Yet another going out of business story in the NC barbecue world, this time from the town of Godwin in Sampson County, about 20 miles west of Fayetteville. According to the Fayetteville Observer, long-time barbecue wholesaler Old Hickory Barbecue is closing its doors after 60 years. The Old Hickory plant produced packaged barbecue and coleslaw for [...]
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Egads, the new year is nearly upon us! Thanks for reading this blog in 2010 and I hope to see your smiling face IP address back here again in 2011. As my year end gift to you, instead of rambling on about who knows what I am simply going to link to someone else’s writing. A few months ago the [...]
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When The Economist, a highly respected and intelligent international news magazine that I read*, takes on the subject of barbecue it is worth a gander. The December 16th issue features an article that explains the predominant styles of barbecue and then delves into barbecue culture. It’s definitely worth a read whether you are a pipe smoking member of the [...]
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A recent poll conducted by Travel + Leisure magazine ranked Memphis the top city in the nation for barbecue. The Bluff City didn’t do so well in other categories, placing last in attractiveness, intelligence and several other unbarbecue categories. Better yet, according to Memphis’ The Commercial Appeal, “In almost all categories, Memphians assigned lower rankings than [...]
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Remember the days of health nuts eating wheat bran for breakfast? Well, healthy living just got a whole lot tastier thanks to researchers at the University of North Carolina. A tip of the snout to John Shelton Reed, who alerted us to this article on the Republic of Bacon website. The article reports on a [...]
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Bad news for those of you who like your barbecue with a side of salmonella: The Louisburg-based company The Murphy House has recalled over 4,900 pounds of barbecue due to possible salmonella contamination, so you’ll have to look elsewhere for your ‘cue and ‘nella fix. (Earlier this year the same company had to recall a bad [...]
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This week we learned of a double dose of barbecue bad news. Down east the recent flooding hit Bunn’s Barbecue in Windsor hard. According to an AP article, the well known 72 year old BBQ joint located in a former gas station was damaged by flood water and may need to be rebuilt. Here’s to hoping they get back in [...]
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The Barbecue Festival in old timey Lexington has joined the new world of social networking, or netporking as I prefer to call it. According to Lexington’s daily The Dispatch, “When the 27th Annual Barbecue Festival happens Oct. 23, participants and attendees will be able to ‘tweet’ about it in real time and upload photos and [...]
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A tip of the snout to alert reader Eric “Cracklins” Calhoun, who noticed this gem of an article. To sum up the Associated Press story, a trucker driving on I-5 in Washington state “choked on some spicy pork rinds, lost control of his truck on an interstate and jackknifed it before coming to a stop [...]
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