Gaulden's Cauldron

Yesterday i had a taste of soul food for the first time. When Soul Food came out in 1997, i'd never even heard of this term. I thought it was a contemporary catchy title for a movie.

Only in the past 3 years or so have i studied a bit the tradition and the history behind the cuisine. The learning happened to have coincided with a lengthy period of an extremely restrained diet. It ended fairly recently, but i didn't find it necessary to travel 50 miles to the closest soul food restaurant. Then, out of the blue, one opened within a 10-mile radius.

RJ thought the barbecued brisket was too sweet for his taste. Well, to each his own. Can't really argue with personal preference. Brown sugar apparently is used abundantly in many such recipes.

But that's what you do for generations: you make sure your food is sweet. Even if life isn't.