So this is a spawn from a topic I replied to on GCC, but I want to ask the folks here about it since the crowd here is mostly of the older generations.
Where in the hell did this stuff come from? I spent my entire childhood in Hampton, SC. It's as southern as southern gets. I grew up eating fried chicken, fried pork chops, fish and grits, shrimp and grits, lowcountry boil. collard/turnip greens with neckbones, hoppin johns (we just called it peas and rice though), and a whole slew of other "soul food" items. However I had never heard of this combo of fried chicken and waffles until the 2000s when Alton Brown did it on Good Eats. Then a few years later it seemed to catch on with every wannabe southern food joint across the Southeast.
Did any of you eat this stuff before the last 15 years or so?
Where in the hell did this stuff come from? I spent my entire childhood in Hampton, SC. It's as southern as southern gets. I grew up eating fried chicken, fried pork chops, fish and grits, shrimp and grits, lowcountry boil. collard/turnip greens with neckbones, hoppin johns (we just called it peas and rice though), and a whole slew of other "soul food" items. However I had never heard of this combo of fried chicken and waffles until the 2000s when Alton Brown did it on Good Eats. Then a few years later it seemed to catch on with every wannabe southern food joint across the Southeast.
Did any of you eat this stuff before the last 15 years or so?