Friday, October 16, 2009
Daily Diversion / Spurgeon Delicious Fried Chicken Taking Over World
Posted by Ashley Spurgeon on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM
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Looks like Nashville (and the South in general) is the genesis of a bona fide trend! Fried chicken is apparently all the rage in the civilized world (NYC) and has been extensively discussed by the New York Times, New York magazine, and the New York Post. Granted, they citify the hell out of it: One restaurant has the gall to charge $100 (no, seriously) for basically the same meal your poor dirt-farmer grandma somehow managed to fry up every week in spite of not owning a pair of shoes. Another place has dared to bread the chicken with matzo! Oy. Of course, the new fried chicken fans probably try to match it with a nice white wine instead of beer or Coke, or pretend they only like the world's most perfect food if it's Korean fusion.
But let them have their fun. I fully support this reverse imperialism. When the South exports a cultural touchstone, it tends to be something awesome like good food or Dolly Parton. What do the supposed sophisticates send down here? Cuddle Parties. Horrifying, nightmare-inducing Cuddle Parties.
Eat up, fatties!
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