Diasporidic cuisines

[Charlie Bass]

Since we have quite of diversity of Afro-descendants in here it would be interesting to hear and share information about the different cuisines and foods that we all eat.

I'll start with myself, I'm a traditional soul food cuisine eater and maker thats likes the typical among Aframs, but modified due to health reasons. I still like and eat my Southern Fried Chicken, though not 3 days out of the week like I used to, I eat collards greens without meat instead of the fat back, baked macaroni and cheese, sweet potato pie, cornbread, fried okra, etc, those are my favorites.


Thanks to Anansi, I've started eating Jamaican Ackee in place of scrambled eggs in the morning, they#re a healthy substitute although I need to do a better job on the seasoning.

[anansi]

Sept 5, 2010 8:08:24 GMT -5 Charlie Bass said:

Since we have quite of diversity of Afro-descendants in here it would be interesting to hear and share information about the different cuisines and foods that we all eat.

I'll start with myself, I'm a traditional soul food cuisine eater and maker thats likes the typical among Aframs, but modified due to health reasons. I still like and eat my Southern Fried Chicken, though not 3 days out of the week like I used to, I eat collards greens without meat instead of the fat back, baked macaroni and cheese, sweet potato pie, cornbread, fried okra, etc, those are my favorites.


Thanks to Anansi, I've started eating Jamaican Ackee in place of scrambled eggs in the morning, they#re a healthy substitute although I need to do a better job on the seasoning.

Ever tried Ital foods? it's a Rastafarian way of cooking with out meats or any kind of flesh no salt but well seasoned, no canned goods in other words they were organic before anyone used that term.

[nebsen]

I hope my post fits in with this tread. Having a great love of good foods, it always perplexed me about the foods that the ancient Kemetian( Egyptian) ate.Over the years I've found out that they ate a number of foods that we eat today, & know today.

But as ancient & exquisite as their culture & civilization was I have yet to see a recipe that dates s back to pharaonic times. I love Asian foods esp. Chinese cuisine which some recipes date back to empirial China. In reading the book" The Soul Of A New Cuisine: A Discovery of Foods & Flavors Of Africa" By renowned chef, Marcus Samulesson, on page 254 he states," I always associated foie gras with classic French cooking, so I was surprised to learn that the ancient Egyptians were the first to develop this sumptuous goose liver".

In fact a mural on a sarcophagus near Memphis pyramids dating back to 2390 B.C. shows geese being forcibly feed grain plettets to make the livers fatty" .

As a kid I remember seeing that mural in a book on ancient Egypt, & thought it strange, that they forced food down the throats of geese! So there you have it ! A luxury food that is eaten around the world came from Africa in Kemit !

[anansi]

Sept 25, 2010 3:17:08 GMT -5 nebsen said:

I hope my post fits in with this tread. Having a great love of good foods, it always perplexed me about the foods that the ancient Kemetian( Egyptian) ate.Over the years I've found out that they ate a number of foods that we eat today, & know today.

But as ancient & exquisite as their culture & civilization was I have yet to see a recipe that dates s back to pharaonic times. I love Asian foods esp. Chinese cuisine which some recipes date back to empirial China. In reading the book" The Soul Of A New Cuisine: A Discovery of Foods & Flavors Of Africa" By renowned chef, Marcus Samulesson, on page 254 he states," I always associated foie gras with classic French cooking, so I was surprised to learn that the ancient Egyptians were the first to develop this sumptuous goose liver".

In fact a mural on a sarcophagus near Memphis pyramids dating back to 2390 B.C. shows geese being forcibly feed grain plettets to make the livers fatty" .

As a kid I remember seeing that mural in a book on ancient Egypt, & thought it strange, that they forced food down the throats of geese! So there you have it ! A luxury food that is eaten around the world came from Africa in Kemit !

So Kemitians invented Fagua? wow who knew but I tried it once hated it. but I guess much of the food being eaten in modern Egypt perhaps goes back to Kemetian era.

[nebsen]

Anansi,

I've never had Foie Gros to my knowledge, & would be open to checking it out.

As far as modern Egypt cooking like in ancient times, I don't know about that. The Arabs seemed to have be hell bent on destroying most of Ancient Kemit, & replacing it with all things Arab (except for the science & technology they could use & claim as theirs.)

But maybe in certain pockets in modern Egypt ,& Sudan they still might have retained some of the cooking styles & recipes of ancient Kemit.through osmosis & past down from one generation to the next.

It would be great if one day they find a tomb of the Lord Overseer Of The Royal Kitchen, with some recipes in his or her tomb ;D

[nebsen]

I decided to try & post the cover of the book I'm reading The Soul of A New Cuisine: A Discovery Of The Foods & Flavors Of Africa by Marcus Samuelsson. It is a wonderful coffee Table kind of book with outstanding color plates inside, of different foods from all over Africa, & brief history of different regions with recipes.

Marcus Samuelsson Has just opened his on African inspired restaurant in New York City called, the Red Rooster.

has any one on E S. R. been ?

[khunanup]

Most of the modern cuisine of modern Egypt have their origins in the Arab world or the Mediterranean. However, many rural m Egyptians eat foods which have ancient antecedents. A good example of is ayish baladi which is baked in a oven that resembles those of ancient Egypt. Bouza,a locally produced beer, probably is a descendant of the porridge like beer consumed by the ancient Egyptians. I just wanted to point out that many pf the gastronomic traditions of ancient Egypt survive in modern Egypt.