Was contracting in Waukesha, WI several years ago...They advertised southern fried chicken on the companies cafeteria menu...
I went through the line and asked one cook where was the fried chicken??? He heard my accent and asked me where I was from...
I said Tennessee...He told me he was from Atlanta...He pointed and said THAT is what are calling fried chicken...It looked like plain baked chicken...No breading or anything...
He was a black guy and then told me don’t even think about looking for any country ham up here and both of broke out laughing...
Funny because the best fried chicken is broasted, and that equipment was invented in Wisconsin. The equipment is sold all over the world and I have even run into broasted chicken in the Middle East.