Hello everyone - I am back. I went on a very nice week long vacation to the Outer Banks - North Carolina. Its a rather strenuous vacation. Most days my biggest decision was - "Do I want to sleep in the hammock now or should I go into the pool?" and a popular one was - "Hmm what is there to drink?" So as you can see - I am thoroughly rested.
Food highlights include
Catfish QUE - chopped up BBQ catfish. Nice and smokey - great hot sauce to go with it. I love the idea of unconventional BBQ that actually tastes good.
She-Crab Soup - This stuff was great. A lot of crab meat in a balanced cream soup, put a little bit of Old Bay on it and it was damn addictive.
Silky Key Lime Pie - key limey good!
A bunch of homemade meals - the great thing about renting a house on the beach (besides of course the house on the beach) is the huge kitchen inside. We cooked - chicken, chili, and burgers - to name a few things. Yup we ate well.
And lastly there was real North Carolina BAR-B-QUE. We took a small trip to Powells Point (right outside the Outer Banks) and had lunch at Dixie BAR-B-QUE. I am still learning about the different kinds of BBQ, the taste of these ribs really came out. The meat was very tender and had a nice amount of smokiness. But what really got me was the vinegary gravy that was on the ribs. It wasn't a BBQ sauce I am use to. Much more flavorful and acted as a nice compliment to the ribs. I am not one to forgo sides - fried okra, baked beans, and hushpuppies. And for dessert some down-home peach cobbler.
Next time I am in North Carolina, I am taking a day trip to Wilson NC - Mitchell's Ribs, Chicken & BBQ (thanks NYC Eats)