I was born in DC and grew up in Maryland and didn't hear about Maryland Fried Chicken until I went to Ireland and went to a chippy that was serving it. They served it with pineapple. When my mom fried chicken in the '70s, it was soaked in buttermilk overnight and dredged in flour seasoned with Old Bay and fried in a cast iron skillet filled either with lard or Crisco. I still think about that fried chicken. And back then livers and gizzards were cheap af; my jaw would be sore from eating so much of it. Can't touch the stuff anymore because gout.
English Chicken... First thing I thought of lol. My dad would not stop talking about eastern shore MD chicken and how they all grew up on it around Salisbury and made us go all the time when we moved there from Georgia in the early 2000s
Yes! When my mom‘s extended family would take annual beach vacation in Bethany Beach Delaware. There was an English’s chicken two blocks away me and my cousins would chant “I want my English’s” ad nausuem
There’s a Maryland Fried chicken in Augusta GA too, in the hood, not too far from downtown, to be exact. My Caucasian friends would ask me to escort them to get the best chicken in the area.
You could smell the grease and chicken before you saw the place, and the fried grease aroma would fill your car, even with the windows up! Good times!
Yes, I remember seeing that place when I was stationed in Ft Gordon. It seemed odd to me at the time because I had never thought of fried chicken being a Maryland thing.
I said the same thing (was also stationed at Gordon). Those same guys asked me about it when I told them I was from Maryland. I replied “Um, Maryland is great at chicken!? News to me! But whatever, let’s try it out!”
I remember I got pulled over once by a car full of undercover cops right in front of MFC. Gave them my military ID and license, they asked for all the ID’s for all us in the car.
They gave them back and said the reason they pulled me over was because I was a black dude driving 3 white guys into the hood. They thought I was bringing them to the drug dealers. We said no, just here for some good chicken. They joked around with us and a couple of them followed us and was behind us in line to get chicken. We all ate in proximity of each other like they just didn’t pull us over. lol
Damn, was some good chicken too. They were the only place that used to sell split breast commercially. One of my friends stabbed the roof of his mouth from the wishbone that’s in breast. (Most places remove it) We all learned a lesson that day.
Understandable but fuck dat lets work together anyone that hates on chocolate or vanilla ain't welcome to any kinda ice cream sundae social jumpoffs moe strawberry great and all don't gotta disclude us chocovanilla illa grillas
I don't hope they make a comeback because they're dirt cheap. Can get a pound of gizzards at Walmart for like $1.50. Flank steak became trendy and now it's $15/lb.
Maryland Fired Chicken from the people in the culinary world who classify such things doesn't have batter, it's just dusted with flour and usually cooked in a pressure cooker
Maryland fried chicken was around in all southern states since the beginning of the country. It is not a pressure cooker method like all fast food places, but is done in a deep iron skillet with lard. It is a very slow method which is why it lost favor.
When the automobile and paved roads became more common in the early days of the 20th century people started to travel and go camping. Motels popped up (they are still around) Each motel had a handful of small cabins and one larger one which had the check-in office and a restaurant. Fried chicken dinners, with gravy and mashed potatoes became a southern meal that northerners loved. Maryland was the first southern state many of then passed into and after a lot of driving the first place they stopped for food.
There is a small eatery in Rockville, just off the Pike, as you head towards the inter county connector access. Its down a small road, They do old style Maryland Chicken. It takes about 25 minutes to get the food as it is slow cooked. I think it runs along rail road tracks.
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I was born in DC and grew up in Maryland and didn't hear about Maryland Fried Chicken until I went to Ireland and went to a chippy that was serving it. They served it with pineapple. When my mom fried chicken in the '70s, it was soaked in buttermilk overnight and dredged in flour seasoned with Old Bay and fried in a cast iron skillet filled either with lard or Crisco. I still think about that fried chicken. And back then livers and gizzards were cheap af; my jaw would be sore from eating so much of it. Can't touch the stuff anymore because gout.