In Honor Of Black History Month At NBC

[twyacht]

Can you imagine if this were at Fox News?

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nbc-cafeteria-celebrates-black-history-month-with-fried-chicken-special/



What....No Watermelon?

 

Geez, talk about a double standard....

[Texas_Bryan]

I don't know anyone that would find that offensive.  But the idea that we all know that NBC would rip apart anyone else for this is irritating.  I guess NBC think they're the only one who's motives are pure enough to do something like this.

[twyacht]

Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller  lost a million dollar KMart sponsor, when asked about Tiger Woods winning his first PGA Championship, and remarking, "I hope he doesn't bring fried chicken to the PGA Dinner"..... OMG!!! You would have thought he killed someone.

The "press" ate him up..... But this? What's different?

Some NBC employees were "offended" by this stereotypical menu, which sounds pretty good to me,. BTW,.......

But since it's NBC, I'm sure Al Sharpton, and good ol' Rev. Jackson will not say a damn thing...

[fightingquaker13]

Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller  lost a million dollar KMart sponsor, when asked about Tiger Woods winning his first PGA Championship, and remarking, "I hope he doesn't bring fried chicken to the PGA Dinner"..... OMG!!! You would have thought he killed someone.

The "press" ate him up..... But this? What's different?

Some NBC employees were "offended" by this stereotypical menu, which sounds pretty good to me,. BTW,.......

But since it's NBC, I'm sure Al Sharpton, and good ol' Rev. Jackson will not say a damn thing...

Thing is, as a Southern boy,I'd stand in line for that meal, pay for it, and be happy. Only difference between a cracker and a "darkey" is where we go to church on Sunday, and thank God folks are starting to realize that. Southern folks are Southern folks and race be damned. You call it soul food. I call it what my Grandma made after church every Sunday. Ain't a dime's worth of difference.

FQ13

[Ulmus]

Yep twyacht,  That is so a double standard.  And fq is right in the fact that many people from both sides are seeing how we're all "just people". 

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[tombogan03884]

 I'd take the smoked turkey, I love fried chicken but try to limit my fried food intake.

[fightingquaker13]

I'd take the smoked turkey, I love fried chicken but try to limit my fried food intake.

You poor, poor ignorant Yankee. The turkey isn't an entree, its in the rice and peas. The only reason its even turkey rather than pig (as God intended) is to accomadate folks who want to keep kosher, which is fine by me. The deal is though, you take a couple of smoked ham hocks (or turkey parts) and simmer for a couple of hours. Then use this hock stock in place of water for your rice and peas. Add in a few bits of meat cut from the bone, some cornbread crumbled over the top, a few drops of tabasco and you are officially an African American or Redneck (as I said before, I can't see the difference). Either way we eat good, and that's good enough for me.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

WE use a ham bone that way to start a Pea soup. And none of that Soylent Green goo you get from Campbell's either.
Personally I start with the bone and about a pound of chopped ham, then I use the recipe on the split pea bag, except that I use half the peas and double everything else  

[SwoopSJ]

Only difference between a cracker and a "darkey" is where we go to church on Sunday, and thank God folks are starting to realize that.

That barrier has been broken down, also.  I, for one, definitely don't attend a "cracker" church.  I love Newgrass, but I'll take a good soulful choir over a nasal toned hymnal any day.

Swoop

[alfsauve]

WE use a ham bone that way to start a Pea soup. And none of that Soylent Green goo you get from Campbell's either.
Personally I start with the bone and about a pound of chopped ham, then I use the recipe on the split pea bag, except that I use half the peas and double everything else  

Just an FYI, this might be better in the "recipe" section, but....

The Honeybaked Ham store will sell you their ham bones for $6 (may vary by region) and it typically has over a pound of meat still on it.   A great "starter" for ham and pea soup.