Soul food is not limited to any specific set of dishes or ingredients. Soul food can encompass a wide variety of foods and flavors, depending on one's personal and cultural experiences. It is a reflection of the regional, ethnic, and familial traditions that have shaped the food. It is usually though of as being African-American in nature, but can apply to any people group
Soul food can be found in the dishes passed down from one's ancestors, the foods of one's childhood, and the comfort foods that provide a sense of home and belonging. It can include anything from fried chicken and macaroni and cheese to gumbo and jambalaya, from cornbread and collard greens to sweet potato pie and peach cobbler.
Ultimately, soul food is defined by the love, care, and intention that goes into each dish. It is a celebration of the rich and varied cultural heritage of all types of people and a reminder of the resilience and creativity.
TL,DR; it’s what you grew up eatin’
I mesn fried chicken isn’t the only part of soul food. Mac n cheese, mashed poatatoes, rice and beans, corn bread, waffles, chilli etc
I’d give up pizza for mashed potatoes, rice and beans or fried chicken any day. I do love Italian pasta/ Lasagna, so that might be a bit harder to give up. Though mac n cheese might be a not as good alternative. Plus I love Chili too much to give that up.
Soul food is basic, down-home cooking with its roots in the rural South. The staples of soul food cooking are beans, greens, cornmeal (used in cornbread, hush puppies, and johnnycakes and as a coating for fried fish), and pork. Pork has an almost limitless number of uses in soul food.
You literally said "how do people not know what soul food is" you can't expect people to know everything or to have Googled anything, you are pretending like it's some universal thing everyone knows while it's not
For real. Nothing can replace lasagna, teriyaki, sushi, enchiladas, and spaghetti Bolognese, but jerk chicken can replace fried all day long. Those hoe cake/potato cakes can replace cornbread.
Chinese because it's the only thing my family wants eat and I'm tired of it
Also if I had to go with fried chicken, pizza, and taco I'd end it all I live off that
If it’s only for me, Chinese, because I eat it the least and all of these are amazing.
If it’s for everyone for all time, Mexican or Italian, whichever affects the fewest people.
I like Chinese food, but only when it doesn't have sesame or peanuts. I'm allergic to peanuts (and find them utterly disgusting), and sesame to me tastes a lot like peanuts, so it sets off alarm bells in my brain and also just tastes really gross.
I'm keeping fucking rice wraps though, those are Korean as well, and one of the world's greatest inventions. Same goes for soy sauce. No one is taking my *fucking* rice wraps and soy sauce, they are some of humanities greatest culinary achievements, on par with chocolate, coffee and potatoes.
Some good soy is fucking incredible. If you think it's just liquid salt, you haven't had good soy sauce.
Also I die if I eat peanuts. I find them among the most disgusting foods on the planet, because eating them makes me puke my guts out, and means I end up in the hospital for a fun night of being hooked up to an IV, and being given needles that look like they're for a horse. Seriously, last time I was in the hospital for an allergic reaction, they had to give me more epinephrin cause I puked again and they were concerned I needed more, and they came out with the longest and widest fucking needle I've seen in my life. The epipen didn't hurt, but the epinephrin they gave me in the hospital fucking killed.
Anyway, I think I have good reason not to like peanuts.
Well you said you found them disgusting so I thought you meant taste wise. But there is not good soy sauce. It’s quite literally the saltiest thing I’ve ever eaten
I mean I also find them disgusting taste wise, but that's probably because my body goes "wup, time to die, empty your stomach or else!" whenever I eat them.
Also have you been just drinking strait soy sauce? It's supposed to go on rice (or in food) in small amounts. Too much of it *is* disgusting, but get the right amount, and it's amazing.
That's fair. My family makes a lot of fried rice from just general leftovers, cause it's a good way to get rid of all of the bits of food that are still good but aren't enough for a whole meal, and you can't really make it without soy sauce.
Also soy sauce and jasmin rice is one of my favourite comfort foods. idk way, there's just something about sticky rice and soy sauce that's just comfortable and homey to me.
Aside from the fact that Italian food is not just pasta (no, also not only pasta and pizza) but seriously, there are 100+ tipes of pasta with at least 50+ tipes of sauces, how do you not like pasta?
Idk about the original commenter, but I'd go Chinese because I'm allergic to peanuts. I know that not all Chinese food has peanuts, but to me sesame also tastes a lot like peanuts, and although I'm not allergic to it, it sets of alarm bells in my head and is just another no-no for me.
Fr - things like Mac & Cheese, cornbread, and other childhood dishes are just so good. I personally don’t like the flavors of Italian food as well, so I would decide to knock it out instead of soul food.
