As we’ve said before, we are big fans of Allen & Son Barbeque in Chapel Hill. Here are some beautiful words from the man himself, Keith Allen, to help you BBQ Jews out there get through the work week:
Interviewer: “Can you describe what that taste is that you’re looking for?”
Keith Allen: “Well when—after I chop the barbecue by hand and I put that sauce on it and I put that bite of meat in my mouth and my taste buds start watering and they come alive and that tang reaches out and almost brings tears to your eyes, you know, that you’ve gotten what you’re after. Because if you don’t do all—if it doesn’t do all those things to you, you’ve missed it by a bit. And if—if you come in here and taste that barbecue right off the table, and you put it in your mouth and your taste buds doesn’t just wake up and—and you’re not tasting everything—all aspects about it, not just the sauce but the meat and all—it’s not covered up with really hot—if you’re no tasting all aspects of it, then I’ve missed the boat.”
Read the rest of the Southern Foodways Alliance’s interview with Keith Allen, and listen to audio excerpts, here. Click on the Documentary link on the Southern Foodways Alliance website for more great oral histories related to southern food and culture.
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