The key to delicious soul food is who is making it. It can't be commercialized, so seeing the logos on the containers is very telling. Soul food is an art.
I didn’t know there were soul food chains! I’ve always just been to places called like our Mama Js here in Richmond. Also that catfish was missing hot sauce.
I don't know-the food looks a little bland. It's like going to the Olive Garden for Italian food or Popeyes for Louisiana cuisine. You need to go to an authentic soul food restaurant and eat.
This food does look bland, and not seasoned soul food. Whoever cooked this doesn’t cook the food traditionally for soul, seems to go with just the recipe. As previous comment, needs to find a true soul food cook/chef.
Unlike most Europeans who come here and comment on the food, we would never eat our biscuits and corn bread dry without butter, jam, gravy, honey, molasses, potlikker, milk, or something, and then pass judgement that it's dry. Just sayin. 😊
Fried catfish is AMAZING when it's cooked well with local fish. I also adore black eyed peas and collards with pepper vinegar (literally just vinegar with hot peppers soaking in it to give it a bit of a spicy kick).
IF you like BEETS? then chop up an Onion and mix these items in either Red or White vinegar . Put in a jar and put it in your fridge. You can put this on Collard Greens, Blackeyed peas, Turnip greens and spinach, Lima beans or anything as long as it is these dishes...I hope you try it!!
Alessio i’m giving you my homemade mac & cheese recipe to try. This is real Southern mac & cheese! Baked buttermilk macaroni and cheese • • 6 eggs • 2-1/2 cups buttermilk • 3-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese • 1/2 cup butter melted • 8- oz elbow macaroni cooked and drained • salt and pepper to taste Instructions: • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside. • Whisk together eggs and buttermilk. Stir in melted butter, cheese and salt. • Add cooked pasta and stir to coat. • Pour into prepared pan. • Sprinkle extra shredded cheese on top it desired • Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes.
Catfish, greens, fried okra. My mom always put black walnuts in her sweet potatoes with the brown sugar and marshmallow. The bitterness of the walnuts with the sweetness is a really nice combination.
My favorite meal... fried chicken, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, slice of homegrown tomato, slice of vidalia onion, dill pickle. Wish I could still sit down at my grandmother's table with her.
My favorites are catfish, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes and pecan pie. I grew up eating all of those foods, though. I didn't know it was called soul food till the 1970s 😂
I grew up in Florida and when we'd make our sweet potatoes, we baked them in fresh orange peels. Here's the recipe: Boil sweet potatoes and add the usual brown sugar, cinnamon, butter. If you add milk, replace it with freshly squeezed orange juice. Save the peels of the halved oranges. Scoop the sweet potatoes into the peels and bake with marshmallows on top. Sometimes I add roasted walnuts or pecans to the mashed sweet potatoes for a little texture. Garnish with a little orange zest and serve the potatoes in the orange peels. Delish!!!
Native Texan here, no!!!! to marshmallow topping for sweet potatoes. Brown sugar, chopped pecans, real butter, oats or flour or crushed cornflakes, maybe a little cinnamon (I am firmly in the no-nutmeg camp) mix this all together -- put this over your sweet potatoes last 15 mins of baking = heaven! My family eats all of these foods for Thanksgiving and Christmas. My East Texas husb grew up putting his black-eye peas over sweet not jalapeno cornbread (we always make both sweet and jalapeno cornbread), mushing it all up, and pouring sweet tiny pickle juice over it. I do not do this lol. Fried catfish is delicious. It never tastes like fish. My Mom always made banana pudding for me when I wld come back from school trips, band trips, etc. I am still trying to create the perfect pecan pie. I am in the custard (non see through) pecan pie camp. Others are in the translucent, see through pecan pie camp. When I create the perfect pecan pie recipe, I will not offer these perfect pecan pies for sale. Such deliciousness transcends such things as mere money. I will donate the recipe to humanity, bec the perfect pecan pie recipe, if it is indeed perfect, will have the power to mend broken hearts, end conflict and strife, and enable humanity to finally unite in the joy of experiencing such happiness together The food in this video is the food of life.
Im a Polish girl who grow up in Italy and I thing that there’s nothing better than Italian food. But there are Polish dishes that are just amazing and I need you ragazzi to try them
Wrong Wrong Wrong I love Italian food and it is delicious. I have been eating soul food for 53 years and I have had Haitian food Soul Food and Haitian food TOPS ALL FOOD I have tried.
