste is what I always taste when I try them.

@PriscillaV1964 24 дня назад

Chitlins might be worth a retry, . . . especially in a legit restaurant. Organ Meat (and game meat) require more prep than our modern 5-Minute Baked Potato brains can comprehend. Because, if Chitlins taste like 💩, the prep was screwed up.

@DSTroyed10OB 10 дней назад

I can't wait for you to try it! Life changing! Glad she also gave the history behind it!!❤

@lancekirkwood7922 25 дней назад

We dont usually do fried green tomatos until fall. When the season is getting late for tomatos to fully ripen. But we do can alot of tomatos, within the next couple weeks.

@powergirl7619 6 дней назад

I'M SOUTHERN, I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. LOL. IF YOU CAME TO AMERICA. I WOULD HOOK YOU UP!!!😃🤣🤣💛

@braddaves242 25 дней назад

You cook the yams with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon to almost candy them

@TheLadyniebur 25 дней назад

And pecans!

@GeminieCricket 25 дней назад

no cinnamon/orange marmalade

@tinekawilliams2715 6 дней назад

I loved your commentary thank you for reviewing this. New subscriber here 🙋🏾‍♀️

@d2ndborn 25 дней назад

I am making Blue Catfish tonight, It is a little sweeter and so good

@TheQuintessentialBM 14 дней назад

Tartar sauce is mayo, dill pickle relish, a hint of mustard and lemon juice. FYI

@nancyfried7239 24 дня назад

We had soul food every night growing up in my house. Nothing better! My grandparents & Uncle had large gardens & it was all fresh.

@qrealdonyai3879 3 дня назад

The Beauty of sharing different cultures is experiencing distinct differences. Enjoying different food is love.

@SansAziza 25 дней назад

Nothing can beat pistachios?? Somebody, send this guy some macadamia cookies. Please.

@joanmest4752 25 дней назад

Hazel nuts, almonds, and walnuts too!! Put them in a sugar and cinnamon and heat it up and smother the nuts

@epicgamertool 25 дней назад

Pistachio is one of my favorite things in ice cream and other desserts, but hazelnuts and chocolate as a combo is amazing

@8559jack 25 дней назад

Or some cashews or cashew butter even!

@randalmayeux8880 24 дня назад

I've eaten every kind of nut I can find, and I never met a nut I didn't like. However, pistachio nuts are addicting! My boss at work used to bring three pound bags of pistachios and put them out for any body that wanted to help themselves. I'd get a handful and start in on them, soon it was another and another...

@randalmayeux8880 24 дня назад

Hi mate, I love bread pudding! It started out as a way to use up stale bread. My dad used to make it often. All you need is a loaf of stale bread, some eggs, milk, sugar and raisins as well as butter. You tear up the bread, add the other ingredients and mix it with your hands until it's smooth. Then put it in a pan and pop it in the oven. It's fantastic and cheap too. You can eat it warm or at room temperature. Some l places make a sauce of brown sugar and bourbon whiskey with a little butter. It's pretty good.

@abidullah2048 25 дней назад

@Hannah-jl2tp 25 дней назад

I'm inspired. Please spill some sugar about the bi-weekly stuff you mentioned.

@abidullah2048 25 дней назад

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@James1xr 25 дней назад

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@James1xr 25 дней назад

I started with a miserly $1500. The results have been mind blowing I must say TBH

@Michael1_v 25 дней назад

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@johnacres4666 7 дней назад

Ghetto - aid is usually Lemonade and Orange and Strawberry powdered cool aid mixes all mixed together with sugar!

@randalmayeux8880 24 дня назад

Hi mate, I'm white and my parents grew up in the great depression. They lived in rural areas, and one of my grandfather's was a sharecropper. Later, when I was in my teens I started hearing about soul food. When I found out what it was, I realized that I had been eating soul food all my life!

