S03.E06: Mississippi Delta

[ElectricBoogaloo]

We are in Mississippi -- not high cotton season, or tailgate college football season, or vegetable harvest, or blues festivals. It's winter. It's stark and yet we are here to unlock the many ghosts, stereotypes and tropes that prevail when we normally hear about Mississippi.

 

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[Dagny]

I liked how the lady called out the restaurant food. You won't get healthy eating this food. I'd like to know more about the restaurant that the black went in the front door and the whites entered in the back.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

It wasn't healthy, but it looked delicious! I liked this episode - good food, interesting history, and not too much try hard business from Bourdain. He's much better when he just relaxes and lets people tell their stories instead of trying to frame everything in an effort to seem more political or highbrow.

[BooksRule]

Dagney, I've never eaten at Doe's Eat Place, but I've heard that the steaks are really, really good (although the reviews at Doe's other locations aren't always as good as at the original--although I'm just quoting what I've read--I can't speak from experience).  Here is a link to the restaurant, with the history of the place:  http://www.doeseatplace.com/history.html  (my first link:  I hope I did it right!)

[Athena]

A lot of the food looked really good to me. A friend mine is from Jackson and confirmed how good the Big Apple Inn. Mmm.

 

I enjoyed the laid back vibe the show replicated, but also the sort of desolation in the delta.

[Dagny]

Thanks BooksRule! That was an interesting read.