I smoke my sweet potatoes. The skins I coat with a bit of honey, olive oil, and Memphis seasoning and smoke with cherry wood roughly 300F for 2 hours. They are then split open and butter and cream cheese is added.
Turnip greens are usually cooked with a ham hock, hence the smoked flavor taste! My Mom from Texas but married my Dad from New York State made fresh green beans, with onions, potatoes and ham always! So yummy! Cooked low and slow!😊❤
I love you guys! You both are adorable together and funny and so genuine! It's fun to see you try different dishes. I personally don't like ANY Mac and cheese. Never have. I love sweet potatoes and marshmallows, too. Your critique on the different dishes was great. Thank you.
Collard greens, cornbread with no sugar or jalapenos, fried catfish (no sauce), and sweet potato pie. Cornbread baked in a hot cast-iron skillet is the best!
Do you know why southerners eat black eye peas at NY? Because when the Yankees, during the civil war, came to the Southern states, they burned many of the fields so that the southerners would not have as much food. One of the only things that survived is the wild black eye peas and they were able to harvest them and survive. So now they are eaten at new years for good luck.
Actually part of what you said is true, black eye peas were considered only good enough for the enslaved and cattle. Like greens, chicken, ox tails..all slave food only good enough for the enslaved.
It’s so special to hear a description from you both. I haven’t tried a few of those and it helps me understand the experience like I was there with you ! We’ll done! I love these genre tasting videos! ❤❤❤
As a cook, I have to agree with you; I believe in enhancing the flavor of the food itself, not smothering and covering it with seasonings, spices, gravy, and sauce. And Jessi, your voice is amazing! You should sing more often! 🤗
Puerto Rican food is my favorite! 😃 I looooove to watch your videos! My great grandmother came to Puerto Rico from Italy on a boat and I've always wanted to go to Italy. I live in Puerto Rico, but was born in NY.
Yeeeaaa… this is Southern Food. The Mashed Potatoes and Mac and cheese looks supremely bland. Fried Chicken was incredibly dry. But this still served as an intro into Southern cuisine and a gateway to Soul Food. Love the channel and the inquisitive nature of your guys’ videos.
I agree, you can get better Louisiana fried chicken than Popeyes. They should go to restaurants that specialize in fried chicken and know how to cook it right.
My grandmother used to put shredded coconut in her sweet potato pie. It's a very southern pie, and important in African American cuisine. 10/10!!!!! 😂❤
If you haven't, you need to try Bojangles fried chicken and breakfast biscuits. They are THE BEST chicken and biscuit chain. Especially try the seasoned fries and the sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. All the biscuits really 😊
Chicken fish and corn bread, favorites. The food you got was awesome looking and over all you seemed to have enjoyed it. Do love sweet potato’s as well.
The reason the catfish doesn’t smell fishy is because it is a fresh water fish from ponds, rivers etc., not a salt water fish like from the Gulf of Mexico or the oceans.
Pecan pie is my favorite pie. My mom used to make it for every holiday and sometimes just because. She's been gone 20 years now. Haven't had one as good as hers since.
I love catfish... but prefer it broiled. I live in Gworgia but am originally from the Chicago area. We rarely had fried food. My favorite fried other than chicken (mom called it naughty chicken and we got it when dad was out of town or came home late) is fried shrimp. Yummy! That cole slaw looked delicious! I orefer the creamy version versus the oil and vinegar based. Alessio is adorable when he is surprised when something is yummy and he is prepared to hate it. 😂
As a Southern woman who’s heritage is Cajun and Mexican American, I need to know where you obtained this meal. I live in Nashville, the home of hot chicken. And my husband is also not American. My husband is a German national from Hamburg. So, before there was RUclips, I was introducing my husband to all the different foods I grew up with. Sidenote, not all sweet potatoes come with marshmallows. And I am good with that! I do not like the texture of a marshmallow. But the rest of the sides excluding the mashed potatoes should be very well seasoned. Very!
The key to good smothered pork chops is that the chops have to be well seasoned before frying. Then you slather with brown gravy. Serve along side those mashed potatoes. 😋😋😋
Love these videos where you both try food from different nationalities! I would love to see you do one with Turkish food. I''m Italian but I love all kinds of food and lately Turkish is something I really love.
I love how he's so strict and critical of Italian food yet so open about food from other countries and cultures. The Italian food has to be authentic but things like soul food only need to be delicious.
Omgn she knows the difference... Made me feel warm inside. I love Italian food and consider it Europe's soul food lol I wish it was food from a small family joint.
