It meant fresh pork for the white folks and chitterlings for the negroes when cold weather and hog-killing time should arrive, and it meant food for the winter for all.
Chitterlings (/ˈtʃɪtərlɪŋz/ or /ˈtʃɪtlɪnz/; sometimes spelled/pronounced chitlins or chittlins) is an economical dish, usually made from the small intestines of a pig, although the intestines of cattle and other animals are sometimes so named when used as a foodstuff.