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Mar 2022
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Episode 3 - Pork, Cabbage, and Greens fr...

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In this, the second part of our deep dive into Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Nick covers the dish that was a personal favorite of Twain (and one that Nick really enjoyed making). Oh, and get ready for some…drum roll, please…cabbage trivia, food nerds!

If you would like to suggest a meal (or beverage) from a work of literature for a future deep dive, send an email with the dish’s name, title of the literary work, and the author’s name to literallydelishpod@gmail.com. Keep listening to hear more of your favorite foods from books featured on Literally Delicious!

Find the recipe and pictures from today’s episode on Instagram @literallydelishpod!

Since the description is capped at 4000 characters, you can find all my sources (along with the recipe) in the document linked below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zap_J9vLLXGW590ZUQ9yVorw8nago2Jo1dGh-EuGwHM/edit?usp=sharing

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