This was probably the best food review I've seen. Several of my favorite foods. And I'm glad you enjoyed it. I so agree about the smokie flavors over powering good vegetables. I'm not a fan of smoked meat in my vegetables. I'm also in Tennessee. Would love if you mentioned the restaurants that you try. We travel a bit and might like to try some places also.
Probably tge chicken was cooked in peanut oil with season salt on it. Yum. I worked in a restaurant in Lakeland Florida. One of the ladies tgere, Fannie Mae, coukd cook the best fried chicken. Also cabbage and potatoes. So good.
If you have a Ruth Chris in your area you need to get the sweet potato souflee or whatever they call it. I don't even like sweet potatoes, but you can order 3 sides/veggies as a vegetarian dinner. My friend told me you order 2 sides for the table for dinner, then tell them to hold the sweet potatoes for dessert and asked for the vanilla ice cream on top. It's so good, and VERY sweet. They have pecans on top too. And like i said, i don't even like sweet potatoes and my mom is the pickiest eater ever and even she loved the sweet potatoes with vanilla ice cream! 😋
Y'all. 'Soul food' is southern food but soul food came first, born out of the slave trade. Southerners take credit for things that Africans started or developed here on North American soil. Please look into what Michael Twitty, or Toni Tipton-Martin have to say on the matter.
Gotta crumble that cornbread into the juice of the black eyed peas, greens, and cabbage!! Like yall, I prefer collard greens to turnip greens, but I LOVE cooked turnips! Collard Greens are usually not as bitter as turnip greens. My Grandmaw used to cook each with just a bit of sugar to cut the bitterness. Looks like y’all had some good eats tonight! I’m jealous!
I make a mean pecan pie. No. They are not all created equal ! Growing up my Nina, GMa, made the best pecan, chocolate, coconut cream, (can’t find one that compares), always made my brother sweet potato pies, lemon pies and delicious cakes. All were from scratch. Great video … native Texas gal !!!
Okay, southern woman checking in again. 1. Cooked greens need hot vinegar. Hot as in spicy. Turnip greens are the mildest greens imho. 2. I’m married to a German National from Hamburg. He says cabbage needs red pepper flakes. I’m half Cajun and Mexican American. I approve his stance. 3. Black eyed peas are a NYD staple called Hoppin John. It’s black-eyed peas, rice, and turnip greens. This trifecta is supposed to bring you good luck in the new year. And don’t forget the pepper vinegar and the hot sauce! 4. Mac & cheese should not be mush. Try it sometimes in a baked recipe. The pasta stays firm, the cheese isn’t liquid, and it can be cut like a piece of pie. Add some breadcrumbs or some crumbled crackers into it when you cook it. Add the same on the top. You can hold it in your hand and not have the cheese run through your fingers. Pasta should be firm. 5. Wanna try atwo ingredient easy dish? Get a can of field peas and snaps that is the glory brand. But, before you open the can, slice of kielbasa and browned it in a skillet. Then dump the can over it. If you want a little extra, serve it over cooked white rice. Add hot sauce if you’d like. But that is a simple Cajun supper for a few dollars. 6. If the corn bread is made in a cast-iron skillet then it is the best. Jalapeño is optional. Copious amounts of butter on your piece of cornbread is not. 7. I live in Nashville. Our signature dish is Nashville hot chicken. But there are many smaller places that I also do Nashville hot fish with catfish. Highly recommend! But if you get a sandwich, make sure your coleslaw is not a sloppy wet mess. You want it more on the cabbage side versus the mayonnaise side. You want the crunch is an accent. You don’t want slop.
Best Soul Food I've ever eaten is Wings and Waffles at The Breakfast Klub in Houston, Texas. The spices in the chicken batter (same batter is used for catfish) are a family secret, but even if I could find out and make it at home, I know it would never be as good. If you're ever in Houston, give them some love. There is always a line, but it moves quickly except on weekends, so get into it, and you place your order while you're in line. My husband and I go for breakfast, but it's also a great late-night spot full of doctors, drinkers, and Uber drivers. 🤠
I LOVE Catfish. with a bit of lemon but i can eat it without anything on it. Collard greens, Skillet plain cornbread, NO SUGAR. Mac and Cheese, I also love black eye peas
I've always liked southern pecan pie - with some coffee to break up the sweetness. But, then I tried a brown sugar pecan pie, and for me, it was incredible. I'd now always choose the the latter. If you haven't tried it, look up a recipe. It's amazing, and not sooo sweet.
