Big on the Pig

Finding odd southern specialities such as country ham or cans of boiled peanuts can be challenging in New York.  Thanks to this discovery, however, life just got a little easier!

On a family visit to New York during my middle school years, we bumped into a woman from Greenville, SC. She was walking her dogs in the West Village and my father commented on how beautiful they were. She immediately asked where we were from (only a southern would strike up a conversation with a complete stranger on the street) and noted that she shared our homestate. She had been living in New York for twenty years and would quarterly order by mail a case of Duke's. As every Southerner knows, Duke's is the only mayonnaise to use. Well, if she had only known about The Carolina Country Store, 2001 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233. As mentioned in the linked article, this shop makes regular trips to Piggly Wiggly (the Pig as it's known) in Orangeburg to collect cangoods and dried staples alike. Hopefully, I can convince Maq to make a trip with me this weekend!

                            
                      Maq doesn't eat pork or beef but maybe I could get just enough for one biscuit

                            And a few cans of boiled peanuts for the upcoming tailgating season