Juneteenth is coalescing around a menu of barbeque and red colored foods. Fried chicken could be served, but it likely wouldn’t be the main entree.
It would be like a non-American serving Americans burgers and fries for Thanksgiving. Sure, Americans are known to like burgers, but that isn’t the holiday is about.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I know this whole celebration of Juneteenth is new, so the foods will take some time to become official. BBQ and red food is just as good as any other made up meal, in my opinion.
I wish we focused more on black (or at least local) owned businesses for Juneteenth. Of course, holidays get commercialized like crazy, so I’m sure some businesses will pander too much and make a fool of themselves.
On a side note, I heard Japan celebrates Christmas with KFC. Apparently that’s the idea that got sold to Japan for how Americans celebrate Christmas. I wouldn’t be surprised if some countries think Americans eat burgers and fries for Thanksgiving.
timeout.com/…/whats-the-deal-with-kfc-and-christm…
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
You may not see a significance in a holiday meal, but others do. There is a reason why most civilizations include traditional foods to holidays.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I just meant what the food was didn’t matter. It was having a good to come together around and share in the togetherness.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 months ago
Apparently the food does matter.