Posted on June 19, 2009 by Porky LeSwine
Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out that we had failed to mention that Hillsborough Hog Day is Saturday, June 20th (i.e., tomorrow). Whoops.
See more info at https://bbqjew.com/oinks/festivals/. I’ve been to Hog Day several times before and it is a fun event, although almost every year it’s hotter than hickory coals that day. This weekend promises more of the same. If you attend, maybe you can help us figure out why the heck the pig in the above logo has a recycling symbol on its shoulder…
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Posted on May 2, 2009 by Porky LeSwine
Just a quick post to encourage you to check out the Ham & Yam Festival, which runs through late Sunday afternoon in downtown Smithfield. Note that barbecue plates from the pig cooking contest will be on sale from 12:30 until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Sorry we didn’t get this post up with more advance notice; the barbecue festivals snuck up on us this year. We vow to do a better job of informing you, our loyal readers, of essential upcoming events in the future. Until then, we ask that you forgive us our trespasses as we have forgiven those who abandon the almighty hickory wood.
Speaking of which, please forgive me for the below photo. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Ham & Yam Festival, but I took it last time I was in Smithfield and this seems like as good (or bad) an occasion as any to share it.
If you say so.
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Posted on April 30, 2009 by Porky LeSwine
Looking for something pork-related to do this first weekend of May? Head on down to Kinston, in the heart of Eastern-style barbecue country, to check out the 28th annual BBQ Festival on the Neuse and Wil King Hog Happening, which is perhaps the best named of our state’s several large barbecue events. The festival begins tonight and continues through early afternoon on Saturday, with the most intense barbecue cooking going on Friday night and into Saturday morning. Barbecue plates go on sale to the public on Saturday at 11 a.m., for those who need to know.
Learn more about the festival by reading this article (thanks to burgeoningfoodie for sending the link along), which features some enticing gems. My favorite is this bit of boasting: “We know eastern barbecue is better and we’re going to show these folks,” Jan Barwick of the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce said of the visitors from around North Carolina. “They just don’t know ours is better because they haven’t had good barbecue yet.” Not exactly finely honed trash talk but it does the job. So, Lexington fanatics, head on down to Kinston and tell Jan what you think of the ‘cue.
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