Varmint

A key party???

He has to come to the pig pickin's in order to have such an important position bestowed upon him. Plus, I've already done a pig pickin'. I've got to come up with something new next time.

It's like having a "He-Man Women Haters' Club" and inviting a lady. It's just not right!

Klink!!!!!! Sign in under your OWN account. Quit trying to make Batgrrrl come off as such an easy tramp!!!! What, oh, it is really Batgrrrl? Nevermind.

So we beat on, boats against the current, without but a few piddlin' photos from the Heartland meatfest. They were careless people, the Heartlanders — they smoked up butts and roasts and then retreated back into their kitchens or their vast smokers, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

Thanks, Chops. That's another place that I had forgotten. I need to get over there this week! And welcome to eGullet.

That was La Farm. The loaf we're talking about was a wheel that was approximately 2 feet in diameter. I'm anxious to try to make one of those suckers, but I'm sure I'll fail miserably.

After member artisanbaker reminded me of our great local bakery, La Farm Bakery, in another thread, I stopped by yesterday for a quick visit. I had been buying La Farm bread for some time at the NC Farmers' Market, but this was the first time I drove the 15 minutes to visit their Cary bakery. I was extremely impressed by the passion these people had with their operations, and I encourage you to visit. This is one of two great bakeries in the Triangle area, with Guglhupf being the other. I plan on spending a night baking at La Farm and will report back here when I'm done. In the meantime, what other artisanal bakeries are there in North Carolina or in other parts of the South? We truly need to get the word out about these places, as they deserve our business.

Did he wear those lacy panties that he's so fond of, too?

Glad to see that y'all are climbing out of the primordial soup.

I dug up a couple more pictures that I had previously failed to post: Ian Shorter twinkling the ivories. Malawry was the Varmint's Pig Pickin' Queen. Aurora making a barbecue sammich. The quintessential sammich, served with some of guajolote's awesome pickled heirloom okra. G-man and Dr. Mrs. Varmint's mom.

Dave, we fucked up, didn't we? It's quiet here. Too quiet.

Geez Louise, at least we posted pictures every few hours or so last weekend. You're killing us, Heartlanders!!!

I hate y'all. I'm quite sure I'll have nothing like this to eat this weekend.

First, you need to get two big-ass cookers. And then some pecan wood. Invite your 100 closest friends, serve them lots of alcohol, and then just wing it. That's what I always do!

Thanks for the update, catdaddy, and please post some more! We love to bring up old threads. Welcome to eGullet.

Shit, 2 am was no problem for you while eating pork rinds and tending a pig!

Excellent report! It's not easy to find a great burger in the South, but I'm glad you have accepted this mission. Please continue to report back frequently. I think I'll try a burger joint for lunch myself, as you have inspired me.

Katie's so dreamy I wish we had some of her limoncello Gee, I have 2 bottles in my freezer.

Yeah, they're Ferrari Peppers.

After what I witnessed last weekend, that question can only be answered by, "More."

Damn, sorry I can't come. I really, really wish I could find a way to do it. I've been scouring my continuing legal ed bulletins for Chicago conferences, but I've yet to find one. I'll scour some more.

Excellent. Are we all invited to dinner? Bruce Varmint filled our state quota for hospitality for a while! (I'm in Charlotte, N.C. Sadly had to miss the big pig-picking because of an unavoidable camping trip with my son's Scout troop.) Yeah, and Kathi's making up for her absence by bringing the duck breasts up to Raleigh and cooking for me, right Kathi??

I just found about 10 red bell peppers in my trunk yesterday. Was anyone looking for those?

Man, Dean is so much better looking than Dean!!!