I am a poet, amateur scientist, foodie, inventor, & mirth maker from Mebane, North Carolina. I don't do Twitter so your best bet is to find me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/skornenicholas
True, but a Carolina boil usually comes with a jug of moonshine hidden under the picnic table.
Robyn I agree! He was not bawlking, there's no video, come on now!
@gambit50 Medium rare is always pink, hence the 'rare' in the title
Brilliant work; will definitely try that one. Could use a little more oomph in the spice department. Just no Trinidad Scorpions or Naga Vipers, been there, been victimized, doubt I'll do it again.
Well, I just met this lovely woman, a cop, with baby blue eyes and blonde hair, with pink handcuffs. With any luck, her.
Like I said before Kenji, you're a good man for keeping up your end of the bet. I'm sure your the Searious Eats staff is looking forward to the KFC Bucket Cluck as well. :)
Jump right into my mouth
You tender porky goodness
Down the hatch you go
I used to have a Texas native born friend of mine bring me a case back when he visited family. We always joked it was bootlegging, guess it practically would be now. Hmm, they should triple the price and make it illegally. Could make a lot of money until the law came for you, as they always do. First they go for the illegal soft drink makers....
Excellent article, you may have a point about it being one of the oldest continually prepared foods in the Americas. Can't get a single member of my family to try the dip style OR the fresh style.
I have tried both alligator & bison. Bison I love, alligator was just merely okay, not really surprising but it DOES have a taste that can only be described as swampy chicken. Welcome to the site, lovely to see another southerner around here! Gotta love this community; I'm an aspiring poet/writer from NC and it's amazing what everyone else gets up to!
I doubt you will last the month without partaking of an animal (by)product at least once; I'll make you a wager: You make it and I'll post a ridiculous picture of me with a pom-pom on my head & give up eating pork for a month, I'm a southern boy that'd be a big deal, I win and you post a video of yourself bawlking like a chicken with a KFC bucket on your head & promote a link to my song blog for at least a few hours. What say you Kenji? Have the nerve?
Hursey's BBQ in Burlington, NC; they smoke hogs by the dozen on site by a wood burning stove.
With Camembert & a warm Italian loaf.
@Rosewood Bicardi Añejo is made in Mexico and actually can be found throughout the US as well. Though, I must admit, illegal rum sounds cooler :)
A story I do have, and it makes me smile to this day. Note in advance the Uncle mentioned here is deceased and anytime I can make a memory come alive I take the chance, ahem. It was my first time fishing off a pier at age five with my Uncle Spider, real name Silus, and until that time the only thing I had ever caught were bream, bass, and catfish. My older brother was adverse to outdoorsmen type activity and my aunt and uncle had no children, so I was the first in the family to want to go fishing. We spent six hours on a pier and at the end of our time my line was rigged with a split/double hook setup. For reasons known only to Poseidon or the God of Happy Childhood Memories, two salt water shad attacked the bait on either side of the line, hooking themselves. I reeled them in and my Uncle talked about it till the day he died. So saltwater it is, and thanks for the memories.
@tastefixation "I like the way they pop in my mouth ^_^"
For the life of me, I could not stifle a giggle. On a separate note I do so love me some roe!
Out of curiosity is that a medium size pictured? They do look very tasty, but I can't imagine paying that much for them. I can easily get a pound of fried clam strips for $8.99 at many beach-side restaurants throughout North and South Carolina, albeit not in a handy Chinese take-out style box. Now the chowder, on the other hand, looks rather incredible.
Porterhouse but a bone in ribeye comes in an incredibly close second.
Um, whiskey stones.
Dishes, end of story
Ricotta cheese made with black truffle oil. It was quite heavenly, I think I managed to get two bites before everyone else consumed it en mass.
Well, the truth is, if you see a green lady on a coffee cup the vast majority of Americans would know it was Starbucks. Minimalistic symbols I am all for. Noting that I don't drink store made coffee in the first place and have gotten exactly one item from Starbucks since it has existed, and it was wb coffee to give as a Christmas present, and I STILL know what the logo looks like. No logo, no empire.
When my grandfather was getting in poor health him and I were talking about food one day, he grew up in WV, the son of coal miner, and so he was all about self sufficiency. I mentioned that I had no idea how to butcher, well, anything, and he took one look and me and said "Get in the truck." We went back towards Ashville and a friend of his who was a butcher, I spent two days learning how to butcher a pig. By day two I wasn't even throwing up anymore. :) I lost my grandpa about a year later, but I will never ever forget it.
By itself, definitely. Just seeing the look on someone's face when it is their first taste is worth the price.
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Have you been drooling over this insanely well-marbled cowboy chop ever since Kenji gave us grilling tips for it? If you just nodded, or have started drooling in the last three seconds, you're in luck. We're giving away three Cowboy Chop packages for Father's Day, which includes the two-pounder bone-in ribeye steak from Double R Ranch Co. Enter to win here. More
Pork shoulder or some jerk style chicken