Soul food in your ears (2)

In the middle of the 1960s, when "soul" was a commonly used word to characterize African-American culture, the phrase "soul food" first appeared. Soul cuisine is fundamentally down-home cooking with roots in the rural South, which has been handed down through many generations.

Basic, down-home cooking with origins in the rural South is known as soul food. Beans, greens, cornmeal, and pork are essential ingredients in soul food cooking. There are countless ways to use pork in soul cuisine.