Depression Era Mock Chicken + Vintage ‘Chicken Sans Volaille’ Gadget | City Chicken Recipe
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Chicken Sans Volaille or chicken without poultry? What in the world? Let’s time travel to the 1930s where in some places chicken …
I'm loving the City Chicken stories. Keep 'em coming!
First time watching your show. Great energy, calming and fun to watch!
Grew up in Central PA, you can find it in all smaller butcher shops and even most regular grocery stores. Never herd of the of the form thing though.
That mock chicken looks so good. Hard times really inspired some great inventions.
Aw was hoping it was going to be a vegan recipe :/
These look so good and ive never heard of them
It is pronounced "San Vol-i" 😉
why did they call it this lol
Where would I get the mold.
They sold it in the grocery store when I was a kid. 1960-70. Michigan. Have not seen it since
pork is the only meat I like. this sounds much better than fried chicken tbh
I’d add some smoked back bacon or speck to the mix for the ground one, to some of that sweetness that comes with fried chicken.
Wow, how times have changed! Veal costs a small fortune now! Love you, Emmy! You're a delight! Have a great day!😊
This is a Pittsburgh staple!!
We can still buy mock chicken drumsticks at our butcher shop but it's made with sausage mince,breadcrumbs,stuffing mix & seasoning shaped into a drumstick around a thick wooden skewer. It is chilled then crumbed, then fried. My Grandmas mock chicken was a war ration recipe it was grated onion and a crushed tomato cooked then add an egg & cheese stir rapidly over heat until smooth. It was used as a sandwich spread.
We called that City Chicken in Cleveland when I was growing up. I'm 36 now.
I grew up in Detroit and we’d eat this all the time! Every time we went to Eastern Market, my folks would pick these up. My sister and I would get into trouble for having sword fights with the skewers from these.
I think you can find alot of interesting applications for that mold .. 😉
You can buy drumsticks for cheaper, but you have bone and gristle/cartilage that isn’t always edible. So if you’re really punching pennies, this could actually go a little farther. 😌
Chicken out of other meat is ok but Soychicken has to get hated?XD
I also read that City Chicken was also a term for what we now call Chicken Fried Steak.
I wonder if you couldn't use the mold to make Taiyaki.
Just today, I was asking myself what my ancestors ate regulary around 100 year ago or more. Here's part of the answer! I love that you're getting historical, too.
There is a meat market/butcher in my hometown in Wisconsin that made these and had them ready to cook in the case! We bought them a lot when I was growing up! So it's cool to hear the origin of them!
Hi ! I love watching all your videos I would love to see you try some food from my country colombia 🇨🇴 I would love to see you make it or just buy it somewhere Colombian close to you. I recommend Colombian burger , or Colombian hotdogs. Or empanadas! They’re all very delicious. Would love too see your reaction
I keep thinking… if there couldn't be some kind of way to USE that device to make a kind of vegan chicken leg imitation food. You would just need something that can be formed into shapes like seitan, put it in there and let it take the shape by perhaps dipping it in some boiling water for a minute or so to get the shape set up? I don't know, but I bet us vegans can get good use out of those metal utensils.
Omg this is a staple in my childhood Polish household and a standard for Southeast Michigan. Lots of the Polish restaurants have this and serve it with a gravy over top as well. You gotta try it with the gravy a side of soft rye bread (extra butter) and a big bowl of dill pickle soup or Beet soup. Yuum. Such good childhood memories of my grandma firing up the electric skillet and the wonderful smell the house would have for dinner.
I would give anything not to hear the eating noises. Mock Chicken is still sold at most grocery and butcher shops here in SE Michigan.
Volaille is pronounced « Voh La Yeh » but only pronounce the first sound of « yeh » like the first sound of « you » « VohLaY »
You should use that gadget with tofu. After molded maybe use rice paper to hold it together?
How timely, we are heading this way in our country. I do love old recipes we do need to remember less we repeat…. oops we are doing that too….. What a clown world we now inhabit. Good Luck to all in the Free Land.
Binghamton NY area had city chicken at several places- personal favorite is Vestal Bakery – which was more of a close to the hs pizza place where we could walk to for lunch (back in the days when we could do that- 80’s-90’s). Definitely more of just chunked pork- and delicious. Growing up there, I always thought they were the fried version of a spiedie. (Which Emmy you should absolutely cover! Spiedies are a Binghamton regional thing- not found much beyond an hour outside of the city. And Syracuse salt potatoes – this girl is dreaming is summer now!)
We eat it here in Wisconsin
I can be so ignorant sometimes 😅 I totally thought it'd be automatically vegan , but uh… I'm sadly mistaken.
Lol…."doesn't taste like beef" guess not since it's pork.
Make hand pulled noodles
I was VERY relieved that "city chicken" did not involve obtaining rat and pigeon!
I made homemade pork & veggie fried rice to go with our pork gyoza tonight, I always use white pepper when I make it but I got a little heavy handed tonight. It still tastes very good just very white pepper forward
We rarely ate chicken when I was growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s…..it was always round steak or pork chops for dinner. Chicken was definitely more expensive, we also ate margarine never butter.
We used to eat "mock chicken" lunch meat when we were kids. I'm not sure if it's just a Canadian thing. I never asked what was in it. I just googled it; the first ingredient is pork .
OMG! My grandma made these when I was a kid in the 50's. Great memories…and I oved them.
Mock chicken….AKA pork kabobs!
Now I get why companies got away with calling mystery meat chicken nuggets, chicken.
My mother had a meat-ball version of the tool. When she used it, she rinsed it in cold water after every ball, which kept the meat from sticking. I guess that "City Chicken" never made it to Toronto, where I grew up. Mum bought her chicken at a Jewish shop across town, where the chickens hung in the window. I'm 62.
Can you do the grits from popcorn thing
So good 👌
I’ve never had city chicken but you make it seem so enticing. You truly make all your dishes so down to earth and easy. Thank you Emmy.
YOU'RE THAT GIRL WHO USED TO MAKE SLIME TUTOS OMG