Black eyed peas and rice. It's a southern thing. I'm not black, but I am of this region, and that's why I know about hoppin' john.

Ok. If you don't like my analogy fine. But Fried chicken is part of the soul food repertoire, and in nearly every soul food cookbook. As I mentioned up thread, it's an African American staff that makes the selections and creates the displays that explain the cultural connections of the food. Would you like to tell…

YAY! One caveat: I would not use canned black eyed peas if you have an alternative, they're too mushy. Sometimes you can buy fresh/non-canned ones at trader joes in the 'produce' section and I'm assuming other places, but I would use dried black eyed peas that you can soak and cook so they're still a little firm when…

It's super cheap and easy to make, there are lots of variations on it but the most important components are black eyed peas, rice, some kind of tomatoes, onions, and maybe peppers/greens. Usually it is flavored with ham or bacon but not always. I like it with a sharp cheese or avocado, and hot sauce. I'm from the…

It's not just the fried chicken — which, as Bomani Jones points out, if people of all ethnicities cannot agree that fried chicken is delicious, then we really have a problem. It's fried chicken along with with collard greens and cornbread. Basically, the menu says "Hey! Here's a whole plateful of black people food!"

If…

I really want some fried chicken now. There's a Cane's about 20 minutes away. WORTH IT.

The nonracist way to do it is to have these foods served at more times of the year. When I lived in Alabama, practically everywhere had fried chicken and collard greens (damn near year round at the farmer's market, too!). As well as crowder peas and other options.

saw him 4x. Amazing. Every show. Red Rocks, 89 w/ BB King. All time best for me

I live in Austin, an they've done the same thing at my university and the two high schools I've taught in every year for as long as I've known them.

Exactly. Fried chicken is delicious. Just eat it. Leave black people out of it.

I need that dog to get up. His lack of movement is freaking my the fuck out.

THANK YOU. Amazing how he's telling people she's an assassin and that he had a nervous breakdown (during? because of?) watching Seven Years In Tibet, but his fans insist *she's* the nutjob.

Great Dane puppies are hilarious, they have zero clue how to do anything, it's so great.

Our old dog died just over a year ago and we just adopted a giant ten month old behemoth over Valentine's Week. I can not describe how much fuller and bouncier and full of PUPPY! the house suddenly became... Everybody needs a puppy. Watching her gangle her way down the stairs with her too long legs, or carry all of…

There, Busch insisted Driscoll was a trained assassin.

Because it makes no sense whatsoever for him to obliquely refer to "past incidents" in the context of rumors going around about an incident people don't know about, unless he knows exactly what the rumor is and isn't in a position to deny it. If he knows the rumor and knows it isn't true, he would have just said that.…

Jeff Ireland: Dez, are you ashamed of your grammar?

"I'm not ashamed of none of my past incidents because that's what made me who I am today"

OK I read Bryant's reply and I can't tell if he is claiming there is not a video, there is a video but he is not ashamed of it or if he's ordering dinner. It is incoherent, and I would expect better from an alum of the esteemed institute of OK State.

No, you're not the only one but at least we're not on a 5 hour flight with that kid.