What generic term describes food traditionally favoured by southern black Americans such as country fried chicken, chitterlings and black-eyed peas?
African-American culture many were often too poor to afford them. Soul food, a hearty cuisine commonly associated with African Americans in the South (but also common to African Americans nationwide), makes creative use of inexpensive products procured through farming and subsistence hunting and fishing. Pig intestines are boiled and sometimes battered and fried to make chitterlings, also known as "chitlins". Ham hocks and neck bones provide seasoning to soups, beans and boiled greens (turnip greens, collard greens, and mustard greens). Other common foods, such as fried chicken and fish, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, and hoppin' john (black-eyed peas and rice) are prepared
Black-eyed Pea (restaurant) of the chain, "black-eyed peas." The restaurants also have full liquor service. The Dixie House (now closed) is located in the Lakewood area of east Dallas, Texas. It served a variety of Southern, home-cooked style foods, such as a signature chicken-fried steak. The Dixie House was acquired by Black-Eye and the two restaurants shared many menu items. It retained a distinct, neighborhood-restaurant style. It received a mention in the 2008 Best Neighborhood Restaurant notices of D Magazine. Black-eyed Pea (restaurant) Black-eyed Pea is a United States restaurant chain, with outlets primarily in Texas and Colorado. Two corporate entities operate the