Both white food. Fried chicken was taken by slaves from their owners. It was a treat because eggs were valuable. You didn't eat layers. Blacks learned to fry and season the less popular cuts, like the feet. Watermelon is loved by many. It was eventually associated with blacks because freed slaves couldn't effectively farm popular crops. Watermelons are drought resistant and extremely easy to plant, farm, and harvest. They also have excellent shelf life. Black farmers started farming them in bulk. Peanuts became the next push to black farmers. Apparently whites are bad people for showing blacks how to eat and farm.