Pig ear sandwiches from the Big Apple Inn in Jackson, Mississippi, recipe and additional links below
President Woodrow Wilson is the father of the U. S. observed Veteran’s Day which originally paid homage to World War I veterans. In the 1950s the observance expanded to recognize all U. S. armed forces veterans. So what is the food connection to Veterans day? African Independence movements and the Civil Rights movements in the U. S. south began after democratic struggles in Europe during the post-World War II era failed to carry over and improve conditions for Africans and African Americans. Both movements and in their various manifestations were rooted in part in the Indian Independence movement which stirred to action a new generation of black activist many of them World War II veterans. For example, Medger Evers, fought in France and earned the rank of sergeant during World War II. After the war, he returned to his home state of Mississippi, earned a college degree, entered the worked force, and became a civil rights activist. Evers went on to become Mississippi’s first NAACP field secretary setting up his office over the top a land mark eatery in Jackson, Mississippi called the Big Apple Inn where he also held meetings when he ran out of space to sit people in his office. The restaurant, which is still open, was started in 1939 by an immigrant from Mexico City named Juan “Big John” Mora (1890-1976) and it had two signature sandwiches—pig ear sandwiches and hot smoked sausage sandwiches (called smokes). I’ll have part 2 tomorrow but for now check out this pig ear sandwich recipe:
Pig ear sandwich and the Big Apple Inn: http://www.ulikafoodblog.com/2009/11/smokes-ears.html
Pig ear sandwich recipe: http://hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0104M10.htm#3
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