Anonymous wrote:The 35 year old "native" must have been soooooo sheltered (aka rich, never stepped foot in a carry-out). Mumbo sauce on wings and fries is DC standard carry-out fare. I am from DC and my first time in an away from home wing joint (Chicago) I felt so embarrassed asking for mumbo sauce and realizing they had no clue what I was requesting.
That being said, mumbo sauce is great from the right spot (U st olden days Yums in NW or Hong Kong carry out SE MLK and then Eddie Leonard's was good too). It is/was poorer young ppls pleasure. No need to go seek it out. Great for the lifestyle of low wage workdays followed by all night GoGo parties...a different age. My DC native teenager has never tried it because income allowed her to eat Pho instead of wings when she needs a warm tummy.

You shouldn’t have been embarrassed. Wiki says that mumbo sauce originated in Chicago and was only later popularized in DC.

I am from DC but white and in my mid-forties so I didn’t have it until i was an adult. I don’t care for it but maybe I’ve had bad versions (cough syrupy).

The 35 year old "native" must have been soooooo sheltered (aka rich, never stepped foot in a carry-out). Mumbo sauce on wings and fries is DC standard carry-out fare. I am from DC and my first time in an away from home wing joint (Chicago) I felt so embarrassed asking for mumbo sauce and realizing they had no clue what I was requesting.
That being said, mumbo sauce is great from the right spot (U st olden days Yums in NW or Hong Kong carry out SE MLK and then Eddie Leonard's was good too). It is/was poorer young ppls pleasure. No need to go seek it out. Great for the lifestyle of low wage workdays followed by all night GoGo parties...a different age. My DC native teenager has never tried it because income allowed her to eat Pho instead of wings when she needs a warm tummy.

I've lived here 50+ years and although I've had it at a few crappy takeout places, can't say I gave it much thought beyond that disgusting crap they keep putting on my fried rice.

It’s DC’s contribution to culinary life.

Also, it’s gross and no one eats it.

Anonymous wrote:I am 35; grew up in DC (including graduating from a DCPS high school), have lived here my whole life except for four years away in college, and had never heard of it until I saw the hoopla around Bowser’s tweet.

Are you from WOTP, or an EOTP neighborhood like Bowser’s that didn’t have carry out? And also didn’t socialize with anyone who grew up in or frequented these neighborhoods? Then I guess I can believe it.

Not from here. It's horrible.

Anonymous wrote:The comments on the Facebook post are epic DC.

And the Sen. Kerry Tweet was over the top.

I was up late last night loling, trying not to wake up the kids.

I’ll hsve to check out the Kerry tweet.

The comments on the Facebook post are epic DC.

And the Sen. Kerry Tweet was over the top.

Anonymous wrote:I am 35; grew up in DC (including graduating from a DCPS high school), have lived here my whole life except for four years away in college, and had never heard of it until I saw the hoopla around Bowser’s tweet.

Wow! I’ve only lived here for eight years, and I think I learned about it within a year or two.

I am 35; grew up in DC (including graduating from a DCPS high school), have lived here my whole life except for four years away in college, and had never heard of it until I saw the hoopla around Bowser’s tweet.

I have never had it but I am highly amused by Bowser getting trashed for her stupid tweet.

I lived in close-in PG until I was a toddler and grew up 30 min from DC. I don’t like it.

DC born and raised and I love the flavor profile of mumbo sauce but I hate the high fructose corn syrup in the commercial varieties. So maybe I like artisanal mumbo sauce, which I feel is very DC.

I'm not from here, but went to grad school here and currently work in DC.

I don't care for mumbo sauce. Whenever it's added to my order, I don't touch it. I'm with Bowser - it's nasty.

How 'bout you guys?