It’s related to Hoppin John in so far as white Americans have a deep fetish for food that they can tell themselves is similar to what slaves ate. Gullah recipes

It’s related to Hoppin John in so far as white Americans have a deep fetish for food that they can tell themselves is similar to what slaves ate. Gullah recipes are the latest incarnation. I think it’s all patronizing, at best. In fact I have a framed, handwritten sign I took from a gift shop in Charleston 30 years ago advertising benne seed wafers as something slaves “brought to the new world for good luck”.