RTP-area local music and culture

[James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>]

For those of you who live closer, I've enjoyed Jim's
famous ribs's's pork sandwich.  Although it's no
longer worth the price.  There for a while you could
get it for $3, but now it's $5, and if you want sides,
they only seem to sell it for take out in pint and
quart sizes.  

--- Bo Williams <bowilliams AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Further investigation shows it could have just been
> clumsy paraphrasing.
> 
> The quote I pasted ("The pulled pork is also smoky,
> and thus inauthentic,
> but justly popular.") was from a condensed review in
> the "Year in Dining"
> column in this week's Boston Phoenix
> (www.bostonphoenix.com)
> 
> I dug up the original quote and have included it
> below:
> 
> "I settled in for an early dinner of a "North
> Carolina pulled pork" sandwich
> ($5.95) on site and a trio barbecue combo ($12.95)
> to take home for further
> analysis. The pulled pork was delicious, but
> completely inauthentic and much
> too smoky."
> 
> >From this, it is unclear whether he blames
> smokiness for lack of
> authenticity. I blame paying $6 for a sammich. To
> its credit, Blue Ribbon is
> the only place up here with something at least
> resembling a smokehouse. They
> also have the most delicious mac & cheese.
> 
> On a even-slightly-local note, I'll contribute that
> since my parents have
> relocated to Bath, NC, I've discovered that Hog
> Heaven in little Washington
> sells some damn tasty pork.
> 
> Bo
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/4/06, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> > While this is undoubtedly correct, I'm still
> waiting for someone to
> > conduct some kind of scientific inquiry into *why*
> the bagels down here
> > have to suck so bad. There are various
> theories--the water being one
> > popular one--but goddamnit, the sheer quantities
> of decent bagels in the
> > northeast would suggest that it's not rocket
> science.
> >
> > As opposed to BBQ, which is hard to get right even
> in central NC.
> >
> > Re: Bo's original post: where was this "review"
> published? Further
> > pillorying may be required.
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > John I wrote:
> > > Yes!  And when you move to Raleigh, you
> shouldn't complain about the
> > bagels!
> >
> > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> >
> -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> alt.music.chapel-hill --
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
> 



                
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