25 Homemade 1950s Soul Food Breakfasts That Have Completely Disappeared

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25 Homemade 1950s Soul Food Breakfasts That Have Completely Disappeared!

In 1953, a woman in Macon, Georgia, woke up every morning at four thirty to feed nine people before the sun came up. She did not own a cookbook. She did not own a toaster. She had a cast iron skillet, a sack of cornmeal, a jar of lard, and two hands that never once second-guessed themselves. That woman is number seven on this list. Number 14 used a can of fish that cost nineteen cents and fed a family of six. Number 18 disappeared because the syrup it required came from a harvest that no one holds anymore. Number 3 was cooked on a tool that most of your grandchildren would not even recognize. These 25 breakfasts were the backbone of Black mornings in the 1950s. Not brunch. Not a spread. Just fuel made from faith and flour. Now I am not a doctor or a dietitian. This is not medical advice. This is memory. Hit that subscribe button. Let us count down 25 homemade soul food breakfasts from the 1950s that have completely disappeared.



By https://www.youtube.com/@TheHungryHistorian