Great food try, guys. Fair and honest assessments for both 👍 My fav of course is hush puppies, Lol. and collards, southern style is good when fresh and tender, Brazilian way is even better. Couve a mineira.
don’t know where you guys went but I’d love for you to try soul food in North Carolina or South Carolina, obviously soul food across the black american diaspora is very similar but it’s something about the Carolinas that hits different
The key to delicious soul food is who is making it. It can't be commercialized, so seeing the logos on the containers is very telling. Soul food is an art.
Franchises are started by mom and pops actually and bring their recipes.
that's true, that's one of the reasons why it hasn't been franchised, the recipes have to be handed down.
I was wondering the same thing cause soul food does not contain marshmallows.
very true!!
I didn’t know there were soul food chains! I’ve always just been to places called like our Mama Js here in Richmond. Also that catfish was missing hot sauce.
I don't know-the food looks a little bland. It's like going to the Olive Garden for Italian food or Popeyes for Louisiana cuisine. You need to go to an authentic soul food restaurant and eat.
As long as it isn't spicy.😊
@@pigoff123has to be spicy
Came here to say this.
Real soul food makes you dance in your chair!
This food does look bland, and not seasoned soul food. Whoever cooked this doesn’t cook the food traditionally for soul, seems to go with just the recipe. As previous comment, needs to find a true soul food cook/chef.
The way you both laughed exuberantly after tasting the sweet potatoes was so genuine and adorable 😆🍠
Cornbread needs to be slathered in butter! And the dinner roll, too!
Unlike most Europeans who come here and comment on the food, we would never eat our biscuits and corn bread dry without butter, jam, gravy, honey, molasses, potlikker, milk, or something, and then pass judgement that it's dry. Just sayin. 😊
JESSI omfg your voice😮😮. You know those videos when people sing and it blows away their friends. Your singing was absolutely amazing
She must have been a singer earlier in life bc girl can definitely BLOW! 🎙🎶🎶
Facts
Fried catfish is AMAZING when it's cooked well with local fish. I also adore black eyed peas and collards with pepper vinegar (literally just vinegar with hot peppers soaking in it to give it a bit of a spicy kick).
@@lilykep The pepper vinegar was a staple when I was growing up in the deep south. It was used especially on greens, e.g. , turnip, collard. 👍
@@donnast.joseph5158 Yeah greens don't taste right if they don't have pepper vinegar on them.
@@lilykep Yes indeed! 👍
I'm from Alabama. My dad put pepper vinegar on his greens. I don't like greens but hubby does. He's never had pepper vinegar.
IF you like BEETS? then chop up an Onion and mix these items in either Red or White vinegar . Put in a jar and put it in your fridge. You can put this on Collard Greens, Blackeyed peas, Turnip greens and spinach, Lima beans or anything as long as it is these dishes...I hope you try it!!
Alessio i’m giving you my homemade mac & cheese recipe to try. This is real Southern mac & cheese! Baked buttermilk macaroni and cheese
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• 6 eggs
• 2-1/2 cups buttermilk
• 3-1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 8- oz elbow macaroni cooked and drained
• salt and pepper to taste
Instructions:
• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• Whisk together eggs and buttermilk. Stir in melted butter, cheese and salt.
• Add cooked pasta and stir to coat.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Sprinkle extra shredded cheese on top it desired
• Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes.
Thanks for sharing your recipe! May give it a try if I find good cheddar around.
No eggs in Mac & cheese! It makes it not creamy.
@@linda.christie This isn't your recipe Linda. Relax.
Trying this, 😋
@@linda.christie southern baked mac and cheese is not supposed to be creamy.
The smokiness is from smoked ham hock cooked in with greens
Or smoked turkey
Jessi! what a wonderful voice! you should sing more often ❤
As a Texan / French couple, we can sooooo relate to these experiences! ❤ We even started our own “Franch” recipes combining both. 🤠👨🎨
Soul food literally touches your soul when done correctly ❤
Catfish, greens, fried okra. My mom always put black walnuts in her sweet potatoes with the brown sugar and marshmallow. The bitterness of the walnuts with the sweetness is a really nice combination.
I like pecans in sweet potato casserole
@stigmatamartyr4223 yes! Our family always did a pecan brown sugar crumble on top of whipped swt taters in lieu of marshmallows. So delish!
