How They Do Fried Chicken in Texas

[Jay Francis]

I have wonderful memories of the fried chicken and stews, when I would stay with my grandparents. On Sundays, my grandfather would take my grandmother and me to whichever small town or church was having a picnic or fund raiser.

Recently I had the good fortune to come across one of these, still frying chicken in the tried and true traditional method. It was absolutely delicious. Here is a link to some video clips I took. And while you're there be sure to check out Tom Faulkner's wonderful song about Fried Chicken Skin.

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[Kent Wang]

Very efficient setup. If this is the traditional way, how do most places do it these days?

[Jay Francis]

Kent, I look forward to doing more research in order to answer your question for myself. I'm not sure if this is the only small community that still uses these cast iron kettles or if other communities do to. It will be fun doing the research.

[Jay Francis]

Kolaches.

I've added a short clip of Weikel's Bakery in La Grange, Texas.