It's Juneteenth, the Bibliotheca theme is picnics, and so I figured I'd talk about Southern U.S. food traditions (mostly Black in origin) a little. I'm not a 'real southerner'-- the D.C. area is barely on the edge of the south, and my family is urban northern Jews anyhow. I am grateful for every bite of barbecue I've eaten and every cookout I've been part of, and I want to honor that. For more on American (especially Southern African-American) food history and culture, I recommend Michael Twitty's works. Although the prompt was picnics, eating outside is always a joy, in any form, as long as I'm doused in sunscreen and insect repellent.
Bibliotheca: Picnics
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