My favorite meal... fried chicken, mashed potatoes, pinto beans, slice of homegrown tomato, slice of vidalia onion, dill pickle. Wish I could still sit down at my grandmother's table with her.
Wow your singing voice is beautiful Jessi! I grew up eating soul food, my southern grandma and mom are the best cooks in my opinion of course. ❤😊
My favorites are catfish, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes and pecan pie. I grew up eating all of those foods, though. I didn't know it was called soul food till the 1970s 😂
Hey some still dont know. Im even surprised she knows there's southern and soul food tbh
I grew up in Florida and when we'd make our sweet potatoes, we baked them in fresh orange peels. Here's the recipe:
Boil sweet potatoes and add the usual brown sugar, cinnamon, butter. If you add milk, replace it with freshly squeezed orange juice. Save the peels of the halved oranges. Scoop the sweet potatoes into the peels and bake with marshmallows on top. Sometimes I add roasted walnuts or pecans to the mashed sweet potatoes for a little texture. Garnish with a little orange zest and serve the potatoes in the orange peels. Delish!!!
Native Texan here, no!!!! to marshmallow topping for sweet potatoes. Brown sugar, chopped pecans, real butter, oats or flour or crushed cornflakes, maybe a little cinnamon (I am firmly in the no-nutmeg camp) mix this all together -- put this over your sweet potatoes last 15 mins of baking = heaven!
My family eats all of these foods for Thanksgiving and Christmas. My East Texas husb grew up putting his black-eye peas over sweet not jalapeno cornbread (we always make both sweet and jalapeno cornbread), mushing it all up, and pouring sweet tiny pickle juice over it. I do not do this lol.
Fried catfish is delicious. It never tastes like fish.
My Mom always made banana pudding for me when I wld come back from school trips, band trips, etc.
I am still trying to create the perfect pecan pie. I am in the custard (non see through) pecan pie camp. Others are in the translucent, see through pecan pie camp. When I create the perfect pecan pie recipe, I will not offer these perfect pecan pies for sale. Such deliciousness transcends such things as mere money. I will donate the recipe to humanity, bec the perfect pecan pie recipe, if it is indeed perfect, will have the power to mend broken hearts, end conflict and strife, and enable humanity to finally unite in the joy of experiencing such happiness together
The food in this video is the food of life.
You must know Julieta Madrigal.👏
you have recipe
link?
I'm a bare sweet potato fan. If baked, the natural sweetness is perfect for me.
Im a Polish girl who grow up in Italy and I thing that there’s nothing better than Italian food. But there are Polish dishes that are just amazing and I need you ragazzi to try them
Tak! Dobry!
luv pierogi and kabasa
There's other cultures of food
Wrong Wrong Wrong I love Italian food and it is delicious. I have been eating soul food for 53 years and I have had Haitian food Soul Food and Haitian food TOPS ALL FOOD I have tried.
Polish restaurants aren’t very common in America, you almost never see them aside from a Polish festival or a market.
I was eagerly waiting for my favorite. Oxtail!
I smoke my sweet potatoes. The skins I coat with a bit of honey, olive oil, and Memphis seasoning and smoke with cherry wood roughly 300F for 2 hours. They are then split open and butter and cream cheese is added.
Oh, that sounds DELICIOUS! I love sweet 'tators, in any form. 🍠🍠🍠
I love you guys. Just remember to be good to each other and flexible because we are all different, but being nice and kind is always "bellissimo"
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😍😍Not me in Sweden,🇸🇪 watching these two food tasting Favorites and getting soooooooooo hungry and want soooo to taste all these foods😍👍Luv Ya Guys
Turnip greens are usually cooked with a ham hock, hence the smoked flavor taste! My Mom from Texas but married my Dad from New York State made fresh green beans, with onions, potatoes and ham always! So yummy! Cooked low and slow!😊❤
I love you guys! You both are adorable together and funny and so genuine! It's fun to see you try different dishes. I personally don't like ANY Mac and cheese. Never have. I love sweet potatoes and marshmallows, too. Your critique on the different dishes was great. Thank you.
Thank you for your videos. Always make me smile. Greetings from Sweden!
Thank you for your videos. A big big big hug from Portugal. You are the best. I wish you the best on the world.❤❤
I never watch these kind of videos but this was actually so entertaining. Just all around great energy thanks for sharing!
Collard greens, cornbread with no sugar or jalapenos, fried catfish (no sauce), and sweet potato pie. Cornbread baked in a hot cast-iron skillet is the best!
