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Chitlin’ Strut

Posted by Bruce Bilmes and Sue Boyle , November 23, 2009 16:56

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It’s almost the fourth Thursday of November, and everyone knows what that means: the annual Chitlin’ Strut is almost upon us! Saturday, November 28, 2009 will see the 44th annual Chitlin’ Strut in Salley, South Carolina, and the day promises to be loads of fun. The festival kicks off Saturday at 7:00 am with a pancake breakfast. Even better, from 8:00 am on, chitlin’ plates will be available for the very reasonable price of $8, and you can have yours fried OR boiled. There’ll be carnival rides, live music, a hog calling contest, a parade, and for those with the guts to enter, a chitlin’ eating contest at 1:00 pm.

We’ve never been to the Chitlin’ Strut but it’s on our bucket list. We understand the aroma of tons of boiling hog intestines is a memorable one. If you can attend, please report back on the festivities! More information is available at the Chitlin’ Strut website.

It’s about Tennessee, not South Carolina, but this lyric is just as apropos:

When it’s chitlin’ cooking time in Cheatham County,
I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills.
And I’ll taste some Cheatham County chitlin’ cookin’
For the longin’ that a mess o’ chitlins fills.

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11/23/2009 5:07:24 PM #

VERY cool post. Just happens that I am presently holed up in our mountain-top retreat in North Carolina for the holidays.

Of course, reading about my good buddies over in SC is always a treat.

DocChuck |

11/25/2009 2:14:12 AM #

Back in the early '80's, I friend of mine in Nashville and his Daddy would hold a "Semi-Annual, Summer/Spring, Winter/Fall Chitlin Festival" for their buddies out on their farm. "Daddy" cooked the Chitin's, outdoors of course, and served them with Tobasco Sauce. They wer terrific! After eating a good quantity of Chitlins, along with copious quanties of Chili & beer, I made my way home. My Bride took one wiff of me and Quaranteed me to a small room over the Garage for 2 days, until the stink blew off me. I smelled so bad even Skunks wouldn't associate with me!

Jim Clark |

11/27/2009 10:16:39 PM #

Ahh, chitterlings! Back in the day I was forced by the 'politics' of my employment as a parish priest to eat a number of unusual foods. Now, a 'coon dinner was actually pretty good; quail was a delight; and I truly enjoyed the occasional oyster and frog-leg "do." But a chitlin' dinner was something else entirely. I finally found a formula that allowed me to eat fried chitlin's without too much distress. I would measure a length of chitlin', then pour a highly distilled beverage to an equivalent depth in a respectably sized container, and consume both.

My demeanor the next morning was not pleasant, but by George, I had managed to survive.

Rick Flynn |

11/29/2009 7:08:45 AM #

There was a recycled fast food place in Atlanta that served soul food some years back and I tried the chitlin's in hot sauce a time or two. Pretty good as such things go until I found a piece of corn shuck in the sauce one day. IOW, I had one of the bad joke experiences that chitlin' eaters can suffer. The business failed not too long after that and I did my share by not visiting again.

BorninOKC |

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