The Black Roots Of Macaroni And Cheese

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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It’s an iconic dish that warms the tables of our homes, fellowship halls, picnic tables at cookouts, and anywhere else special enough to bestow it. We don’t play about mac and cheese, and its incredible history in Black kitchens could explain why. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	It's an iconic dish that warms the tables of our homes, Fellowship Halls, Pit Meek tables at
0:36.2	cookouts, and anywhere else special enough to bestow it.
0:40.1	We don't play about back and cheese, and its incredible history in black kitchens could explain why.
0:46.0	This is two minute black history.
0:49.0	What you didn't learn in school.
1:05.1	Mac and cheese wasn't always the creepy baked noodle dish we know and love today. Food historians trace its origins back to Europe where it had simple pasta and cheese beginnings. Like our people do best, we
1:10.8	learned the game and made it our own. James Hemings spent years closer to
1:16.4	freedom while studying cooking in France than he ever would in the US
1:21.2	working at Thomas Jefferson's Montecello Plantation. When Hemming's
1:26.2	returned to Virginia, who was Montecello's Chef De Cuisine, there he innovated and perfected Mac and Cheese.
1:35.0	Hemings popularized it, air looming the knowledge for generations primarily through enslaved black women cooks.
1:43.0	According to food historians, the over 200 year old recipe
1:48.0	uses half water and half milk to boil the pasta,
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