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>> anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there's charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy. [ laughter ] ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ >> anthony: what are we drinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what's g...

Will be bourbon. >> sean: i just like to start a meal with pickles and ham. i'll try not to geek out too much, but this is a very special breed of pig that came over here in the 1500s called ossabaw. the spaniards brought it. it has a very particular flavor. this one's aged three years. >> anthony: it's ridiculously good. that's the best american ham i've ever had far and away. that is unbelievable. >> sean: these two things together, these are my two favorite things in the whole entire world. stitzel weller whiskey and old country ham. so this is an old dish, um, that i dug up in one of those...

Breed of pig that came over here in the 1500s called ossabaw. the spaniards brought it. it has a very particular flavor. this one's aged three years. >> anthony: it's ridiculously good. that's the best american ham i've ever had far and away. that is unbelievable. >> sean: these two things together, these are my two favorite things in the whole entire world. stitzel weller whiskey and old country ham. ♪ so this is an old dish, um, that i dug up in one of those old books that i -- that i study. it's an old-fashioned oyster pie. >> anthony: ooh. >> sean: so just grab your spoon and just dig al...

For so long. but as a northerner, why should northerners care? >> sean: well, i think if you look at the history of food in america there's no denying that southern food was the first, you know, true cuisine that had this foundation and that's important to preserve. and, to me, though, it kind of goes back to the idea you should be cooking and preserving and celebrating the food of your grandmother. >> bill: people take a real pride in their ability to cook "my aunt's recipe, my grandmother's recipe of this is how we made these," and the standard of food here is so high that when i go around a...

And butter pickles and, of course, sean being sean, there will be bourbon. >> sean: i just like to start a meal with pickles and ham. i'll try not to geek out too much, but this is a very special breed of pig that came over here in the 1500s called ossabaw. the spaniards brought it. it has a very particular flavor. this one's aged three years. >> anthony: it's ridiculously good. that's the best american ham i've ever had far and away. that is unbelievable. >> sean: these two things together, these are my two favorite things in the whole entire world. stitzel weller whiskey and old country ham....