Famous BBQ Quotes

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

Ah, the power of the Internet and its ability to make you realize there is nothing new under the sun.  I was planning a spoof post on famous quotes about BBQ, but someone beat me to it–a Yankee no less (damn, fast talking Yankees and their witty thoughts!).  Anyway, give “Great BBQ Quotes Throughout History” a look-see here.  Some of my favorites are:

“It’s no sin to get sauce on your chin.” – Bishop Tutu

“It is better to have burnt and lost, then never to have barbecued at all.” – William Shakespeare

“Strong the sauce in this one truly is.” – Yoda

One quote not featured in the article, but which I’ll add to the historical record because it rings so true, is:

“Let them eat pork!” – Marie Antoinette

Any others we missed?

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Hoggy Halloween

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween, and watch out for vengeful pigs!

The pig avenger cometh, run for your life!

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Anti-Semitic Vegeterian Barbecue Sauce?

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Porky LeSwine
Hmm, this ain't a classic vinegar sauce.

Hmm, this ain't a classic vinegar sauce.

A few weeks ago we received the inset photo from Joel Haas, a Raleigh-based sculptor and author of the recent novel Adlerhof, which he describes as a story about “NC Jews, race riots, cats, Nazis, naked women, money and asparagus.”  (I’ll leave it to the readers to decide if the world really needs yet another book about Nazis, naked women and asparagus.)

Joel writes: “My first encounter with Asia (southern Taiwan) was in late 2004 when I went to the city of Kaohsiung to represent the USA in the International Steel Sculpture Festival.  Riding in from the airport to the Kaohsiung harbor, I was reminded that the Nazis and Hitler had appropriated one of the great Buddhist symbols for peace and long life, the swastika.  A towering Buddhist temple, built much like a 1950s skyscraper, loomed before me, its 15 foot high swastikas on all four sides lit with spotlights.”  Interesting stuff, Joel, but what’s it got to do with this “barbecue” sauce?    

“Back home in the USA,” Joel explains, “my wife and I took to haunting the Grand Asia Market over in South Hills in Raleigh for authentic Taiwanese foods.  It was here I found what is a startling contradiction in both taste and concept for an American–vegetarian barbecue sauce in a can covered with swastikas.” 
 
Rest easy, NC barbecue fans, as this sauce is actually intended for Asian hot pot cooking.  However, at only $3 a can, in a pinch this sauce might make a decent substitute for classic vinegar & hot pepper sauces found at barbecue joints across the state.  But between the swastika and, redundantly, the word “vegetarian,” I think I’ll pass. After all, there is some evidence Hitler was a vegeterian (though not a particularly dedicated one, it seems).

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A First Taste of Hogwash

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

At the beginning of July, I posted an interview with Sean Wilson, founder of Fullsteam Brewery, about the brewery’s Hogwash porter.  Not only was the interview thoroughly enjoyable, but Sean was kind enough to invite the Rib Rabbi and me to attend a recent “Thank ‘Cue” event at Fullsteam’s future location, a funky brick warehouse very near the old Durham Athletic Park of Bull Durham fame.

I am happy to report that, despite my initial skepticism that a porter would be too heavy to complement barbecue well,  Hogwash pairs well with ‘cue.  It is a refreshing, subtly hickory-smoked and easy to drink porter that makes good on its name’s promise of washing down hog.  I’m looking forward to Fullsteam’s opening toward the end of this year or early next year, and I’m already daydreaming about pairing Hogwash with samplings of my favorite Eastern- and Lexington-style barbecue.  Ah, beer and pork, what more could a BBQ Jew desire?

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Oinky Independence Day

Posted on July 3, 2009 by The Rib Rabbi

Well, folks, if this doesn’t inspire you to smoke some patriotic pork on the 4th of July, I’m afraid it’s a lost cause.

Now thats the American I know and love! (photo by ivan juan johann)

Now that's the America I know and love!

For those who would question the patriotism of swine, look no further than this storefront window. The fella here (officially a boar) is like Uncle Sam himself, on those casual days when he drops the top coat and bow tie.

I’m not sure about Petunia Pig’s outfit (or her snout, for that matter), but I love his overalls. I think if pigs had to dress themselves, they’d choose overalls. Now if I could only figure out why he’s pretending to smoke…

Happy 4th of July, y’all.

