MSM 597 Charles Wright - Christmas Family Gatherings in Bude

Many Mississippi families raised hogs for food and would cure the meat in a small shed called a smoke house. In this episode, Natchez native Charles Wright explains how neighbors would help each other out during hog-killing time. Among the many pork products, Wright's family would make with the meat from their hogs, was hogshead cheese. Hogshead Cheese is a cold cut meat product that originated in Europe during the Middle Ages. He remembers how his family would prepare Hogshead Cheese as a Christmas treat. Each Christmas, Wright's family would gather at his great aunt's house in Bude. He recalls the wide variety of wild game, fish and home-brewed beverages everyone would bring. When Wright's family assembled for the holidays, there was always an abundance of love. He gets emotional thinking back on those days when they could all gather together. PHOTO: Bude, MS, depot. http://www.thetracksidephotographer.com