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Roots

Season 2 Episode 6
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Low Country BBQ

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Preserve

Season 2 Episode 5

Sean often describes how his family ate growing up this way: “If we were eating, we were eating food from the garden or the basement — it’s a way of life.” In this episode, Sean shows us what it means to be eating from the basement by exploring the preservation techniques that are critical components of southern culture: drying, salt curing, canning and fermentation.

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