CatGrad-UMGradStu
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Another great off topic. Is Denver's Airport the most fucked up one in the country?
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Buschini gets caught in politics
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3-7-77 said:
Had to look that up. Thanks, I learned something.
grizpsych
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Living in Cape Girardeau, MO, there is plenty of good BBQ around here. Indeed, the smokers at Notorious PIG were made here. However, the best BBQ I've ever had was in Wallace, ID. The place was downtown on the old highway and had their smoker in a parking spot on the street.
Unfortunately, I heard the place closed.
Edit: Yeah, the place is closed. There is now a Gastropub in the building (Cogs)--it looks pretty good too.
Unfortunately, I heard the place closed.
Edit: Yeah, the place is closed. There is now a Gastropub in the building (Cogs)--it looks pretty good too.
kurtismichael
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We should rename this thread eGriz gets caught in BBQ
kurtismichael
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BWahlberg said:
Same.
BWahlberg said:
You shouldn't be surprised we like BBQ. You know many of us and have seen our, uh, physiques.
IdaGriz01
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Here, the diversions are vastly better than the original topic.EverettGriz said:
Personally, I’ve had good to great BBQ all over the country. As some have suggested, the little specialty places are most often the best. Can’t recall the little place’s name, but the best in Massachusetts was in a podunk town just north of Boston. Also, way back in the day, we had great Texas BBQ at Atlanta Underground … the owners were some airline pilots from Texas. Also in the Washington, D.C. area, and on the river a half hour drive from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Plus, of course, KC and Austin.
But it’s impossible, IMO, to pick a “best” because it depends upon individual preference and the mood you happen to be in. Hell, we even had a better-than-acceptable BBQ joint here in Idaho Falls.
Perhaps my most unique experience was at a place not too far south of San Antonio. (The wide spot in the road is now surely part of the SA metroplex.) I was there on business and one of my hosts tipped me off to this place. They had two claims to fame (and had clippings to prove it): First, they slo-cooked the meat about a week. All right, maybe more like overnight. Second, they cooked/smoked the slab entirely with mesquite wood. My recollection of the “facility” was that it was a converted garage/filling station. You got your slab of meat and sat at an ad hoc communal mix of tables, at least one of which was a picnic table. (Indoors out of the rain, which was good in my case.) No fancy sauce, just a bit of au jus. The BBQ was super-tender and super-tasty. I also want to say you ate with plastic forks and knives, but that may be a faulty memory after all these years.
There is no better bbq than in Carolina, the one where most people still have their teeth. South Carolina invented the bbq and others are merely weak attempts to emulate what took centuries to develolp. In Orangeburg, there are a multitude of bbq houses, Antley's and Duke's the most favored. BBQ is not just a cheap piece of meat like in Texas and elsewhere that ends up tasting like smoked cardboard, but a near religious experience. But it also means pitchers of sweet tea on the tables with rows of paper towel. pulled pork, plus a buffet of collards corn, beans, mac pie, yams, potato salad, all for $11.00 and no limit...Scott's in Henderson ville was great, too, until they moved to Charleston which is something entirely different. This is mustard sauce country, but today, a bit overly wet and windy. So, no bbq on this week end....
uke: mthoopsfan
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UncleRico said:
LaGuardia has been completely renovated and rebuilt and is now very nice.
"The transformation has been so remarkable that the terminal was declared the best new airport building in the world by an international panel of judges." NY Times.
