Fried Chicken from the 18th Century

If you’re interested in off grid living, you should check out the Youtube channel, Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc. They teach you what it was like to live in the 18th century, and especially the kinds of foods they cooked.

Most people think of fried chicken as a modern food, but it’s actually been around for at least several hundred years, as evidenced by this fried chicken recipe in Dictionarium Domesticum, a book from 1736.

In the video below, you can see exactly how it’s made. If anybody tries this, please let us know how it turned out!