there s a cyclical pattern to that. now, you know, you see people kinda doing the same thing with food, like there s a whole generation that wants to come down here and sit at the foot of an ancient catfish cook. anthony: state senator willie simmons has been an elected official of the mississippi delta for 20 years. and he s been running this place, senator s place, for 11. now what s the difference between soul food and southern, traditional southern food? willie simmons: it depends upon the culture. and what neighborhood you was in. if you were in the black neighborhood, then it became soul. we probably put a little bit more of the throwaway in our cooking the pig feet, the pigtail, the neck bones, and all that s fatty. anthony: now you re making me hungry. now you are definitely making me willie simmons: we got some neck bones over there, okay. anthony: oh, excellent. so greens willie simmons: turnip greens. anthony: i ll have some of
yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthony: oh, nice, that s pretty. oh, wow look at that! that s the tripe. mark: that s the tripe, that s the tripe. anthony: that looks good. [ laughter ] mark: spam and bitter melon! anthony: now we are talking. oh that s awesome. andrew: i just call it local food. anthony: right. andrew: but local just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it s got portuguese, japanese. you got okinawan. world war ii, i don t know some type of anthony: korean. andrew: korean, japanese, hawaiian. love child plate of awesomeness. anthony: right. the food is some bone deep hawaiian stuff, my friends, which is to say a delicious mash up of, well, look
geographically. like, there s no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. we d get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. anthony: how many generations mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthony: oh, nice, that s pretty. oh, wow look at that! that s the tripe. mark: that s the tripe, that s the tripe. anthony: that looks good. [ laughter ] mark: spam and bitter melon! anthony: now we are talking. oh that s awesome. andrew: i just call it local food. anthony: right. andrew: but local just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it s got portuguese, japanese. you got okinawan. world war ii, i don t know some type of anthony: korean. andrew: korean, japanese, hawaiian. love child plate of awesomeness. anthony: right. the food is some bone deep hawaiian stuff, my
yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthony: oh, nice, that s pretty. oh, wow look at that! that s the tripe. mark: that s the tripe, that s the tripe. anthony: that looks good. [ laughter ] mark: spam and bitter melon! anthony: now we are talking. oh that s awesome. andrew: i just call it local food. anthony: right. andrew: but local just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it s got portuguese, japanese. you got okinawan. world war ii, i don t know some type of anthony: korean. andrew: korean, japanese, hawaiian. love child plate of awesomeness. anthony: right. the food is some bone deep hawaiian stuff, my friends, which is to say a delicious mash up of, well, look take taco rice, it s a dish created in okinawa to
okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom. mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthony: oh, nice, that s pretty. oh, wow look at that! that s the tripe. mark: that s the tripe, that s the tripe. anthony: that looks good. [ laughter ] mark: spam and bitter melon! anthony: now we are talking. oh that s awesome. andrew: i just call it local food. anthony: right. andrew: but local just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it s got portuguese, japanese. you got okinawan. world war ii, i don t know some type of anthony: korean. andrew: korean, japanese, hawaiian. love child plate of awesomeness. anthony: right. the food is some bone deep hawaiian stuff, my friends, which is to say a delicious mash up of, well, look take taco rice, it s a dish