23 FORGOTTEN Dishes Every Black Family Reunion Had In The 1970s

Every summer, somewhere in the South, a Black family showed up with everything they had. The deviled eggs came first. The potato salad came overnight. The collard greens had been on the stove since the day before. And by the time that table was set — full, loaded, and covered in foil — it was proof. Proof that the family was still standing. In this video, James takes you back to the 1970s family reunion the way it actually was. Not the sanitized version. The real one. The one that smelled like Crisco and baked beans and peach cobbler coming out of a hot oven at sunrise. *What we cover:* The deviled eggs that started arguments before anyone sat down The potato salad that sat in the refrigerator overnight — and why that mattered Baked beans with dark molasses and a ham hock at the bottom of the pot Fried chicken that was not a recipe — it was a woman's entire identity as a cook Cast iron cornbread with a crust the color of a copper penny Collard greens started the day before, cooked in pot liquor until they gave up all resistance Smothered pork chops wrapped in foil and carried from car trunks still warm Candied yams — a covenant, not a glaze Black-eyed peas over hot water cornbread Fried catfish eaten hot, standing up, with Crystal hot sauce Neck bones and rice the way Big Mama made them Pig feet — no apology needed And a dessert table that had no right to be that good: pound cake, sweet potato pie, banana pudding made from scratch, peach cobbler with fresh peaches, red velvet cake photographed with a Polaroid before anyone cut it, and tea cakes that got better the next day *Drop a comment and tell us:* What's the one dish your grandmother brought to every reunion that nobody in the family can make the same way anymore? Tell us what it was, who made it, and what state you were in. We read every single one. If this brought something back — hit that like button and subscribe. We keep these memories alive every week, and we're not stopping. *→ Soul Roots Cookbook — 100 forgotten Black American recipes, written out complete:* link in description and pinned in comments. https://roberta2508.gumroad.com/l/fitgr Forgotten Black Memories — Preserving what we almost lost.