Re: Fried Okra

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From: Don
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 05:42

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On 21 Jul 2001 20:25:07 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:

>Don <calldonREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> On 21 Jul 2001 15:56:23 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:
>
>>>
>>>There's a chain around here called "Red, Hot, and Blue" that serves
>>>fairly authentic TN style BBQ.  *Pulled* pork, not chopped (they do
>>>also offer beef for the heathen Texans).  They don't seem to have "the
>>>touch" on getting the meat right (it's often too dry), but the sauces
>>>are pretty authentic.
>
>> I ate at "Red, Hot, and Blue" once and immediately knew that it was
>> NOT serving the style of BBQ I was used to in Memphis and west
>> Tennessee.
>
>> I didn't go back for a few years.  Last Summer, I tried it again.  It
>> was OK but I didn't think it represented Memphis BBQ at all.  
>
>I'm not sure why you say that -- 

Because it didn't TASTE like it...and I was born and raised there!


>> BTW...know where the name of the restaurant came from???
>
>Yep -- it was the name of a radio show in Memphis way back.  It was
>the white people's version (it played Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.) of
>the King Biscuit Flour Hour (which played B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf,
>etc.).  Personally, I think the KBFH had a better line-up...  :-)

Dewey Phillips was the man.  He launched Elvis when nobody else would
play his music.  He sounded too black!  I was raised with his two sons
who were a bit older than I.  

D*







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