I love your energy 😊keep up the great work, lovebirds!
Butter beans and cornbread are definitely my favorite. But the butter beans have to be cooked with ham hocks
Do you know why southerners eat black eye peas at NY? Because when the Yankees, during the civil war, came to the Southern states, they burned many of the fields so that the southerners would not have as much food. One of the only things that survived is the wild black eye peas and they were able to harvest them and survive. So now they are eaten at new years for good luck.
black-eyed peas
@@STANDINGONKINDNESS-s7hthanks for disrespecting our culture muah
Good thing I'm Black & know the Truth
Might have actually believed that nonsense
Well NO I wouldn't have but...
Actually part of what you said is true, black eye peas were considered only good enough for the enslaved and cattle. Like greens, chicken, ox tails..all slave food only good enough for the enslaved.
wow!!!! thank you for the history!
It’s so special to hear a description from you both. I haven’t tried a few of those and it helps me understand the experience like I was there with you ! We’ll done! I love these genre tasting videos! ❤❤❤
Praying 🙏 🤲 for your IVF ❤
We went to an Italian restaurant in San Diego and my husband got Branzino. No sauce, no fiddle fiddle, just a good grilled fish. He loved it.
As a cook, I have to agree with you; I believe in enhancing the flavor of the food itself, not smothering and covering it with seasonings, spices, gravy, and sauce. And Jessi, your voice is amazing! You should sing more often! 🤗
I love seeing you two happy. 😁 Reminds me of my old life. ❤
Puerto Rican food is my favorite! 😃 I looooove to watch your videos! My great grandmother came to Puerto Rico from Italy on a boat and I've always wanted to go to Italy. I live in Puerto Rico, but was born in NY.
Pecan pie is my favorite along with fried chicken with mashed potatoes... Hello 👋🏻 from Alhambra Southern California 🌴
Alhambra a place?
It's a city northeast of downtown Los Angeles California @@splashtonkutcher2010
I always eat my pecan pie heated with vanilla ice cream
you both make my day every video! Just wholesome and smiles every time! =)!!!
That’s Sunday dinner in Alabama ya’ll.
My mom used to mix the greens collard, mustard, and kale!
If you guys don't like the chocolate or pecan pie by themselves try combining them sometimes that will save a flavor profile
I've never had turnip greens but I love collards and kale cooked with onions and bacon grease.
Yeeeaaa… this is Southern Food. The Mashed Potatoes and Mac and cheese looks supremely bland. Fried Chicken was incredibly dry. But this still served as an intro into Southern cuisine and a gateway to Soul Food. Love the channel and the inquisitive nature of your guys’ videos.
As a southerner I've never called any of that soul food. I usually just call it dinner 🤣
I'm from Alabama to us. Southern food & and soul food are the same thing ❤
nope cajun has Caribbean influences
Do you eat turkey necks, pig feet, tails and neck bones? Chitlins, hog maws, tendons, snout, boiled okra, purple hull peas, or field peas? 😏
not quite
they aren't tje same
Not they aren’t 💀
Please tell me your not basing the taste of Louisiana fried chicken on Popeyes.
I agree, you can get better Louisiana fried chicken than Popeyes. They should go to restaurants that specialize in fried chicken and know how to cook it right.
They definitely aren't. They ate at a few chicken places, not just Popeyes
Jessie has a fabulous singing voice!!
I think your “Soul Food Meal” is more about the cook than the food dish itself.
True. I'm from Alabama and everyone's cooking is different. Especially fried chicken.
My grandmother used to put shredded coconut in her sweet potato pie. It's a very southern pie, and important in African American cuisine. 10/10!!!!! 😂❤
If you haven't, you need to try Bojangles fried chicken and breakfast biscuits. They are THE BEST chicken and biscuit chain. Especially try the seasoned fries and the sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit. All the biscuits really 😊
Southern shrimp and grits
Chicken fish and corn bread, favorites. The food you got was awesome looking and over all you seemed to have enjoyed it. Do love sweet potato’s as well.
The reason the catfish doesn’t smell fishy is because it is a fresh water fish from ponds, rivers etc., not a salt water fish like from the Gulf of Mexico or the oceans.
Pecan pie is my favorite pie. My mom used to make it for every holiday and sometimes just because. She's been gone 20 years now. Haven't had one as good as hers since.
I ❤ pecan pie!😋
I love catfish... but prefer it broiled. I live in Gworgia but am originally from the Chicago area. We rarely had fried food. My favorite fried other than chicken (mom called it naughty chicken and we got it when dad was out of town or came home late) is fried shrimp. Yummy!