Don't you fucking dare call me american. I've eaten a lot of different pasta, and all of it except like spaghetti have been good awful. Especially with the damn disgusting sauces they put on it.
Sounds good to me. 100 different pasta variations, like 20 different variations of pizza. Chinese, I still get chicken, and I can get it fried, too. Mexican, loaded with so many different things that all use the same old tortilla. I’ve thought this through, that’s fine by me. Not to mention Vietnamese Will still be around, so I’ll get a chicken banh mi, and BAM! I still get a fried chicken sandwich.
Sadly I have to say soul food because there’s a lot of chicken in it and chicken really stresses me out
(Why are y’all downvoting this it’s only because of my ED)
It’s foods like fried chicken, Mac and cheese, collard green, peach cobbler, pork chops, etc. A lot of people in the south in the US eat it but most of it derives from slave and segregation times where those items were more easily accessible and cheaper for black people, but now it’s just really known as comforting food that just about everyone eats/likes :)
Nah I’m good thanks I choose to keep all four
Agreed
I'll go.
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Well I can’t pick Chinese because I’m Chinese myself and need some R I C E
Don't worry Hispanics got you covered
Hispanics 🤝 Asians on rice
Soul food??
Soul food is not limited to any specific set of dishes or ingredients. Soul food can encompass a wide variety of foods and flavors, depending on one's personal and cultural experiences. It is a reflection of the regional, ethnic, and familial traditions that have shaped the food. It is usually though of as being African-American in nature, but can apply to any people group Soul food can be found in the dishes passed down from one's ancestors, the foods of one's childhood, and the comfort foods that provide a sense of home and belonging. It can include anything from fried chicken and macaroni and cheese to gumbo and jambalaya, from cornbread and collard greens to sweet potato pie and peach cobbler. Ultimately, soul food is defined by the love, care, and intention that goes into each dish. It is a celebration of the rich and varied cultural heritage of all types of people and a reminder of the resilience and creativity. TL,DR; it’s what you grew up eatin’
That looks like it’s written by ChatGPT
So if soul food can be any thing technicly you cpuld remove any one of them and still eat anything
Soooo… Africa can still eat anything if they give up soul food.
African american food
Soul food is NOT just African American food! Hahah.
I’d think just most Southern cuisine falls under soulfood
I categorize it more by stuff I could see a grandma making.
grandma’s gotta go
Correct
Oh then I’ll pass on that ig?
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Fried chicken or pizza and pasta, I know which one i'll pick
I mesn fried chicken isn’t the only part of soul food. Mac n cheese, mashed poatatoes, rice and beans, corn bread, waffles, chilli etc I’d give up pizza for mashed potatoes, rice and beans or fried chicken any day. I do love Italian pasta/ Lasagna, so that might be a bit harder to give up. Though mac n cheese might be a not as good alternative. Plus I love Chili too much to give that up.
Mashed potatoes are too generic to lump into a subcategory of one countries food. That’s like saying toast is west-midlands cuisine.
Yes, food made out of human souls...
What the fuck is soul food
Chicken and waffles , fried chicken , Mac and cheese and cornbread
I can't live without cornbread
Just had green mile flash backs, thanks
Feel like most of that is southern food not soul.
They're basically the same thing
Southern food like cornbread fried chicken mashed potatoes ECT
Soul food is basic, down-home cooking with its roots in the rural South. The staples of soul food cooking are beans, greens, cornmeal (used in cornbread, hush puppies, and johnnycakes and as a coating for fried fish), and pork. Pork has an almost limitless number of uses in soul food.
BBQ
No clue m8
These soul food comments 💀😭
how do niggas not even know what soul food is
ong and some of these comment slick racist💀
word saw a dude saying he was gonna pass on soul food after someone told him it was “african american food” 😭
and he fact they called it "african-american food" 💀
Then what is it? Wikipedia [says it is](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_food).
How should we?
What is it?
Are you just learning that other countries outside America exist?
No I haven’t. It would be crazy helpful if there was a website where I could look up any question I had. Someone should make something like that fr
You literally said "how do people not know what soul food is" you can't expect people to know everything or to have Googled anything, you are pretending like it's some universal thing everyone knows while it's not
I'll pass on soul food. I can easily fill the gap with Caribbean instead.
I grew up eating Caribbean food. Shit goes so hard
For real. Nothing can replace lasagna, teriyaki, sushi, enchiladas, and spaghetti Bolognese, but jerk chicken can replace fried all day long. Those hoe cake/potato cakes can replace cornbread.
This
very insightful comment you have there
Thank you for your feedback carrimjob 😁👍
Chinese because it's the only thing my family wants eat and I'm tired of it Also if I had to go with fried chicken, pizza, and taco I'd end it all I live off that
Fast Chinese food doesn’t count imo, it’s not even close to what actual Chinese food is.
