The Best Way To Eat Pig Ears - Southern Foodways Alliance
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- This week’s featured short from the Southern Foodways Alliance documentary program profiles Jackson, Mississippi’s Big Apple Inn, a sandwich shop on historic Farish Street. Home of “smokes,” “hots,” and pig ear sandwiches, Big Apple has remained a pillar of the neighborhood through Farish’s rise and decline, and is a destination for the hungry and the curious to this day.
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Wow! This was one of the coolest things I've watched all year. Much respect to the family for their integrity to the customers, community and themselves.
tbat comes with learning critical race theory to keep our food culture alive.
I'm from Mississippi and I love seeing our food culture represented. We really do have some great food. I deliver liquor to a club right down the street from the Big Apple and I never knew what they were. I will definitely have to check it out.
As do I. You don't see a lot of Mississippi classic dishes and ol' recipes on cooking shows. It's usually Taxes and New Orleans.
Johnny T’s?
These BBQ documentaries are life
Smokes and Ears and Blues. Anybody with enough sense to let themselves enjoy these these treasures. People who feed our bellies and souls. Goodness and humility without pretension. These are the parts of America that are truly great.
All the old heads in this video have got some years on 'em and some stories to tell. I love just hearing the age in their voices.
THANK YOU to Big John's for keeping part of America's history alive! God Bless!
Please make more of these food documentaries. I love them!
You and me both Jdrobin1!
The food looks SOOOO good! I passed through Jackson once many years ago, if only I had known of The Big Apple, and a couple of other places I've seen in food videos. I loved the motto of the founder, Big John; "this place makes you glad that you're hungry." Best of luck to Geno and family!
I really love these little documentaries, by far one of the better food channels on youtube.
The look on that little lady's face when she bit into that sandwich was awesome! I know that look, because I make it every time make up a smoker full of rib tips.
These documentaries really show of life in the South... Love it!
16:07 Viewing success as seeing people satisfied... I run a small bicycle-repair shop in Vienna, Austria but our philosophy is exactly the same! It works, people will come again and its worth much more than having some more revenue. Costumers will stop by because they like the place and it´s always personal, you are not just some number on the order list. And you can really feel that in their reaction, it´s just appreciation from both sides pure and simple!
Still
Gotta love those food documentary, a piece of southern food cultur, nice vids.
That song was just so cool, great video Eater.
I ate one time at the Big Apple Inn, and I was very impressed. It's a shame that the neighborhood has deteriorated, but I'm really happy to see that the Big Apple Inn is still flourishing. I like the fact that Gene is using social media to promote the restaurant. It really is a treasure and would be a shame to lose it.
this was such a beautiful video, combining both food and history
Poetic, beautiful little film. A treat.
Great mini doc and fantastic storytelling. Regarding the food.... Looks tasty! Don't know about eating this on the regular, but I sure would like to try a pig ear sandwhich.
This makes me want to travel from my house on the East Coast of England to Farish Street!! Such a cool video!
Just subscribed because of the history you showed in this video. Perfect ! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I love this. I come from Edwards Mississippi but live in California. Thank you for this video.
I love watching videos from the south because this is how I was raised. Both parents are creole and that's what I call living the good life 💯💋
11:40 not many people can wail so well it just resonates... Excellent.
Great documentary! Enjoyed watching it
This place needs to operate FOREVER.
A wonderful Institution. God bless. Keep it going.
i love this channel af
Matt Chow that's your opinion
here in Miami we souse the pig ears and call it pork souse or simply souse. it's amazing!!!
Pinkbuttafly08 back home in N.C u can buy that at any store but the meat is chopped up and and kept in the fridge in it's juice and then sliced
the owner of the restaurant is amazing , he should have his own show !
Someone should give these folks a grant or something to fix up this place a little and pad their pockets with the good work they have done. Where's Oprah's anonymous donation?
If it ain't broke don't fix it we love it just the way it is I don't think it would be the same if they changed the look I've been eating since 10 months old I'm 41
Where's them millions, billions we spend on hair, nails, Mercedes, bmw, Cadillac, lex, ect yearly, oh__ Niki, them huge gold chains.
Wow how awesome is this place and the people!
Love the story about the Big Apple. Love the family history
Would love to try those sandwiches! And what great history!
It might sound weird but I would definitely give this a try!
this is what I am talking about when it comes to deep down southern county soul food, all that 5 r 6 different seasonings, that don't make soul food, soul food is simple and slow cooking(THAT'S WHAT SOUL FOOD IS )
what a great story. God bless. Im stopn in when im in the area. See yall soon
Imagine opening a business with $100.00, imagine the freedom that would give the people. Imagine all of those closed shops with the boarded windows opened again.
