http://meatn3.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:55:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 10110 CAMP OLIVER ROAD ADGER, AL 35006 Friday night Patti and I went out to celebrate the completion of my basic firefighter class (160 hours spread over two years and three hunting seasons). We met some folks from the Warrior River at Donnie’s Supper Club on Camp Oliver Road near Oak ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/08/11/donnys-supper-club/ (Five Points on Andrew Jackson Way, Huntsville, Alabama) My first teaching job was in Huntsville only a few blocks from Euince’s. I would often sneak off for a little breakfast. I don’t think there was a menu, just small, medium, or large size country ham with eggs, biscuits, and gravy. Well, as ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/08/11/aunt-eunices-country-kitchen/ Once my Dad walked into a (supposed) BBQ place in Florida and asked for “6 pork sandwiches; three inside, and three outside”. The girl at the counter asked “You want three to eat here, and three to take away!?” The folks at Ken’s in lovely Pinson, Alabama (reviewed here) would never ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/07/14/kens-hickory-pit-barbeque/ This place is now known as Pat James Full Moon Bar-B-Que. But as I recall the original, Southside branch, it was a concrete block building with a huge smiling moon face on the exterior wall. We’d skip school to go there. Great ‘Q. And it had the first PacMan machine ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/07/14/full-moon-bar-b-que/ The first time I went to Archibald’s was when I was a high school senior, visiting the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). My sister was already studying there, and she and her friends took me to The Sidetrack the night before, where I had two “Derailers.” A Derailer was big plastic ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/20/archibalds/ From Greeks in Birmingham: The Fish Market 611 21st Street South Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 322-3330 The only thing I always ha[d] a hard time [with in] southern cooking, one product: corn. We never use corn in our cooking, at least in—where I come from. And we always thought corn, it was for the animals ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/15/the-fish-market/ From Greeks in Birmingham: Gus’s Hot Dogs 1915 4th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 251-4540 In Chicago they have different style [of hot dog]. They put [them] in the water,[and] they put mustard, onions, tomatoes and pickles and, uh, relish. Stuff like that. And, uh, in the southern—the southern states like here, we have ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/15/gus%e2%80%99s-hot-dogs/ From Greeks in Birmingham: The Bright Star 304 19th Street North Bessemer, AL 35020 (205) 426-1861 The Bright Star, when it first opened up [at this location] in 1915, used to be open close to twenty-four hours a day. It was just people coming from mining towns[for] coffee, doughnuts, chili—whatever…Even when I was a ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/15/the-bright-star/ The Sneaky Pete’s in Tarrant used to have a Pepper Dog; a hot dog covered in a hot relish made from 5 pepper varieties. You broke into a sweat with the first bite, and it was heavenly. I miss them terribly. Written by Robin Newberry: “when we were in High School, I ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/15/sneaky-petes/ Ate there all the time in the 80’s - back when it was Burly Earl’s, not The Burly Earl. Originally it was “Dagwood’s”, and it changed names a couple years after it opened either because of legal reasons or they thought “Burly Earl’s” was cuter. I never thought of it as a ... http://meatn3.blogsome.com/2005/02/15/the-burly-earl/