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my finger went in a hole. >> mike, marcus' dad, is the chef. a master of coalfield cuisine where you make good with what you got. in this case, venice son, biscuit, and that sweet squirrel gravy. ♪ before you start making fun of appalachians eating squirrel, this is not an everyday meal anymore. squirrel is how they teach newbies to hunt. they're doing this for me. my welcome to the family. >> wow. >> all right. there we go. >> nice. >> give it a shot. >> make sure you don't get some buckshot. >> no buckshot. >> i think it passed. i think it passed. you have to have a lot of skills. that's the thing i'm starting the learn living out here. >> necessity is a good teacher. >> well, i grew up in the coal fields. and there were no deer. and the only thing that my dad taught us how to hunt was squirrels and rabbits.
bee bees to hunt. this is for me, welcome to the family. >> there you go. >> give it a shot. >> make sure you don't get some buck shot. >> no buck shot. >> thank you. >> i think it passed. i think it passed. you have to have a lot of skills. that's what i'm starting to learn living out here. >> necessity is a good teacher. >> there were no deer, the only thing that my dad taught us how to hunt was squirrels and rehabilitates. >> a succulent of united shades of america airs tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. right here on cnn. don't go anywhere, smerconish is up next, but then we're back in a moment. >> succulent, you thought the squirrel was succulent. >> i'd try some, would you? >> maybe, if i was desperate. we'll see you guys in an hour.
in the triple digits for at least the next five days. here's the thing, the eastern half of the country has had temperatures close to normal the last few days. that all goes away, once the heat spreads to the east in the coming days. chicago, near 80 on sunday. back to the 90s by the time we get to tuesday. st. louis, indianapolis, making it back into the 90s. the only relief in sight, guys, is in the form of showers and thunderstorms, likely to hit the gulf coast and areas of the central u.s. as well. we know you'll be tracking them for us, allison chinchar, thank you so much. before we let you go this hour, we have a quick programming note. cnn's united shades of america begins tomorrow with a special episode. here's a preview. before you start making fun of appalachians eating squirrel, this is not an every day meal anymore. squirrel is how they teach new
years ago when we talked about white coal miners. while there, we met some black coal miners. our executive director is from that area of the country and said, let's go back and talk about black appalachians. this was an episode that we got to sit back and talk about some hidden stories that americans don't generally know. >> you also have a moment that i think people are going to want to see, which is a culinary adventure. let's take a look at that. ♪ >> before you start making fun of appalachians eating squirrel, this is not an everyday meal anymore. squirrel is how they teach n newbies to hunt. they're doing this for me. my welcome to the family. >> make sure you don't get some buckshot. >> no buckshot. >> mmm. >> i think it passed.
>> you have to have a lot of skills. >> necessity is a good teacher. >> mm-hmm. >> i grew up in the coal fields, and there were no deer. and they only thing, you know, that my dad taught us how to hunt was squirrels and rabbit. >> how was it? oh, my god, those biscuits look amazing. >> it was -- actually that was some good squirrel. now, i don't recommend you have a new york city squirrel. this is free range, locally sourced squirrel. don't have a new york city squirrel. but appalachian squirrel was delicious. >> what did you find, kamau, when you went there? you said this was a success story, beyond just the free range squirrel. >> again, there are so many stories in this country of black folks. one of the themes of "united states of the ofseason is that