Frying Chicken
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The first dish known to have been deep fried was fritters, which were popular in the European Middle Ages.
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It was the Scottish who were the first Europeans to deep fry their chicken in fat (though without seasoning).
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Many West African peoples had traditions of seasoned fried chicken (though battering and cooking the chicken in palm oil).
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Scottish frying techniques and West African seasoning techniques were combined by enslaved Africans and African-Americans in the American South.
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