@hoodoodaughter...7365 19 дней назад

🙄

@WJones-jf8mf 18 дней назад

Thank you! Like no tf you weren’t. You were eating a copied version of it because your family was poor. What she’s cooking and what your family ate are the not the same

@Flwerchild. 18 дней назад

Stop, the paula deen fried chicken bs you were eating isn’t soul food.

@Cdubb-lc9zd 14 дней назад

@@Flwerchild. technically Paula deens food is soul (the restaurant) a blk woman created all her recipes and she hasn’t paid her a dime

@MzStunna-qg1ux 8 дней назад

You guys are funny! How you gonna tell this man what he ate wasn't soul food! He literally said once he tried it for the 1st time, he realized he was eating it all along. I literally know of a white old woman who could throw down on some soul food because she was taught growing up how to cook it. Guess who taught her? My grandmother! God rest their souls and guess what else? She taught her kids the same recipes. We all do Thanksgiving every other year at our homes and the love is spread everywhere ❤

@michelleAL894 3 дня назад

My Mom always cooked big meals and would make sure the whole neighborhood had food. There were several neighbors that were older and were single and just never cooked. So my Mom always made us take plates to those neighbors and they were always so appreciative. As a lid I didn’t understand it but as an adult I admire the way my Mom loved everyone and often used her love for cooking as a way to show that.

@heaterparker 25 дней назад

Did he say he doesn't know if we have ketchup in th US? 😂

@BethMorse-tc4fk 25 дней назад

Ikr 😂😂😂

@heaterparker 25 дней назад

@@BethMorse-tc4fk Like we literally invented ketchup lol

@sheilaflory2541 25 дней назад

Pecans are good and so versatile. Generally grown here in Georgia and Texas. They can be savory, sweet, and eaten plain outta the bag. Love pecans no matter how you pronounce them!

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

That was actually Jambalaya not Gumbo! Gumbo is served over rice and is usually a thinner almost soup-y style broth, whereas Jambalaya has rice cooked into it and is usually thicker as the point of the dish is to be a method of cooking rice (that's not the greatest explanation ever so people from Louisiana please don't come for me, I was trying my best😭)

@Timbothruster-fh3cw 25 дней назад

You got it backwards

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

@@Timbothruster-fh3cw oh no! thanks for that 🙈 I fixed it!

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

@@Timbothruster-fh3cwreally?! I feel like I've been lied to all my life now. I didn't know that! 😮

@Rebecca-zw4pm 25 дней назад

@@daniellelevy8056wait, so you edited it to be the right way? Cuz I was about to cry when I read you had it backwards. 😂

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

@@Rebecca-zw4pm yeah I edited it! Lol it’s all fixed now. I had originally said that gumbo was thicker and jambalaya was more soupy which is the part I originally got backwards

@bw_locked_in_arms_globally5732 8 дней назад

That’s why it’s called “Soulfood” because it’s made from the soul & moves the soul when you eat it 🎉😊

@TerriLynn714 25 дней назад

🌸 This is 20 minutes from my house.

@BrenaMagdalena 25 дней назад

Have you been?

@Ebonylocks-ex9nc 25 дней назад

Run over there

@walterrepass3957 25 дней назад

Lucky you! I'm in Knoxville and I'm headed your way.

@leeford50 5 часов назад

My mother would tell me when i was growing up, that every 7 years your taste buds on your tongue would change, and you would be eating things that you wouldnt do before. And she was so right too lol, i would never have touched green beans before but recently, i love eating them now lol.

@Justiceincorporated. 25 дней назад

Your tastes change as you age

@SiriuslyBlack7 4 дня назад

DAMN!!Their reactions make it even more appealing!!it really helps me appreciate the food I grew up on.Damn I hate my workout/meal plan diet right now!! I can't wait for Thanksgiving!!

