Tip of the Tongue Podcast No. 328: Get It While It's Hot

Tip of the Tongue Podcast No. 328: Get It While It's Hot

From Tip of the Tongue by Liz Williams

June 9, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of gas stations in Southern cuisine with editors of a related book.

Do you stop up the gas station to pick up take-out? Do you remember going to the gas station with your parents or just one parent to buy certain things. Was that gas station your favorite restaurant? Listen to the editors of Get It While It’s Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South, folklorist Constance Baile y, Shelley Ingram , and Casey Kayser as we talk about the essays, the role of the gas station, changing gas station cuisine, and all of the characters that you can meet along the journey. The social media handles of all three guests can be found on each of their links above.) The afterword was written by Psyche A. Williams-Forson who closes the book with her thoughts. My favorite pimento cheese - really my father’s favorite pimento cheese - came from a gas station. This podcast, which comes from an academic press, is also quite a lot of fun. Listen to our conversation. It’s on Tip of the Tongue. Get full access to Tip of the Tongue at tipofthetongue.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Liz Williams

Guests: Constance Bailey, Shelley Ingram, Casey Kayser

Topics covered

  • gas station cuisine
  • roadside food
  • southern food culture
  • folklore
  • food history

Keywords

  • gas station
  • take-out
  • southern cuisine
  • food culture
  • pimento cheese

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Get It While It’s Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South

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