An Indonesian in Mississippi. Not as catchy as "An Englishman in New York"
Delicious ribs
We interrupt the D.C. travelogue for this breaking news story: barbecue pork ribs are delicious. I repeat: barbecue pork ribs are delicious.
With the economy being what it is and since we had a couple slabs of pork ribs in the deep freeze, I decided it was as good a time as any to barbecue some ribs. We already had the meat so we didn’t have to spend money on that, and the results go a long way if you don’t pig out (heh) on the ribs. » Continue Reading…
Primos
After a hard morning of sitting around in an air-conditioned building watching people ride horses, and a few sweltering hot minutes outside watching more people ride more horses, Primos Café was calling our name.
Primos is a sandwich and blue plate special type of joint, with Southern-ish cuisine. For example, I got the Biloxi Press (shrimp po-boy) and Denise got the Catfish Po-boy, both with potato salad on the side. Solid, mostly simple food, and well executed. When I ask for a po-boy, don’t gussy it up too much, ya know? Primos does it right. For non-Southerners, a po-boy is a “sub” type of sandwich. » Continue Reading…
On the way home from work yesterday I saw a sign on High Street for the National Appaloosa Horse Show going on right now. So this morning we went to the Coliseum to watch some horses. In particular what we were there for was a competition called “cutting”. In case you’ve never been to one (like me before this morning), “cutting” is a competition where you start with a herd of cows, separate one from the rest, and maneuver your horse to stay between it and the herd. [Or as Denise explained it to Sofia: the horse chooses a cow to be his friend and play together, although some cows take a lot of convincing.] Rider and horse both have to have quick response times and the horse has to be really agile. I didn’t do the best job of capturing it in photos, but these horses can really crouch down and dig in to change directions on a dime to stay between the chosen cow and the herd. » Continue Reading…