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Yeah thanks. and uh, oh i dunno, a piece of fried chicken there, if you got a thigh that would be great. >> john t. edge: okra's perfect. >> anthony: yeah it is. oh man, that's good. >> willie simmons: now here in the south if you want to, you can throw your fork away and just grab the neck bone. >> anthony: oh yeah, i'll be working on that. once -- >> willie simmons: we forgive you and don't hold it against you for doing it. >> anthony: i could eat this okra all day long, man. it's good. >> willie simmons: and i wanna know what you think about those greens and butter beans. >> anthony: oh man...

Do you think the right people get the credit for southern cooking as we know it? >> willie simmons: i do. >> anthony: you think the right people get the credit? i mean, look, you -- >> john t. edge: people know. people know who's behind this food. whether it's called soul food or whether it's called country cooking. >> anthony: how is the delta -- the mindset of the delta different than the rest of the state? >> willie simmons: no one else can compare with us. like there is no other senator who can sit and talk to you and tell you that they represent dockery plantation, where the blues suppose...

Is that fried okra there? i'll have a little of that. might need more than one plate at this rate. let me get some mac and cheese. what's that, lima beans? the red bean. oh, man, that looks kind of good, too. yeah, little bit of that. neck bones floating around somewhere? >> right here. >> okay, yeah, i'll have some of those. little rice and gravy on there, yeah. thanks. and oh, i don't know, a piece of fried chicken there. if you got a thigh, that would be great. >> okra's perfect. >> yeah, it is. oh, man, that's good. >> now here in the south, if you want to, you can throw your fork away and...

Nice. man, that's tasty. do you think the right people get the credit for southern cooking as we know it? >> willie simmons: i do. >> anthony: you think the right people get the credit? i mean, look, you -- >> john t. edge: people know. people know who's behind this food. whether it's called soul food or whether it's called country cooking. >> anthony: how is the delta -- the mindset of the delta different than the rest of the state? >> willie simmons: no one else can compare with us. like there is no other senator who can sit and talk to you and tell you that they represent dockery plantation...

Do you think the right people get the credit for southern cooking as we know it? >> i do. >> you think the right people get the credit? >> people know. people know who's behind this food, whether it's called soul food or whether it's called country cooking. >> how is the delta, the mindset of the delta, different from the rest of the state? >> nobody else can compare with us. there's no one who can sit and talk to you and tell you they represent dockery plantation, where the blues supposedly been born. there's no one else that can tell you in his district is the home of b.b. king, can tell you...