That cole slaw looked delicious! I orefer the creamy version versus the oil and vinegar based.
Alessio is adorable when he is surprised when something is yummy and he is prepared to hate it. 😂
Lima beans and smoked ham hocks with a drizzle of cream, catfish and sweet potatoes
As a Southern woman who’s heritage is Cajun and Mexican American, I need to know where you obtained this meal. I live in Nashville, the home of hot chicken. And my husband is also not American. My husband is a German national from Hamburg. So, before there was RUclips, I was introducing my husband to all the different foods I grew up with.
Sidenote, not all sweet potatoes come with marshmallows. And I am good with that! I do not like the texture of a marshmallow. But the rest of the sides excluding the mashed potatoes should be very well seasoned. Very!
Wow you have such a beautiful voice! Do it more! ❤
The smokey flavor in the greens is from the smoked pork bone used in the cooking
The key to good smothered pork chops is that the chops have to be well seasoned before frying. Then you slather with brown gravy. Serve along side those mashed potatoes. 😋😋😋
Love these videos where you both try food from different nationalities! I would love to see you do one with Turkish food. I''m Italian but I love all kinds of food and lately Turkish is something I really love.
Silver Sands, which serves soul food, is my fav southern food place. That banana pudding is heavenly.
Sounds like Jessi can sing too!
I love how he's so strict and critical of Italian food yet so open about food from other countries and cultures. The Italian food has to be authentic but things like soul food only need to be delicious.
Try some pepper sauce in the greens! It’s little green peppers in vinegar. Gives a nice pop.
I have never eaten soul food but if I had to choose my top three would be the catfish, the sweet potato and the cole slaw.
Omgn she knows the difference... Made me feel warm inside. I love Italian food and consider it Europe's soul food lol I wish it was food from a small family joint.
This was probably the best food review I've seen. Several of my favorite foods. And I'm glad you enjoyed it. I so agree about the smokie flavors over powering good vegetables. I'm not a fan of smoked meat in my vegetables. I'm also in Tennessee. Would love if you mentioned the restaurants that you try. We travel a bit and might like to try some places also.
My choice soul food is crawfish etouffee & fried chicken, grits & sausage gravy with biscuits. Yummy and delicious!
I love sweet potato pie! Mixed greens and properly fried catfish are my favorites!!!
You two should team up with Pasta Grammar and give viewers a real treat. Two of America's favorite couples doing food reviews together.
Y’all never eat cornbread right, you mash the corn bread in the greens are cabbage and add hot sauces. The oldies eat it with their hands
Probably tge chicken was cooked in peanut oil with season salt on it. Yum. I worked in a restaurant in Lakeland Florida. One of the ladies tgere, Fannie Mae, coukd cook the best fried chicken. Also cabbage and potatoes. So good.
Tge greens will have some smoked meet in them. Turkey leg. Ham hock, smoked bacon. Hopefully tgey did not use smoke flavoring.
My favorite soul food is a pecan praline. By themselves, in a pie, on or in ice cream, they are worth double the calories. SO good!
If you have a Ruth Chris in your area you need to get the sweet potato souflee or whatever they call it. I don't even like sweet potatoes, but you can order 3 sides/veggies as a vegetarian dinner. My friend told me you order 2 sides for the table for dinner, then tell them to hold the sweet potatoes for dessert and asked for the vanilla ice cream on top. It's so good, and VERY sweet. They have pecans on top too. And like i said, i don't even like sweet potatoes and my mom is the pickiest eater ever and even she loved the sweet potatoes with vanilla ice cream! 😋
Y'all. 'Soul food' is southern food but soul food came first, born out of the slave trade. Southerners take credit for things that Africans started or developed here on North American soil. Please look into what Michael Twitty, or Toni Tipton-Martin have to say on the matter.
You’re the problem in the world right now so just stop 🙄 can’t we just eat food without the cancel culture police .
Wrong. "Soul food" is early colonial American dishes that predates American slavery by hundreds of years. None of it has origins in Africa.
Chitterlings considered soul food but also good southern food as well. Either way if cooked right, perfect thing to try
Should have tried to get him some peach cobbler with some vanilla ice cream!!!!
