[GH85Carrera]

Good BBQ can have vastly different meanings. And some people don't even know what good BBQ is.

On my trip to Charlotte, NC in 2008 I asked on Pelican about good roads and good eats. I did learn of the Tail of the Dragon and had fun doing that and the Blue Ridge Parkway and other fun roads. Several people recommended a BBQ restaurant in the area. I programmed it into my GPS and made a point to stop there. It was a former Dairy Queen or similar restaurant with a very small dining room. I ordered sliced brisket. They sliced some meat on a deli slicer. It was 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thick. They put it on a Styrofoam plate and had plastic utensils. I tried to cut the brisket with the plastic knife and there was no way. I had to use my pocket knife to cut it and my jaw got tired trying to chew it. I can forgive the local vinegar based sauce as a regional thing. But that meat was a NFG. On a 1 to 10 scale it was a 1. The BBQ place I eat at here has sliced brisket that is a inch thick hand cut slices and you don't need a knife. It falls apart with a fork. To paraphrase Jerry Clower "it is so good it makes ya wanna slap yer moma for never making a meal go good"

Good morning all. Over the hump day on the downhill slide toward the weekend!