@itzsykez less red tape back then too tho
I'm only 40 yrs old, but I ENVY the elders in this video
Whos experienced what USED TO BE & lived to tell the tale. It just seemed so much innocent and carefree.... Despite the RACISM that was just as alive as it is present day...
If you've never eaten pig ears, you are missing a taste treat. I guess the same can be said for pigtails and pigs feet.
Ew no
@@nickjimenez9983 dude ain't been here in Mississippi, you can't sling a cat without hitting 12 jars of feet and ears on a store counter. They are the MS equivalent of the UK's doner kabob (best drunken street food ever ) I love seeing our state in a positive light, its too hot here for anything but a good sense of humor and good eats.
Awesome, going to try to get there soon. Is it still open ?
Great story and great video.
New Orleans is usually my place to hang out in the South. But I’d take a drive up to Jackson for a meal, meet some nice people, and to soak in its history.
Wow! There's so much history here.
I love the Southern Foodways Alliance
I loved this video, because u captured the essence of the black community
Much love from Digos,Philippines
Been there twice. Excellent stuff!
So this place is still around, right?
Black folks are damn cool in these footages
That's that layed back southern swagger.
Lol. Better than White Castle square burgers!
I recently visited the Big Apple Inn and ordered 2 of each sandwiches. Both were delicious! You will get sticky fingers just to warn!😂
this channel is so much better than the shitty vice food channel just saying
Ears and torilla is awesome. Or Filipino style.
Yes pig ear tacos are amazing common in Mexico but near to impossible to find in the states unless your from L.A. there was a taco truck on Slauson and Avalon that sold them I'm not sure if they are still there or if they moved.
Dinugo an is better aka pig blood soup
Just by coincidence I had my first ear ("oreja") taco 3 days ago here in NYC. Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Tacos Los Poblanos food truck.
+Victor Ha Hmm interesting I wonder how they taste. Any pictures?
+G.Lee where is that plate from?
pig ears perfect for sisig Filipino dish
Outstanding!!
Aight. Next time I’m in Jackson!
This was fantastic
All thanks to Juan "Big John" Mora, a Mexican. He came from Mexico City and settled in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1930's.
We need this restaurant in Chicago
This is making me reminisce about a time I wasn't even alive in.
Its like what if Tiger Woods owned a restaurant instead.
That's some good eating I have been there eating the red rose sausage they take meat out of skin
sweeet... apart from pig ears for side dishes, salad or snack.. pig ear sandwiches.... ooo yeaaa
That’s tiger woods long lost brother
One of the only foods to ever beat me...and it was at a meat market in Jackson by some shut down ghetto mall. Could not get it down!
They look so damn good
Do you ship. If so I will be the first to order.
I want to try the smoke sandwich
AWESOME,CHEF
what a great place ill make a point to try out some smokes and ears
I wanna GO there!!!
great video.
God Bless the South!!!!!!
Is this place still open?
1:22 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wtf
Came all the way from Bose to Jackson to get me a big gear salmon.
Want to visit soon.
Much love Mexican!!
Cool documentary...but Ive actually tried these at the Big Apple, and they definitely are an acquired taste lol. And thats putting it mildly.
I wanna try them I’m from meridian Mississippi Jackson ain’t far
I'm hungry now!
Anyone have a clue as to what's in their mustard sauce? Besides mustard...
For a minute I thought this was a episode of Boondocks
You need a tip jar fix the window fund.
Solid vid. You got a pixel out though.
Big Johns on farish
Uncle Ruckus good at the guitar fam
Please come to vegas!!
make a vídeo of tsuji culinary school in japana
Good eatin'!
Good eatin
I never had ears but I sho would love to try snout😋😋😋😋😊😊😊🐽🐽🐽
thank u E for bringing what i call mom and pops eating places tous viewers att. i enjoy listening watching these videos. dam i onhestly wish i can go there and eat a pigs ear and slaw sandwich please keep those mom and pop eateries comeing . that is made in america . dam i want a pigs ear and slaw right now .E please find them mom and pop joints. bring us back to a place in time that some might remember ah hell that some of us might want to go back to.
too cool
This is as America as it gets
I think it's safe to say that the grudging and imposed acceptance of integration in Mississippi was the beginning of the decline of the Farish Street business district. While it may have been bad for the businesses, I think in the end it was a great to the black population in general. They were no longer limited to their own little parts of town. At least in theory in the beginning. Probably to some extent even today.
I want to try this!!
6:22 that dude speaks like busta rhymes raps
Goddamn bobby rush💯💯💯
Bobby Rush!
I hear Minnie the moocher I think of the blues brothers
What i wouldn't do for one right now!