Reheat: Hot Chicken Is Hot, But Who's Benefiting?

复热:热鸡虽热,谁在受益?

The Sporkful

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2025-02-15

30 分钟
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In the last 15 years, Nashville hot chicken has become a hot trend. But for decades before that, hot chicken was well known among Nashville’s Black community. For generations, you could only get it at the place where it was invented: Prince’s Hot Chicken.
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  • Hey, everyone.

  • Dan here.

  • And this week's reheat comes by request from listener Ellen in Batavia, Illinois.

  • I would love to reheat the episode about hot chicken.

  • That episode actually inspired me to take a trip to Nashville.

  • Just eat the chicken and I definitely don't regret it.

  • It was really good.

  • Ellen, you're in a safe space here.

  • I love that you went to Nashville just to eat the chicken.

  • I went to Birmingham, Alabama recently just to eat a piece of coconut cake.

  • And I don't regret it either.

  • Look, this is just how we live, we eaters of the world.

  • So, Ellen, I'm more than happy to reheat this episode for you.

  • I love it too.

  • It's both mouth watering and thought provoking.

  • And remember, you too can request a sporkful episode for us to pull out of the deep freezer and reheat.

  • Just send me an email or voice memo to helloporkful.com be sure to tell me your name, location, what episode you want us to reheat, and why.

  • Now, one quick update before I hit play.

  • Since we recorded this episode, Princess Hot chicken has opened several more outposts.

  • So it is now easier than ever to to enjoy Prince's.