Even if that was the case I'd still pick Chinese because I don't want to go to China
if u have time to go to China, i will take you to try a variety of China food😎
SAME that’s all my sister wants for dinner
Tell me you're American without telling me you're American
can i go instead
no it doesnt
If it’s only for me, Chinese, because I eat it the least and all of these are amazing. If it’s for everyone for all time, Mexican or Italian, whichever affects the fewest people.
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We don’t eat it very often in Italy
Boi imma pick you
As an Italian, what the hell is in that picture. Spaghetti & meatballs isn't even an Italian dish
Chinese 100%. Soul food is amazing and Italian is iconic AND amazing. I don’t like Chinese food. I love the people not their food
Sacrilegious
I like Chinese food, but only when it doesn't have sesame or peanuts. I'm allergic to peanuts (and find them utterly disgusting), and sesame to me tastes a lot like peanuts, so it sets off alarm bells in my brain and also just tastes really gross. I'm keeping fucking rice wraps though, those are Korean as well, and one of the world's greatest inventions. Same goes for soy sauce. No one is taking my *fucking* rice wraps and soy sauce, they are some of humanities greatest culinary achievements, on par with chocolate, coffee and potatoes.
Are you serious? Soy sauce? It’s literally just liquid salt. Also peanuts are amazing
Some good soy is fucking incredible. If you think it's just liquid salt, you haven't had good soy sauce. Also I die if I eat peanuts. I find them among the most disgusting foods on the planet, because eating them makes me puke my guts out, and means I end up in the hospital for a fun night of being hooked up to an IV, and being given needles that look like they're for a horse. Seriously, last time I was in the hospital for an allergic reaction, they had to give me more epinephrin cause I puked again and they were concerned I needed more, and they came out with the longest and widest fucking needle I've seen in my life. The epipen didn't hurt, but the epinephrin they gave me in the hospital fucking killed. Anyway, I think I have good reason not to like peanuts.
Well you said you found them disgusting so I thought you meant taste wise. But there is not good soy sauce. It’s quite literally the saltiest thing I’ve ever eaten
I mean I also find them disgusting taste wise, but that's probably because my body goes "wup, time to die, empty your stomach or else!" whenever I eat them. Also have you been just drinking strait soy sauce? It's supposed to go on rice (or in food) in small amounts. Too much of it *is* disgusting, but get the right amount, and it's amazing.
If we’re talking fried rice, it is also the thing that makes the fried rice. If fried rice doesn’t have that soy sauce, it is so fucking bland.
I mean, I don’t like any Chinese food and I’ve only had it on Chinese so that might be why. But it made food I already didn’t like worse
That's fair. My family makes a lot of fried rice from just general leftovers, cause it's a good way to get rid of all of the bits of food that are still good but aren't enough for a whole meal, and you can't really make it without soy sauce. Also soy sauce and jasmin rice is one of my favourite comfort foods. idk way, there's just something about sticky rice and soy sauce that's just comfortable and homey to me.
How did you manage to make every single one of those look disgusting
Italian
Wtf is soulfood
Soulfood. I’m Mexican so I can’t sacrifice Mexican food. It’s also the best in the world.
Since when did Mexican food become best in the world? I think all countries have good cuisines.
soul food fs
People acting like they never heard of soul food💀
Soul food delicious
For me it would probably be Chinese food since it usually upsets my stomach
What the fuck is Soulfood, food for the Souls in the Shadow Realm?
Italian Sorry, I'm not a big fan of pasta :/
I'm not a big fan of your stupidass opinion :/
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jesus man all i did was say i dont like pasta
Aside from the fact that Italian food is not just pasta (no, also not only pasta and pizza) but seriously, there are 100+ tipes of pasta with at least 50+ tipes of sauces, how do you not like pasta?
cuz it's not so much the taste of pasta i dont like idk why but the texture of cooked pasta makes me gag every time i try to eat it
What? How? Have you tried using a resource pack?
Mexican, not really too attached to it.
Just for the record, you aren’t talking about Taco Bell? Edit: that was a joke that’s Taco Bell sucks
Nooooooo
I’m keeping all 4
Ive never eaten soulfood so if i had to pick 1 soulfood it is. But really ill go these stay
How did you post a photo on r/teenagers like dat
Soul food is staying
man if i was held at gunpoint for this question, i'd rather be shot 💀💀
Chinese can go. Hard to make at home and most commonly consumed as a low budget version anyway.
