Poultry Power: The Fried Chicken Chronicles (encore)

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Juicy, crispy, crunchy...fried chicken is undoubtedly delicious. But it's also complicated, in ways that go far deeper than the science behind that perfect crust. From slavery to entrepreneurship and from yard fowl to Gospel bird, the story of fried chicken is filled with challenging contradictions. Grab a drumstick and listen in. (Encore presentation.) We need your help! We’re conducting an audience survey to hear from you. The information you share is important to help us keep making the podcast and, we hope, keep making it better! Head to Gastropod.com/survey to participate. We really appreciate it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Gastropod listeners.
0:03.7	We have a treat for you.
0:05.1	Our partners over at Eater are focusing on the wonders of fried chicken later this month.
0:09.7	So we thought this was a great time to bring you an encore presentation of one of our favorite
0:13.4	episodes, The Fried Chicken Chronicles.
0:15.4	I mean, really.
0:16.4	When is it not a good time for more fried chicken?
0:19.7	Listen, enjoy, and we'll be back soon with a fresh new episode.
0:24.6	I think fried chicken nuggets are an abomination.
0:27.9	I think they're a food product, not a food.
0:31.1	I think to call something fried chicken, in my book, there needs to be a bone.
0:36.7	And a human hand should have been involved in the preparation of said bird and nuggets don't
0:42.2	qualify by either of those measures.
0:46.2	Those are fighting words.
0:47.8	You might have thought that fried chicken is just chicken that's been fried, but it's way
0:51.4	more complicated than that.
0:53.0	In fact, fried chicken can be a surprisingly contentious dish.
0:56.1	And not just on the topic of whether nuggets are an abomination or not.
1:00.4	So grab a drumstick and join us on this crispy, crunchy, deep fried adventure.
1:05.3	I'm Nicolette Willie and I'm Cynthia Graber.
1:07.6	And in this episode of Gastropod, we're going to take a look at fried chicken controversies
1:11.5	through the lens of science and history.
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