and butter pickles and, of course, sean being sean, there will be bourbon. sean: i just like to start a meal with pickles and ham. i ll try not to geek out too much, but this is a very special breed of pig that came over here in the 1500s called ossabaw. the spaniards brought it. it has a very particular flavor. this one s aged three years. anthony: it s ridiculously good. that s the best american ham i ve ever had far and away. that is unbelievable. sean: these two things together, these are my two favorite things in the whole entire world. stitzel weller whiskey and old country ham. so this is an old dish, um, that i dug up in one of those old books that i that i study. it s an old-fashioned oyster pie.
slow, slow barbecue turkey with all the sides you want and need. what do we got going on here, chef? sean: pig s feet and collared greens. anthony: oh damn. sean: pickled pigs feet and collared greens. anthony: oh yes. sean: and then barbecue cole slaw, some potato salad with ramps, baked red peas. anthony: mm-hmm, oh there s my weakness right there. sean: and we made you some very special bright orange mac and cheese. anthony: mac and cheese. i do love bright orange mac and cheese, as you know. and that s a turkey. sean: yup. anthony: let that be a lesson to you. jeff: like going to grandma s house. anthony: mike lata from fig is here and jeff alan, owner of rebellion farm. so at this point, how many others are there like you guys, like, who are basically keeping it real as far as real southern culinary traditions as opposed to sort of the jokey ones? sean: i feel like just about everybody here is. mike: yeah, more than you would think. anthony: well, how
corn dog known as the pig on a stick, we knew we d be coming here, husk, sean s restaurant in downtown charleston, one of two that have helped make the city a fine dining destination. so i wanna know, southern living, it s very different up there and down here. it s a big transition. easy, easy for you or not? bill: it s easy. the only driving was the real transition because i drive like a new york person. when you come here driving like new york, you know, it takes you a while to recover. but, you know, i m right on the edge here, like telling people that this is a really nice place to come and really i don t want anyone else to come. i like it the way it is. there s a lot of insects. it s really, really hot in the summer and the traffic is worse than it ever was. anthony: husk directly addresses southern culinary traditions using the best of modern techniques, but always, always respecting the originals and who made them.
anthony: god damn, this is good. pig s feet and green is just ridiculously good. jeff: this is really moist for a wild turkey. sean: people who say they don t like turkey need to eat this. mike: so what s your impression of charleston? anthony: it s a, you know, it s one of those weird, distinctly american mutations, kind of like rock n roll or jazz or blues. sean: that s what makes charleston so cool, though. there s really nothing else like it in america, and it s been unique since the early part of the 18th century. and the city works hard to preserve that. we have an incredibly gorgeous city that people want to visit so we have the advantage of tourism. mike: the clientele definitely gives us the opportunity to be this progressive or relevant. sean: they almost push us to be more than we can even be. jeff: we have an active cuisine. i mean, we recovered all these, you know, ingredients and rediscovered a lot of the agricultural influences that were destroyed in
anthony: oh good. oh man, that s just so good. now how many hours about that pig is cooking? rodney: 12 hours. anthony: about 12. sean: you have to love it, you have to be head over heels in love with it to do that every day. i mean, you ever get sick of eating barbecue? rodney: no, not yet. not yet. sean: so we re all gonna be rolling out of here with the rodney scott cologne on. (paul) wireless network claims are so confusing. america s most reliable network. the nation s largest and most reliable network. the best network is even better? best, fastest, best. enough. sprint s doing things differently.