The origins of chicken in a pot on Sundays.

The old axiom “a chicken in every pot” has almost always been attributed to Huey P. Long by people from south Louisiana especially, but it’s roots in French cooking and culture apparently date back much further.

I always wondered why growing up, my mother always tended to cook chicken and potatoes and green beans in particular every Sunday, as did her mother. It was kind of a traditional Sunday meal growing up. Matter of fact, I knew lots of kids who grew up with similar Sunday meals, and although I knew it was kind of a French country dish, I never really gave it much thought until recently.