Can We Guess Your Age Based on Your Taste in Soul Food?

By: Ian Fortey
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess Your Age Based on Your Taste in Soul Food?
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About This Quiz

For a lot of people, soul food is synonymous with either food from the Deep South or simply African American cuisine. And there are definite areas of overlap there. South food was born in the south of the African American community. It's a mix of styles featuring African, European, American and more, and at the end of the day, it should be food that fills you up and makes you feel good that you ate it. A lot of people will tell you soul food needs to be made with love, and that can't be a bad way to cook.

Now if you have any passion for soul food at all, we can use that to learn a bit about you. Tell us what kind of soul food really gets your mouth watering, if you have a hunger for greens and cornbread, or sweet potato pie and black-eyed peas. Maybe you're less of a risk taker and just want to stick to some fried chicken and macaroni and cheese.  Whatever kind of soul food you like, take the quiz and tell us about it.  We'll dig through your answers, maybe grab a plate for ourselves while we're at it, and then make out best guess about how old you are based on your soul food favorites. Impossible? Nah, just takes some soul. Take the quiz and see!

When you feel the need to really get filled up, maybe you need some ham hocks and beans. Are you a fan?
I have not tried ham hocks.
It can be a bit heavy.
I do like a salty ham hock now and then.
Pinto beans, lima beans, it's all good!

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When it comes to fried chicken, what's your favorite piece?
Crispy wings!
Thigh meat is the tastiest part of the chicken.
A juicy drumstick sounds good.
Give me the chicken breast with a little spice on it.

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You can't really eat chicken without a side dish, can you? Which is the best side for a plate of fried chicken?
Mac and cheese, please!
I love grits with my chicken.
You can't have chicken without biscuits.
A nice bowl of greens adds some freshness to your chicken.

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If someone's frying up some fish, what kind of fish do you want to be having?
I guess any kind is good.
Perch or mullet
I love bluegill or whiting.
Gotta be catfish!

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If you're looking for something to stick to your ribs at dinner, what are you having?
Mac and Cheese
Shrimp and Grits
Hushpuppies
Smothered Pork Chops

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Are you a fan of chitlins or no?
Never tried them
I have had them, but they're not my favorite.
They really need to be prepared the right way.
I'll go back for seconds.

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What kind of soul food dessert is going to taste the best?
Peach Cobbler
Pecan Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Bourbon Balls

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Soul food can do wonderful things with potatoes. What potato dish is best?
Mashed potatoes
Scalloped potatoes
Smothered potatoes
Potato salad, if it's made right

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Soul food gets called unhealthy a lot, but there are veggies! What kind do you think is best?
Sweet potatoes
Beans
Mustard greens
Okra

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There's a lot of pork in soul food. What's your favorite way to enjoy it?
Has to be ribs!
Southern fried pork chop
Smothered pork chops
You can add ham to pretty much everything.

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Is there a way of cooking pork that you're maybe not such a huge fan of?
I will not eat a pickled pig's foot.
Hog jowls are not on my list.
No chitlins for me, thanks.
Never really got into pork neck.

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You can't go wrong with cobbler for dessert. What's the best kind of cobbler to try?
Blackberry is really good.
Blueberry
Apricot
Peach will always be number one.

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Cornbread isn't just cornbread. What's the best kind of cornbread out there?
Just regular, baked cornbread
Hushpuppies
Johnny Cakes
Hot Water Cornbread

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What's the best way to treat some oxtail?
Never tried it.
It's good in a stew.
Smothered oxtail
Some nice braised oxtail

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What spice do you need to have in your kitchen to make soul food above all others?
Salt
Cayenne
Garlic
Sweet paprika

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There are as many ways to make mac and cheese as there are people who want to eat it. What's the secret to delicious mac and cheese?
Grate more cheese on top
It must be baked.
Use cream instead of milk
Use several kinds of sharp cheese

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"Greens" is a pretty generic term to describe a dish, especially since you can have several kinds. What greens make the best greens?
Kale
Turnip greens
Mustard greens
Collard greens

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If you hot up a soul food restaurant for dinner, which of these entrées would you be tempted to order?
Beef tips and rice
Southern fried catfish
Smotheed oxtails
Neck bones

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You have a lot of beans to choose from in soul food, what kind do you like best?
Green beans
Baked beans
Lima beans
Black-eyed peas

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Pork and chicken are soul food superstars, but beef has its place, too. What beef dish interests you?
Good, old-fashioned meatloaf
Pan-fried cube steak
Liver and onions
Oxtails

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You know soul food knows cake. What cake sounds best?
Red Velvet
Caramel Cake
Lemon Pound Cake
Butter Pound Cake

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If you're in the mood for chicken but maybe not fried chicken, what would you order?
Smothered chicken
Chicken salad sandwich
Chicken and dumplings
Chicken livers

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You know you can start your day with soul food, too. Which soul food breakfast would you pick?
Buttermilk pancakes
Grits
Pecan pancakes
Sweet potato pancakes

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Soul food can definitely warm you up with some soup. What kind sounds best?
Chicken soup
Gumbo
Okra soup
Brunswick stew

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If fried food didn't taste so good, it wouldn't be on every menu everywhere. What's the ultimate fried soul food?
Okra
Pork chops
Fish
Chicken, of course

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What's the best way to treat a sweet potato?
Do candied yams count?
Sweet potato biscuit
Sweet potato cheesecake
Sweet potato pie

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Rice is a staple side dish for soul food; what's the best way to prepare it?
Chicken and rice
Rice and beans
Dirty rice
Hoppin' John

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Soul food salads are not always the lightest things in the world, but they're good. What's the best kind?
Is there such a thing as soul food salad?
Coleslaw
Macaroni salad
Potato salad

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Soul food and corn go way back. What's the best way to have your corn?
On the cob
Fried corn
Cornbread
Creamed corn

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You can't forget your beverage! What's your soul food drink of choice?
Is there really a soul food drink?
Sun tea
Sweet tea
Red drink

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