Jessi you sing so good and sweet
Gotta crumble that cornbread into the juice of the black eyed peas, greens, and cabbage!! Like yall, I prefer collard greens to turnip greens, but I LOVE cooked turnips! Collard Greens are usually not as bitter as turnip greens. My Grandmaw used to cook each with just a bit of sugar to cut the bitterness. Looks like y’all had some good eats tonight! I’m jealous!
Loved this video! 👍👍
Omg Jessie you have the sweetest voice! I really enjoyed your video but your voice was an apocalypse 👏👏👏❤❤❤❤
you both are a breath of fresh air! ciao bella!
Jessi please sing more your voice is beautiful 😊
My favorite soul food is sweet potatoes with marshmallows! I make it every holiday :)
I make a mean pecan pie.
No. They are not all created equal ! Growing up my Nina, GMa, made the best pecan, chocolate, coconut cream, (can’t find one that compares), always made my brother sweet potato pies, lemon pies and delicious cakes. All were from scratch.
Great video … native Texas gal !!!
Okay, southern woman checking in again.
1. Cooked greens need hot vinegar. Hot as in spicy. Turnip greens are the mildest greens imho.
2. I’m married to a German National from Hamburg. He says cabbage needs red pepper flakes. I’m half Cajun and Mexican American. I approve his stance.
3. Black eyed peas are a NYD staple called Hoppin John. It’s black-eyed peas, rice, and turnip greens. This trifecta is supposed to bring you good luck in the new year. And don’t forget the pepper vinegar and the hot sauce!
4. Mac & cheese should not be mush. Try it sometimes in a baked recipe. The pasta stays firm, the cheese isn’t liquid, and it can be cut like a piece of pie. Add some breadcrumbs or some crumbled crackers into it when you cook it. Add the same on the top. You can hold it in your hand and not have the cheese run through your fingers. Pasta should be firm.
5. Wanna try atwo ingredient easy dish? Get a can of field peas and snaps that is the glory brand. But, before you open the can, slice of kielbasa and browned it in a skillet. Then dump the can over it. If you want a little extra, serve it over cooked white rice. Add hot sauce if you’d like. But that is a simple Cajun supper for a few dollars.
6. If the corn bread is made in a cast-iron skillet then it is the best. Jalapeño is optional. Copious amounts of butter on your piece of cornbread is not.
7. I live in Nashville. Our signature dish is Nashville hot chicken. But there are many smaller places that I also do Nashville hot fish with catfish. Highly recommend! But if you get a sandwich, make sure your coleslaw is not a sloppy wet mess. You want it more on the cabbage side versus the mayonnaise side. You want the crunch is an accent. You don’t want slop.
Awww that was fun!!!! Thank you for sharing this video with us!!!!!
Best Soul Food I've ever eaten is Wings and Waffles at The Breakfast Klub in Houston, Texas. The spices in the chicken batter (same batter is used for catfish) are a family secret, but even if I could find out and make it at home, I know it would never be as good. If you're ever in Houston, give them some love. There is always a line, but it moves quickly except on weekends, so get into it, and you place your order while you're in line. My husband and I go for breakfast, but it's also a great late-night spot full of doctors, drinkers, and Uber drivers. 🤠
What’s up cousin. H-Town in here and I order the same thing.🤠
I cook my greens and cabbage with smoked meat it’s not overly Smokey flavored
Should’ve tried the cornbread with the cabbage and greens
I LOVE Catfish. with a bit of lemon but i can eat it without anything on it. Collard greens, Skillet plain cornbread, NO SUGAR. Mac and Cheese, I also love black eye peas
Soul food requires the soul and the love directly from the hands of the preparer. I don't know about this.
I've always liked southern pecan pie - with some coffee to break up the sweetness. But, then I tried a brown sugar pecan pie, and for me, it was incredible. I'd now always choose the the latter. If you haven't tried it, look up a recipe. It's amazing, and not sooo sweet.
You two are gonna have to travel to the heart of the south. Either the Carolinas or Louisiana.
Great food try, guys. Fair and honest assessments for both 👍 My fav of course is hush puppies, Lol. and collards, southern style is good when fresh and tender, Brazilian way is even better. Couve a mineira.
don’t know where you guys went but I’d love for you to try soul food in North Carolina or South Carolina, obviously soul food across the black american diaspora is very similar but it’s something about the Carolinas that hits different
Y'all have to do this one again! Listen to the comments, too, they know what's up. I would love to see this review at the actual location.
The chicken and dumplings from Bishops (only on Thursdays) are delicious!
Loved this video... not so much the food. I've had it all catfish...BEP's & cabbage... that could work 🎉