was just throwing them away. >> so everything we love about pig, the texture, the mix of fatty and lean, all that. oh, that's good. mm. man. that is hard to beat. >> isn't it good? >> mm-hmm. >> it's a good sandwich. >> of course, some hot tamales which at this point in history are about as mississippi as they are mexican. like the blues, they came out of mississippi in the early 20th century as mexican migrant workers came in to replace african-americans, who were headed to work in the great factories and stockyards of chicago and detroit. >> sitting down here, eating tamales, we can sketch a history of mississippi. that's kind of what i'm most interested in doing, helping southerners understand that their foods are as african as they are western european. >> if not more. >> and hopefully -- if not largely. you know, music and all the other cultural expressions of the south. i think food is a sneaky way of