Back in town
Just drove home from the Blacksmithing Conference in Mount Vernon.
Very nice little town -- always enjoyed visiting but had some time to explore and there are some cool areas of town not evident from the main drag. Also found an amazing
Bar-B-Que shop
When your tagline is "Meat, Wood & Smoke - - - It's a primal thing" you know it's going to be good. Texas style so a little bit dryer than Southern but the flavor was amazing and they gave away more sauce so I could make it as wet as I wanted.
The coleslaw was a bit of heaven. For some genetic quirk, raw dark red foods taste very bitter to me. Raw red cabbage is a mouthful of Mr. Yuck but when cooked, it is fine. Same with Aurigula - dark brown plants like oak-leaf lettuce don't have this problem. So I asked about their slaw and was reassured that it was just white and she asked if it was OK that it was a bit on the hot side. I said sure. They make it was a good measure of horseradish. On the way home, I bought a small head of cabbage and will be making some for home.
The other side I had was their potato salad -- red spuds with bacon.
The only complaint is that this place is a ninety minute drive from home -- a bit of a stretch for dinner...
The Blacksmithing conference was awesome -- there were about 400 people there this afternoon. Lots of hands on demonstrations -- forge technique, I took a metal finishing class that was very informative. Lots of cool tricks and ideas.
Came home with a few necessary tools for the forge - a couple of
hardie tools and one specialty tong (for handling angle stock).
At the store now -- heading home to unpack and will post some more.
Took lots of pictures.
Posted by DaveH at April 24, 2010 5:37 PM