But back to Delaware! My father's family is from Delaware. When I think of foods from Delaware I think of Thanksgiving dinners, chicken and dumplings, lima beans and scrapple. My research suggested Vinegar French Fries, aka Boardwalk fries, and broiler chickens.
I am a little confused as to why I was pointed to I was pointed in the direction of the boardwalk fries as my research showed these fries were created by a man named J.T. Thrashers. Any good Marylander knows the first Thrashers was opened in Ocean City, MD. There is a Thrashers in Rehobeth Beach, DE but it was not the birthplace of the best type of french fry, in my opinion. Get the full history story here.
Cooking these boardwalk fries brought back memories of me and my dad getting a big bucket of fries and then sitting down to people watch. I was excited that they turned out so well. I used the left overs to make cheese fries, yummo!
We had broiled chicken with our french fries. Broiled chicken is prepared using a smaller bird called a "broiler". The broiler chicken industry started in Sussex County during the 1920's. It is also where the Dealware Blue Hens mascots gets its name. We were only able to find a kosher broiler chicken at our Wegmans. It smelled so bad after opening the packaging that I couldn't get close enough to even prepare the chicken as instructed in the recipe. So we followed plan B as suggested in the recipe and used a regular quartered chicken. The skin came out so crispy it was better than rotisserie! One of the chicken breasts was so large I was able to make two cups of chicken salad.
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