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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20140601 05:05:00

Pig ears, the local butcher was giving them to him because he 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 getting at some of the ser ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20140601 08:05:00

Grandfather started getting the pig ears, the local butcher was giving them to him because he 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. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20140601 02:05:00

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 getting at some of the serious stuff we ve been talking about. as i told you before, i ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20140526 08:05:00

Giving them to him because he 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 ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20140526 03:05:00

In fact, by dirt cheap, the ears were actually free when my great grandfather started getting the pig ears, the local butcher was giving them to him because he 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 just 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 ....

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