| I was growing up, I loved the flavor of bbq sauce. I | | | | experience true Southern bbq. |
| ate it on everything from hamburgers to onion rings. | | | | The day I arrived in the state of Alabama, I bundled |
| Much to my mother’s disappointment, bbq | | | | to the closest bbq joint. You could smell the meat |
| sauce graced our dinner table every night. She | | | | cooking a mile away and as I pulled into the parking |
| didn’t really like the fact that I slathered all of | | | | lot, I breathed deeply of the exciting scent. I had my |
| her good cooking with bbq sauce, but I guess she | | | | moist towelettes. I had a spare shirt. I was ready for |
| figured it was good that I was cleaning my plate | | | | the sauciest bbq sauce and a pile of pulled pork. I |
| even if I soaked my dinner in sauce to do it. | | | | placed my order and waited impatiently for my dinner |
| As I entered into adulthood, I became a little more | | | | to arrive. When the waitress placed it in front of me, |
| discriminating when it came to bbq sauce. I still loved | | | | I took one look at it and told her she had made a |
| the flavor and bbq sauce was my favorite dip of | | | | mistake. |
| choice for French fries, but my taste buds became | | | | ‘There isn’t any bbq sauce on my |
| more conventional when it came to my use of bbq | | | | pork.’ I explained. |
| sauce. I liked to dip my steak in it or make oven | | | | The waitress just laughed as she poured me a glass |
| baked chicken basted in a nice hickory bbq sauce. | | | | of sugary iced tea. ‘Darlin’ that is real |
| With my love of any meat cooked with bbq sauce, it | | | | Southern bbq. We don’t use bbq sauce. The |
| was inevitable that I eventually visit the south. The | | | | secret is in how we cook the meat, we don’t |
| south is the bbq capital of the world. I had heard | | | | want to ruin it by drowning it.’ She saw my |
| about the world famous bbq’s in the Deep | | | | disappointment and brought me some bottled bbq |
| South and my mouth watered in anticipation as I | | | | sauce on the side. I did try her traditional pulled pork |
| packed my bags. I tried to do a little research to find | | | | minus the bbq sauce and it was good, but for me, it |
| out where the best bbq sauce was served. Everyone | | | | tasted so much more familiar when I slathered it with |
| told me that I had to try a pulled pork sandwich and | | | | my favorite sauce. |
| wash it down with sweat tea if I wanted to | | | | |