As a person who has always been interested in regional food, I'm surprised that I never heard of chicken and waffles until about a year ago. This joins a list that includes black beans, sun dried tomatoes, and ciabatta bread that I lived most of my life knowing nothing about, and now the powers that be would have us believe these foods are an indispensable part of our diet.

I'll have to try it at home sometime, but first I need to find chicken and waffles served on purpose in a restaurant so I can get an idea of what it's supposed to taste like.

This is from Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona:



That pile of cheesy looking stuff with the green on it might be cheese grits, and the pink beverage is Kool-Aid.