ON BARBECUED RIBS, POTATO SALAD, AND SWEET POTATO PIE

        Texas Roadhouse, slab of ribs....


            Potato salad, being prepared...

B.E. and I have been married almost

sixty-three years and though it sounds

unbelievable, we didn't eat a barbecued

rib during the first fifty years of wedlock.

So it was and who knows why? (Are they

tricky to cook...and messy to eat?) But

nowadays we are making up for ribs,

big time!

I know of eight or nine places in town

that more or less specialize in 

barbecued ribs. Some excel, most

are "created equal," just about.

1. Texas Road House

2. Quarters

3. Whole Hog (Memphis Style)

4. Costco

5. Powdrell's

6. Rudy's

7. Golden Pride

8. Dickies Smokehouse

9. County Line

Cost-wise, 1, 2, and 4 are the best values.

Whole Hog is the highest @ $26.95 

for a slab. and Costco is $12.95. A

slab at Texas Roadhouse is $19.95

with two sides and generous bread.  

The ribs come, beautifully cooked!

Powdrell's is a popular lunch place

that has been around for years.  

Whole Hog is always full of people

and offers the best pulled pork

sandwiches we ever tasted. And they

give you a choice of six barbecue

sauces, from "mild" to "powerful!"

The last two are not for sissies...

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POTATO SALAD...We are making it 

today.  It seems potato salads can be

divided into two groups: (1) Mayo

and (2) Mustard.

Just for fun, B.E. decided to research

eight or ten recipes from old friends,

internet, and Paula Deene.

Common ingredients found in all 

potato salads were found to be, in

some amount or other: potatoes, sour

cream, diced celery and onions, 

pickle relish, mayo, mustard, vinegar,

half-and-half, salt and pepper....and

Bell peppers chopped.

(My dear reader: what is your favorite

recipe?) We have been leaning toward

the Mayo recipe, tho' my mama, an

excellent cook from a W. Texas farm,

favored the Mustard version!

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SWEET POTATO PIE...

Down on the cotton farms of old West

Texas, in the early days, sweet potato

pies at Thanksgiving were much

favored over pumpkin pies. Over the

old South, sweet potato pies seem to

be the winners.

And it just so happens that sweet 

potatoes are among the most

healthful veggies in the world.

You don't find these pies offered often

by regular pie bakers. But you can get

them at Powdrell's, last I checked.

A last word regarding the barbecued

ribs: Nine times out of ten, they are

a bit under-cooked when you get

home and need an hour in the

oven @ about 275 degrees. Ah, tenderer!

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MIL

10 August 2019