Do you like
barbecue? I think most people who live in the South do. That’s where I’m from.
Did you know that barbecue is prepared differently in different parts of the
country? Let me tell you about our Southern barbecue.
First, we like
pork barbecue more than beef. In the South we always ate lots of pork because
it was a low maintenance food source.
Second, each
different locale has their own favorite sauce. In North Carolina for example
the sauce varies depending on where you are, but in South Carolina where I live
is the only state that traditionally includes all four recognized barbecue
sauces including mustard based, vinegar based and light and heave tomato based
sauces.
And of course
other parts of the country have their own recipes.
The people at
Fortuna love barbecue too. In this excerpt, Aimee, Rocky, Cade, and June go to
eat barbecue at a local festival.
They strolled over to the vendor who was selling barbecue.
The man had set up a huge covered grill that overflowed with ribs. Hot bars
kept the pulled pork warm. As she watched, the man dipped a huge brush into a
bucket and swabbed the ribs with barbecue sauce. She took a deep breath. “It
smells divine.”
“I’ll get you a big plate,” Rocky promised as he and Cade
went to get in line.
Aimee and June sat down at a table near the dance floor and
watched the man selling barbecue. “He’s quite an actor,” Aimee said.
“Step right up,” the barbecue man shouted as his helpers
busily dished up barbecue for the throngs of customers drawn by the meaty,
smoky smell hanging in the air. “This is real barbecue here. We smoke ‘er in a
pit using wood for our fuel until she’s so tender she’s falling off the bone.
Then we add some Carolina-style sauce, a little coleslaw, and baked beans.
Nothing better this side of heaven.”
“I like the Carolina-style sauce,” June said. “The mustard
base is tasty.” She laughed. “Some guy from Michigan came to town once and set
up this barbecue place in town. I think his barbecue came straight from a
freezer somewhere, and it sure hadn’t been cooked and smoked in a pit.”
“What happened to him?”
June giggled. “He went broke. I sold his building to Jessie
Evans for her flower shop.”
When Rocky and Cade returned, they all fell on the barbecue
with gusto. “That guy is the barbecue king,” Aimee said as she licked barbecue
sauce from her fingers. “I’ve never had anything so good.”
Cade passed her a napkin. “Food tastes better when you eat
it outdoors, but this is great. Maybe I should dig a barbecue pit at Bad
Creek.”
“Say!” Rocky enthused. “That’s a great idea. I’d like one at
Fortuna too. You’ll have to do some research for us, June, and find out if they
barbecued meat like we do today back in the eighteenth century. I bet they
did.”
Aimee flicked bits of pork from her sleeve where Rocky had
sprayed her in his enthusiasm.
Of course, Aimee is about to have a great adventure, but
that’s a post for another day.
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