# Do black people like fried ice cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 4, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415 "2006-01-04T17:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/21 "2006-01-04T18:02:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I thought fried ice cream was duh, Mexican people food! Jesus. No, no, no. You’re thinking of _soylent verde_. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/22 "2006-01-04T18:07:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > One last thing-- I swear! > > Let me just state that **Askia** and I are qualified to speak for all black people in the world because of the melanin content of our skin. Since I’ve never seen him, I’m going to assume that he is darker than me as many, many black people are (except **auntie em** , she’s far to yella to talk on black themes\*\*) and therefore is more qualified than I. Apparently I’m far too yella for my in-laws to realize, until last week, that I’m Black at all. So either I’ma start me a Hi-Yella contingent (NO on country music, YES on fried ice cream, and a solid tie on powdered-sugar bacon), or I’m going to start speaking for six-toed Irish Buddhists. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/23 "2006-01-04T18:08:52Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I don’t know. Do white people like pancakes? Who doesn’t?!? Yum! DRAWN TOGETHER taught me that black people totally love menthol & grape flavor combined! _working to creat grape julep soda…_ ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/24 "2006-01-04T18:09:01Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Are Asian people still good at math, or have they switched to winning spelling bees? Not all of them are good at math. I made sure to sit next to the Chinese guy in algebra class in high school so I could cheat off him, but I ended up failing because it turned out he was Filipino. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/25 "2006-01-04T18:09:25Z")
I always thought fried ice cream was white trash food. Isn’t “fried” the main food group of white trash? My cousin (I mean my sister I mean my cousin I mean my sister I mean my cousin I mean my sister) once made me fried foodstamps. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/26 "2006-01-04T18:11:23Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > That’s health food compared to [chicken-fried bacon](http://www.s-t.com/daily/01-99/01-16-99/a05op025.htm). Holy crap! And I thought deep fried twinkies were bad news. Hmm. I wonder if this place serves them for desert? I now see a restaurant with a big picture of Homer Simpson hanging over every table admonishing the diners to “butter that bacon!” and “bacon up that sausage!” My heart hurts just to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/27 "2006-01-04T18:22:22Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Mmm, powdered sugar bacon-fat fried cheese on a stick… > > Sure, fried icecream be white-people food (although the last time I had it was at a sushi restaurant–go figure). But “need to stay the fuck away from” and “stay the fuck away from” are two different worlds. Or is [Mama Dip’s](http://www.mamadips.com/) white these days? > > Daniel Damn you for stealing my line. You know, now that you mention it, the ONLY time I’ve had fried ice cream was at Mexican restaurants. And if you want deep fried goodness come to my neighborhood for a [url=http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/the\_hamdog\_and\_.html] Hamdog or a Luther Burger[/ulr] ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/28 "2006-01-04T18:22:55Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > Apparently I’m far too yella for my in-laws to realize, until last week, that I’m Black at all. So either I’ma start me a Hi-Yella contingent (NO on country music, YES on fried ice cream, and a solid tie on powdered-sugar bacon), or I’m going to start speaking for six-toed Irish Buddhists. And you yella skins cost too much. I learned it from Leadbelly. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/29 "2006-01-04T18:23:30Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Are Asian people still good at math, or have they switched to winning spelling bees? Don’t be silly. They’ve switched to winning hot dog eating contests. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/30 "2006-01-04T18:23:51Z")
[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/health/main673897.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/health/main673897.shtml) damn coding ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/31 "2006-01-04T18:25:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Fried dairy products? You deliberately trying to kill us off by combining the three dietary things black people need to stay the fuck away from? (Refined white sugar, grease and dairy products.) You know my peoples got hypertension and lactose intolerant. No problem. You can just work it off afterwards with some swimming. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/32 "2006-01-04T18:26:13Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > The fact I show up to answer these questions as factually as I can, or at least as honestly as I feel, is a sign I’ve moved past such irritation to relate social trends to explain why they are they way they are. > > To answer your question: ah, hell, nah. Fried ice cream be white people food. > > I mean: Fried dairy products? You deliberately trying to kill us off by combining the three dietary things black people need to stay the fuck away from? (Refined white sugar, grease and dairy products.) You know my peoples got hypertension and lactose intolerant. > > What’s next? Powdered Sugar Bacon-Fat Fried Cheese on a stick? You’re right. Let’s sit back and relax with a nice, healthy piece of watermelon. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/33 "2006-01-04T18:28:47Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > What’s next? Powdered Sugar Bacon-Fat Fried Cheese on a stick? I got that at the fair last summer. E. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/34 "2006-01-04T18:28:59Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Who doesn’t?!? Yum! > > DRAWN TOGETHER taught me that black people totally love menthol & grape flavor combined! > _working to creat grape julep soda…_ I’d try it. I once saw a little special on the local PBS affiliate about diners in PA. At one they offered a hot dog, wrapped in raw bacon which was then _deep-fried_, then served on a bun with cheese. I swear, my arteries almost peed themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/35 "2006-01-04T18:29:31Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > That’s health food compared to [chicken-fried bacon](http://www.s-t.com/daily/01-99/01-16-99/a05op025.htm). Every artery in my body just slammed shut in horror. But my mouth is saying “Mmmmm!” ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/36 "2006-01-04T18:29:52Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > No problem. You can just work it off afterwards with some swimming. or dancing ::jazz hands:: ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/37 "2006-01-04T18:34:56Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > You’re right. Let’s sit back and relax with a nice, healthy piece of watermelon. Will that be deep-fried watermelon? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/38 "2006-01-04T18:36:42Z")
> [@whole bean](#): > > or dancing ::jazz hands:: You ruined the joke because you didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/39 "2006-01-04T18:41:03Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I don’t know. Do white people like pancakes? I’m white and I loathe them in all their incarnations. Call them pancakes, flapjacks, crepes, blinis…whatever; they are all Satan’s asswipes. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415/40 "2006-01-04T18:44:14Z")
On a marginally serious note - I went to an obscure university, of which the student body was dominated by two groups: 1. backwater rural white kids, usually the first in their family to attend college, who had never been in the same room with anyone of a different race in their life and 2. Inner city Detroit black kids, usually the first in their family to attend college, who had very little contact with anyone outside of their own race in their entire life. One might think this was a recipe for disaster. In fact, the opposite seemed to be true - while both groups tended to keep to themselves, there was quite a bit of interaction. By senior year, few people still cared what group they belonged to. I witnessed more than one initial interaction between groups - two kids would sit next to each other at a party, eye each other uncomfortably, awkwardly strike up a conversation. By the end of the week they would be best friends. What I can tell you without a doubt is that the initial breaking of barriers starts with exactly the kind of stupid ass questions that are alluded to in the OP. That’s why I like to see these kinds of questions - dumb as they are, they’re indicative of ignorance finally dissolving. FWIW - I’m always jealous of anyone who can spend the entire day in the sun without getting a sunburn. Take my word for it - sunblock is icky, annoying stuff, and always having to carry it around is a pain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-like-fried-ice-cream/338415.md?page=3)