Why do people still eat chitterlings (pig intestines)?

Question

I understand that it was fed to slaves but even eating them out of tribute is holding on to a negative part of your past.

Answer 1

How about we eat them because we LIKE to eat them.  It has nothing to do with slavery, tribute, or negativity.  Every culture has something that they still eat from their past.  Jewish people may eat challah.  Irish people may eat potatoes.  If they like to eat it, let them.

Answer 2

Chittlin's is good food.  Did you ever try any?

Answer 3

It is part of their history and culture just like say, rice is part of mine.  They LIKE it.

Answer 4

I agree with the first answer, people from different cultures eat a wide variety of different foods,  personally I love southern cooking, it's bad a$$, haven't tried chitterlings yet, but would like to.

Answer 5

Ask the food section.

Answer 6

why not

Answer 7

i would assume it's because they like the taste!

Answer 8

h**l, Jello has bone in it.

Blacks and whites also eats barbeque.

Answer 9

People eat everything.

Answer 10

From culture to culture our tastes in food are different.  What you think is disgusting is probably delicious to others and vice versa.

I am to understand that Black people don't eat them out of tribute they eat them because they like them.  I can see how someone might view that as them holding on to a negative part of the past, but Black culture tends to take the negative and turn it into a positive.  Such as chitterlings and the "N" word.  It's actually more of a way of showing their perseverance to some, but that can change with time as all cultures change slightly over time.

Answer 11

Gross !!!

They have a death wish.

Answer 12

many people like it especially with hot sauce or vinegar but me no way. a lot of people in my family eat it though

Answer 13

Cause they are yummy

has nothing to do with hanging on to negative things

you eat what you like

and we will eat what we like

it is a free country and we all be free now

Answer 14

because they're good if prepared correctly?

Answer 15

cuz they like em! my daddy useta eat em all tha time! and i dnt think any type of food can hold down a negative part of our past. he jus ate em cuz he liked the way they tasted

Answer 16

its there way, there might be something that happened in the past that they wanted to remamber so they still eat them?

Anyway EWWWWWW! lol (im a veggie lol)

Answer 17

Alot of people from the south swear by chitterlings. My mother use to make them when I was growing up, but as soon as I found out what and where they came from, that was it for me..YUCKY

Answer 18

Because they are very tasty!   Ummm ummmm  um!

Answer 19

Maybe they think it taste good?? Maybe think a bit.

Answer 20

ew sick

Answer 21

Or slimy octopus.  What the heck people... try taking a look at your food before you eat it.  Would you like c**p with that?

Answer 22

For the same reason you probably eat sausage, (stuffed pig intestines), they like it.

Answer 23

WELL I DON'T EAT THEM PERSONALLY, BUT PEOPLE STILL EAT THEM BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE TASTE AND IS NO LONGER PERCEIVED NEGATIVE. IT IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE THAT PEOPLE TEAR UP WITH SOME HOT SAUCE.  BUT BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO EAT THEM.  

So, you tell me this since you think black people eat them is like holding on to a negative past, why do Mexicans eat them?

Answer 24

For the same reason they eat Mountain Oysters (bulls testicles) they like them, for the same reason they eat Kidneys, Liver, hot dogs,(the casings are made with pig gut) Chicken hearts.

Fish heads.

Any more questions about food?

Answer 25

Because it's good?