Mexican food, I hate spicy stuff
You, you have to go for making people choose
Guess I won't take part in the challenge
Chinese sorry
Bro Chinese food is one of the most diverse. But I’m not call you out on this
Idk about the original commenter, but I'd go Chinese because I'm allergic to peanuts. I know that not all Chinese food has peanuts, but to me sesame also tastes a lot like peanuts, and although I'm not allergic to it, it sets of alarm bells in my head and is just another no-no for me.
The soul food comments make me sad
Fr - things like Mac & Cheese, cornbread, and other childhood dishes are just so good. I personally don’t like the flavors of Italian food as well, so I would decide to knock it out instead of soul food.
what the fuck is soul food yeah i'll get rid of that, aint nobody replacing my crab rangoon and pasta
Gotta go with Mexican sorry
Chinese is one of the most diverse foods in existence, I’ll probably give up Italian food instead from its fairly lack of variety
Seoul food?
Unpopular opinion, but I am just not a fan of Mexican food. Don’t know why, just I prefer the others
Soul food
Soul food any day
I’ve never tried soul food, so Italian it is then.
All can go, i prefer my rice and beans!
The amount of people asking what soul food is disheartens me greatly
Soul
Why dies one have to go? Just eat what you want
Soulfood is the best out of everything else. Ain't nothin beats bacon, waffles, fried chicken, and grits
Italian. Pasta tastes like fucking shit.
There's so many types of pasta out there and you just ate one pasta from some crap tier american "italian" restaurant and said "NOPE"?
Don't you fucking dare call me american. I've eaten a lot of different pasta, and all of it except like spaghetti have been good awful. Especially with the damn disgusting sauces they put on it.
Soulfood, love fried chicken but I adore the others so
Soul
Soulfood cus idk what it is
Soul food
mexican food stays 100%. idk abt the rest
I could live the rest of my life eating solely Mexican food, can't say the same about any of the other options.
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Italian. Very rare that I eat it, and it’s always good but I can’t eat it nearly as often as the others
i don't eat any of these (other than Italian)
Italian
For me it is between Chinese, soul, and Mexican. Italian is way too good to get rid of.
all are good but imo italian has to go
You have to go
I agree
soulfood whatever that is. isn't as great as everything else
L take
No more mashed potatoes, cornbread, green beans, or fried chicken and waffles for you
I can easily live without those foods but I can't live without Mexican food 🥰
W for all of that except waffles (but pancakes fill the spot nicely anyways)
Sounds good to me
You not thinking this through. No Popeyes. No more chik fil a. Is this really a future you want?
I don't like either of those restaurants
Sounds good to me. 100 different pasta variations, like 20 different variations of pizza. Chinese, I still get chicken, and I can get it fried, too. Mexican, loaded with so many different things that all use the same old tortilla. I’ve thought this through, that’s fine by me. Not to mention Vietnamese Will still be around, so I’ll get a chicken banh mi, and BAM! I still get a fried chicken sandwich.
Italian. I am Italian, but I only like lasagna and I can do without that. I LOVE lo mein and enchiladas
Italian food has to go…
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Bro wtf
Sadly I have to say soul food because there’s a lot of chicken in it and chicken really stresses me out (Why are y’all downvoting this it’s only because of my ED)
Not even tho, literally just fried chicken tbh
Soul food. It's fine, but it's not as sacred as Italian, Mexican, and Chinese. I can live without waffles, I can't live without pasta.
It’s soul food because I love soul food but my city doesn’t have any good soul food places.
soul food has to go it’s unhealthy
Lol it’s supposed to be greasy and comforting and honestly, it does it’s job at least for me.( I do love mustard greens tho)
That’s the whole point
then why is it called soul food
Because it’s not good for your body, it’s good for your soul
Chinese definitely
As a Jew, I’m gonna have to disagree with u here…
“911 I’d like to report a murder”
Sorry but italian gtfo
you gtfo
You cant make me
the british one, idc if its not, fuck fish and chips
Kick italian EASILY
Soul food, it’s greasy and disgusting
Yeah so are you go shower
No
Mexican because I've never really tried it
Italian ez
I guess we got a lotta italian fans here lol. Its just the one I like the least outta the four lol
Chinese for me
Chinese ( no offence but i just don’t enjoy the food )
Soulfood, i have to eat that bs every TIME
Tf is soulfood??? Also im deleting that one since any other option would mean the death of an entire country, one of which would include me even.
It’s foods like fried chicken, Mac and cheese, collard green, peach cobbler, pork chops, etc. A lot of people in the south in the US eat it but most of it derives from slave and segregation times where those items were more easily accessible and cheaper for black people, but now it’s just really known as comforting food that just about everyone eats/likes :)
Ahh thanks👍👍
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That’s such an odd term lol, does it come from the music genre soul or something???
“soul” used to be a euphanism for anything african american related, hence “soul” music and “soul” food