- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [instrumental music] new york city, where i live. and it s easy to think, having
[ cheering ] robie: this place was a boomin . you couldn t get through this town down there. but it s dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. coach: let s go! it s the same halftime speech every single week. quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. quentin: but there s more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. coach: when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left, don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that should burn in your heart. do you understand me? we got some ground to make up. and once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting cold
- these right here, they re called wood nettle. they ve got a really nice kind of aromatic quality to them. with the pawpaws, it s better if you can kind of, like, feel them, see if they re ripe. - america s forgotten fruit: the pawpaw. forgotten when most americans stopped going to the forest for their food, but in west virginia, they were never forgotten. - so that s a pawpaw ice cream with some candied wildflowers, and then this is an old-fashioned vinegar pie. it s in a class of pies called desperation pies that try to create something like a lemon pie and you don t have lemon juice. what do you do? put some vinegar and some nutmeg together and give it that same kind of tang. - appalachia has a rich and deep culinary culture, increasingly fetishized, riffed on, appropriated for the genteel tastes of a hipster elite willing to pay big bucks for what used to be, and still is in many cases, the food of poverty. - we see that ramps are selling for $30 a pound
Anthony Bourdain digs deep into the proud, often misunderstood culture of West Virginia, as he traverses a 5,000-foot mine, observes the demolition derby-like.
mike costello: these right here, they re called woodmetal. they ve got a really nice, kind of aromatic quality to them. with the pawpaws, it s better if you can kind of like feel them, see if they re ripe. anthony: america s forgotten fruit, the pawpaw. forgotten when most americans stopped going to the forest for their food. but in west virginia, they were never forgotten. mike: so that s a pawpaw ice cream with some candied wildflowers, and then this is an old-fashioned vinegar pie. it s in a class of pies called desperation pies that try to create something like a lemon pie and you don t have lemon juice. what do you do? put some vinegar and some nutmeg together and you get that same kind of tang. anthony: appalachia has a rich and deep culinary culture. increasingly fetishized, riffed on, appropriated for the genteel tastes of a hipster elite willing to pay big bucks for what used to be, and still is in many cases, the food of poverty. mike: we see that ramps are