Southerner Jealous of Neighbor’s Popularity

You may have noticed the yammering of a South Carolinian about the “tyranny” of Texas barbecue in a recent article on First We Feast. The author, Robert Moss, is the barbecue editor for Southern Living. An esteemed position, for sure, but it’s curious that the magazine chose to poll their readers on the ten best barbecue joints in the South rather than send Moss on the road. (Okay, I own two of Moss’s books on barbecue, but Southern Living made this too easy.) The article is an attempt to pigeonhole every Central Texas barbecue joint into a single category that supposedly follows Moss’s five rules. An explanation then follows as to why good old Southern barbecue (read: pork) isn’t harnessed by such requirements. Despite the illogical…View Original Post

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