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Default Southern US Cuisine: Fried Chicken Big Hit With Royals

On 27/07/2015 1:07 PM, Saint George wrote:
> On 27/07/2015 02:46 pm, William wrote:
>> On CBS This Morning, there was a story about a Chef from the Southern
>> part of the United States who is cooking in the UK and his Fried
>> Chicken is a big hit with the British Royal Family. I thought Kentucky
>> Fried Chicken invaded the British Isles years ago? I bet this Southern
>> Chef has the Brits eating Grits!
>>
>> William
>>

>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_chicken#History
>
> Fritters have existed in Europe since the middle ages.[3] The Scots, and
> later Scottish immigrants to the southern United States, had a tradition
> of deep frying chicken in fat, unlike their English counterparts who
> baked or boiled chicken
>
> Fried Chicken originated from Scotland...


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