Mountain Men Couldn’t Believe Settlers’ Fried Chicken

In 1843, when a settler woman served elaborate fried chicken at Fort Bridger, mountain men who survived on raw buffalo liver couldn't believe what they were tasting. This 1736 English recipe - with its mysterious marinade, egg batter, and fried parsley garnish - seemed absolutely insane to men who ate 7 pounds of meat daily cooked on sticks over open flames.

Discover the shocking cultural clash when refined cooking techniques met the brutal practicality of frontier survival. How did a recipe requiring lemons, wine, and three hours of preparation time make sense to people who thought marinating meat was "wasting perfectly good food"?

This is the untold story of how American fried chicken culture was born from the most unlikely encounter between wilderness and civilization.

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