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    Top Chef Season 4

    in Food Media & Arts

    Posted

    Holy Grail:

    Anything with rabbit, as long as it was spicy.

    Suab in a coconut foam.

    And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu...

    I Melt With You

    in The Daily Gullet

    Posted

    Thanks JAZ! Your article took me right back to the campus grill in college, where a patty melt with fries was my standard order. The deep-voiced dude at the flattop (who we called 'ch'eatin' since that was all he ever said) did a really good version. I can taste it now...

    passing through Nashville and Memphis

    in Southeast: Dining

    Posted

    In Nashville, I really liked Parco Cafe and Wilma Kaye's.  They have both moved since I was there, and Parco Cafe had a full restaurant now, last I heard.  Both were perfect spots for lunch.  Parco Cafe had fresh sandwiches with interesting fillings (I had an eggplant sandwich, with chunks of eggplant in a tomato sauce, and my friend had a salmon sandwich in which the salmon chunks were marinated, and it was served cold).  Wilma Kaye's was Cajun-style food.  Awesome hush puppies and fried shrimp...or did I have scallops?

    I should note that I was there several years ago, so much may have changed with the food.

    FYI -- Wilma Kaye's has closed for good...

    Nashville To Memphis

    in Southeast: Dining

    Posted

    Here's a must-eat kind of place:I-40 Exit 108 go South a few miles to Hwy. 412 E. Hay's Smokehouse  16319 Hwy. 412E  Lexington, TN  (731) 967-3222  You can Google them and find a great write-up by Southern Foodways about various whole-hog BBQ places in the area. I can testify to their product. It's real good pig. In Memphis my faves are: Cozy Corner for their Cornish hen, A&R for the sandwich and the caramel cake, Central for ribs and Paynes' for the sauce. But you know, it's all good. Have a great trip.

    Just a quick FYI -- Ownership has recently changed (Mr. Hays has retired) and the initial report I've seen was of a lesser quality. Caveat emptor...

    Chitlins

    in Cooking

    Posted

    She also had great descriptions of the cleaning and slinging process. It was really a brilliant bit of speaking.

    From an old Jerry Clower routine: "I can prepare chitlins either way: stump-whipped or creek-slung..." :biggrin:

    Chitlins

    in Cooking

    Posted

    However, ummm, what exactly do they smell like?

    Like the smell of cooking cabbage raised to the power of 20...

    Unless you have extremely good ventilation, I would not consider cooking these in an apartment. And I would definitely encourage that you fry rather than stew them.

    Sewanee/Monteagle, Tennessee

    in Southeast: Dining

    Posted · Edited by pogophiles (log)

    You may also want to track down the Dutch Maid Bakery in Tracy City if you have a bit of extra time. The place dates from the early 1900's and is effectively a working museum (or was when I was last there). It is also the only place I know that makes Salt Rising bread...

    EDIT: Scratch that. Apparently the bakery closed earlier this month and is now up for sale. See story here: Dutch Maid Bakery

    411 Miles of I-40 To and ...

    in Southeast: Dining

    Posted

    Hay's Smoke House in Lexington, TN. Wonderful fellow. Former farmer who now runs the local slaughterhouse and has an excellent whole-hog barbecue operation open Thursday - Sunday. Make sure he shows you his smoker -- it is truly impressive. Highly recommended!!

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