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Call for Porkposals – Input Wanted

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

Dear Readers,

By now we hope you realize that we, ever your loyal servants, strive and toil to bring a little bit of grease-tinged and hickory-kissed sunshine into your lives.  We want this website to provide you with all the NC barbecue-related news, trivia, reviews and other content your heart desires.  Since we fear we may someday–only in the distant future, we hope–start to run low on ideas for this site, we thought you might be able to provide some advance help.  Consider this a patriotic, preemptive strike for the sake of continued quality at bbqjew.com.  Or just consider it a shameless attempt to steal your good ideas.  Either way, would you be so kind as to drop us a line at BBQJew@gmail.com, or leave a comment on this post, with you answers to the below questions? 

1) What would you like to know about NC barbecue? Are there any mysteries you’d like solved?

2) Would you like to see more guest posts from other barbecue aficianados/junkies?  If so, tell us whom you’d like to hear from and give us their contact info if you have it (self-nominations are welcome).

3) Which joints would you like to see reviewed? (There’s a good chance it’s on our to-chow list already but we are always open to suggestions.)

4) What other barbecue-related topics would you like to see us address? 

We can’t promise we’ll deliver on every request, but we’re sure we’ll borrow many of your ideas.  Thanks y’all.

Swinecerely your’s,

Porky LeSwine & The Rib Rabbi

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Happy Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

We hope you are spending your Memorial Day with your family, friends and copious amounts of slow-cooked pork (or at least some hot dogs cooked on a charcoal grill).  God bless you, God bless America, and most of all God bless the United States of Barbecue.

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Let My Pigs Go! (dang–too late)

Posted on May 8, 2009 by The Rib Rabbi

When last I heard from the Egyptians, they were drowning in the no-longer-parted Red Sea in the story of Passover. Now they’re killing all of their hogs. Dark days.

This week, Egypt slaughtered between 300,000 to 400,000 pigs. The hogs were owned by the Christian minority in Egypt, and many suspect the Muslim government used the swine flu as an excuse to rid the country of the divine swine.

As a human being, an animal liker and a pork lover, I’d like to say: what a waste. Think of all the barbecue that could have been!

As Porky wrote from the vacuum-sealed confines of his basement, there’s no need to panic about swine having swine flu. What would give you such a preposterous idea? Because as the National Pork Board tells us (in an ad conveniently pegged to my Google “swine flu” search), pork is safe!

The World Health Organization said the same. And Joseph Domenech, chief veterinary office with the UN Food and Agriculture Officer in Rome, said the Egyptian decision was “a real mistake.” I’m not positive, but I think he was referring to their decision not to break out the smokers for a national ‘cue party. 

Barring that, at least the Egyptians could have attempted another Red Sea parting to send the non-flu-having pigs to Israel. What, no national sense of humor?! If the hogs made it, they could thumb their nose at their millennia-old rivals (for sending a bunch of unkosher animals their way).  If the hogs didn’t make it, well, they’d have achieved the same result.

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The Power of Social Netporking

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Porky LeSwine

In observance of Earth Day, which we support despite our carnivorous ways, today’s post is vegetarian and features a completely pork-free message (well, at least no pictures of dead hogs).  Instead, today’s post focuses on shameless self-promotion.  In response to popular demand from our legions legion of devotees, we have created a Facebook page.  Please consider joining The BBQ Jew Crew if any of the following 10 statements apply to you:

1. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night salivating for chopped pork.

2. I often wake up in the morning craving barbecue and scrambled eggs.

3. I am skeptical of social networking but believe in the world-changing power of social netporking.

4. After experiencing a strange and sudden metamorphosis I find myself with four hooves and a yarmulke.

5. I think there ought to be a Jess Swicegood & Sid Weaver Day holiday in NC.

6. I have too much time on my hands.

7. I am Jewish and eat pork.

8. I am not Jewish and eat pork.

9. I am agnostic when it comes to religion but fundamentalist when it comes to barbecue.

10. I like both swine and the Interweb.

The benefits of joining The BBQ Jew Crew are almost too many to name, so I will focus on just a couple.  First, you get to plug our website in exchange for no compensation whatsoever.  Second, you get to wow your friends by being part of an exclusive club for which membership is available only to those that apply.  If those compelling reasons haven’t convinced you, we’ll forgive you.  Oh, and we promise to post something a wee bit more substantive (to the extent possible on a website devoted to barbecue) on Friday.  Until then, happy Earth Day.

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