@MarquitaR 25 дней назад

@3:43 i never been their my only excuse is i didnt know about it and i never been to memphis... its up the highway from me 2-ish 3-ish hours from me im in knoxville... tennessee

@dassinefaye 2 дня назад

Please go and report back…I’m on theee way 😂😂🤣🤣way from Cali too 🤦🏾‍♀️😩😩

@Lisa-pr8ng 23 дня назад

Apparently the tipsy cake is made by Heston Blumenthals in London and the dangle think at the back of your throat is called a Uvula not tonsils.

@tracylynne8168 25 дней назад

Dude, how long is it gonna take you to get to the US to try the amazing food we have?

@remabutta1011 5 дней назад

Dude in the white shirt gives the best reactions to everything he ate lol. They actually have white & orange yams. Both are really good

@joanhamilton2651 24 дня назад

If you haven't had bread pudding from the south then you are missing out on a fantastic dessert.

@twatts1523 24 дня назад

With bourbon crème anglais❤

@gracepatel8076 5 дней назад

I love you L3WG!! LOL. I don’t know how I found your channel. I just happened to run up on it. 😂

@ApocalypseSoldiers 25 дней назад

did you really ask if we, America, had Ketchup lol

@JustShawnie 4 дня назад

Thank you for trying out and celebrating our American soul food that is like no other food in the world because it is made with love and soul.

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

If you like Pecans, you're really going to love Pecan Pie.

@joanmest4752 25 дней назад

My all-time favorite. After I blind bake my shell, I brushed it with chocolate and then filled it up with the homemade filling. Delicious!!

@glitter2glaze21 6 дней назад

The way mama clocking they tea in the still🤣🤣🤣

@sandirobinson6966 25 дней назад

-These guys actually hit the jackpot with this place. Only thing...where are the greens? -Original Kool-aid packets have no sugar. You have to add it when you make it. -I'll bet my right arm she deep fries everything in lard. -Oh man - you call all those southern ladies Ma'am and Miss or you will find out better real quick. -I laughed my azz off when I first saw them eating the chicken fried pork chop with good pork gravy, and the fried chicken with good chicken gravy. Brits have no damned clue about gravy! It's made in every flavor imaginable - depending on the meat you are cooking and eating. It comes from the pan leavings!! Argh. -Yams here in America - they are usually sweet potatoes which naturally carry a lot of sugar, so if they are cooked/caramelized correctly, they are very rich and sweet. - All this American food that you Brits come over here and rave about is made from really cheap, easily available basics. Poor-folk food. Wild meat and fish, the cheapest, most undesirable cuts of beef and pork (ribs, brisket, pork shoulder, etc.), cornmeal, rice, flour for breading, cornbread, fritters, biscuits. Rice is locally grown in the south. Beans, onions, garlic, peppers, celery...stuff easily grown in a garden all over the country. - Bread pudding - it's what you do with stale, leftover bread. Add eggs, milk, a little cinnamon, vanilla and sugar - bake. Pecan pie - in the south pecan trees are everywhere. More poor folk's food.

@barbparknavy9119 23 дня назад

I make my bread pudding with leftover bread...and then start throwing in anything I'm trying to use up--threw in an overripe banana, chopped up the last 6 maraschino cherries in the jar, and a leftover handful of chocolate chips once--it was like the bread pudding version of a banana split. Turned out sooo good!

@jessicamurray1345 5 дней назад

As an African American, I gotta say that I loved your commentary!

@daniellelevy8056 25 дней назад

I will say as far as will KFC or other places in the UK be ruined for you, a lot of this stuff isn't even in the same category. Like even in the US we wouldn't really ever describe Taco Bell as "Mexican Food" for any reason other than having a lack of a better word. It's a lot closer to Tex Mex which got it's name specifically because it's not authentic mexican. This is the same thing The fast food industry in the us is so successful do to affordability and convenience (our fast food is actually fast) but it very much is not the same thing and not even considered to be in the same category as real restaurants. There's even often a difference considered between local owned and operated "mom and pop shops" compared to a chain restaurant. There is a difference between all of those things because even if you have the same dish in each of those places there is going to be such a significant difference in quality, flavor and just overall experience between them that it's really just not comparable.