do you enjoy soul food ?

[Anonymous]

pp again. There is a place called Oohhs & Aahhs Soul Food on U street w/ good reviews -- but I cant vouch for it, havent tried it yet.

[Anonymous]

Not particularly. I like Mac & cheese but find the rest just okay. I certainly wouldn't blow my diet for it.

[youngblackdude]

Good responses...making this topic has now made me hungry lol

[youngblackdude]

Anonymous wrote:Not particularly. I like Mac & cheese but find the rest just okay. I certainly wouldn't blow my diet for it.

I can respect that@diet...I watch what I eat more times then not also

[Anonymous]

I'm afraid I do not. I am a New Yorker and grew up eating lasagne, sausage and peppers, stuffed mushrooms, etc at family functions. I don't mean to be rude but since I've move to the South I've been to a few "famous" places to eat Soul Food and also tried it at people's houses... it has not won me over. The veggies come across as overcooked, Okra, I could throw up. I never was a fan of mac and cheese (even as a kid - yellow, cheese, ew) and I don't like fried chicken (long story, my front teeth have issues and I can't pick off the bone.) So, I'm sure some people love it but I'd chose ANY other cuisine if given the choice.

[Anonymous]

Another white New Englander here: yes, really like soul food. I got into it while living in Chicago and I like both real soul food and the vegan versions (Soul vegetarian, how I miss you!). I tried to get some of the older women I knew in Chicago to teach me some of their secrets, but I could never get them to take me seriously.

[youngblackdude]

Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid I do not. I am a New Yorker and grew up eating lasagne, sausage and peppers, stuffed mushrooms, etc at family functions. I don't mean to be rude but since I've move to the South I've been to a few "famous" places to eat Soul Food and also tried it at people's houses... it has not won me over. The veggies come across as overcooked, Okra, I could throw up. I never was a fan of mac and cheese (even as a kid - yellow, cheese, ew) and I don't like fried chicken (long story, my front teeth have issues and I can't pick off the bone.) So, I'm sure some people love it but I'd chose ANY other cuisine if given the choice.

What borough are you from..Manhattan? Its some good spots threw out city with good soul food

[Anonymous]

I am white and Southern. Not only do I love soul food, I cook it too.

My son's friend said he liked eating at our house because we cook like black folk. LOL.

[Anonymous]

youngblackdude wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason you are asking? Is this market research? Just curious?

I live food from all different cultures.

I love fried chicken and BBQ. I can't eat fried chicken often because it is bad for you. I love collards but I make them myself. I like to go out to eat for food I can't make at home... Fried chicken... But I normally take it to go.

I consider them southern food. African Americans from NY or Chicago would not consider most food you mentioned aa food.

No research .just was curious..before I signed up I've read & come to conclusion not alotta blacks on this website.now I have a few white friends but I know they don't eat it..was wondering what others thought....I'm from ny me & family & friends call it soul food(southern soul food is the sane thing )

How do you know that there are not a lot of black people on this website? Maybe the ones that are on here do not speak like you would or have the lifestyle that you have.

[Anonymous]

Love it. Lived in New Orleans for many years and really, really, really miss the food.

[Anonymous]

I like fried chicken, BBQ (chicken now because I no longer eat pork or beef), Mac and cheese (OP, the traditional soul food Mac and cheese isn't creamy right?), potato salad, corn bread, and I like other southern sides like coleslaw and chow chow and fried okra, but I'm not sure if they're "soul food." I don't love collards and yams.

For the health conscious: has anyone tried Everlasting Life, the new vegan soup food restaurant in Takoma? Or Woodlands?

[Anonymous]

White southerner here. I love it; it's just traditional home cooking to me.

[Anonymous]

youngblackdude wrote:To the non African americans on this board which I'm sure is the majority (no disrepect I like people from all backgrounds)..do you enjoy soul food meals ?( fried chicken,baked macaroni & cheese..collard greens..cornbread..candy yams..potatoes salad..etc etc)

Yes. I am a white southerner. Grew up eating these foods.

[Anonymous]

I am a Southerner and white. Everything you mention was just Sunday dinner for us with my great aunts and uncles. Whatever you call it, I love it all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

youngblackdude wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason you are asking? Is this market research? Just curious?

I live food from all different cultures.

I love fried chicken and BBQ. I can't eat fried chicken often because it is bad for you. I love collards but I make them myself. I like to go out to eat for food I can't make at home... Fried chicken... But I normally take it to go.

I consider them southern food. African Americans from NY or Chicago would not consider most food you mentioned aa food.

No research .just was curious..before I signed up I've read & come to conclusion not alotta blacks on this website.now I have a few white friends but I know they don't eat it..was wondering what others thought....I'm from ny me & family & friends call it soul food(southern soul food is the sane thing )

How do you know that there are not a lot of black people on this website? Maybe the ones that are on here do not speak like you would or have the lifestyle that you have.

+1!