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Reply to comment by bluegillgirl in [Homemade] Grilled chicken with jerk rub, sweet potato with butter and honey, and collard greens by kaganey
Yeah, we said next year we are going to add cornbread and make it our Mardi Gras meal
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Reply to comment by AllTheMeats in [Homemade] Grilled chicken with jerk rub, sweet potato with butter and honey, and collard greens by kaganey
It was an heirloom varietal. Purple sweet potatoes aren’t that rare. Besides the common orange, they can also be red, pink, or yellow.
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Reply to comment by Phatcat15 in [Homemade] Grilled chicken with jerk rub, sweet potato with butter and honey, and collard greens by kaganey
I’ll admit laughed at your original comment. I mean, it’s not exactly PC because it’s generalizing a race. Obviously, many Black dudes don’t eat this kind of food and many non-Black dudes do.
That said, there is no question that this meal has a strong Afro-Caribbean influence. Collard greens are straight outta Africa. While the sweet potato, cultivated for centuries as “batata” by Caribbean tribes, was a good substitute for African cassava root for African slaves in the Caribbean. Likewise, jerk chicken developed in the Caribbean as a fusion of African cooking techniques and flavor preferences with what ingredients were available in the Caribbean. So, you’re not exactly wrong. I wouldn’t have phrased it that way, but I also wouldn’t have “white knighted” to defend a race when no one else even raised an objection.