Chitlins are a Southern soul food staple. What are they exactly?

Enslaved people in the American South didn't exactly get the choicest cuts of meat. In fact, they relied on the meat scraps left behind after their enslaver's livestock was butchered. With impressive ingenuity, they transformed these discarded parts into tasty, nourishing meals. In the case of pig intestines, the dish was chitlins.

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