Political Barbecue
Here's a great story about Southern barbecue in New Yorker magazine:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/americas-most-political-food
The history of Southern barbecue is and always has been a story about black people. Our barbecue came to these shores from the Caribbean with the black slaves, Indeed, blacks had a monopoly on barbecue as a food until about 75 years ago. Even today, the best pitmasters are blacks -- old blacks but blacks nonetheless.
This story about Maurice Bessinger and Maurice’s Piggie Park is certainly not universally true. IOndeed, I don't think I've ever been to a barbecue joint -- and been to a bunch of them -- that flew or displayed a Confederate flag. Hell, blacks own some of the them and others owned by whites depend on black customers to make a living.
So read the article as the story of Maurice Bessinger but not as a story about Southern barbecue.
PS: I don't particularly care for that South Carolina mustard sauce.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/americas-most-political-food
The history of Southern barbecue is and always has been a story about black people. Our barbecue came to these shores from the Caribbean with the black slaves, Indeed, blacks had a monopoly on barbecue as a food until about 75 years ago. Even today, the best pitmasters are blacks -- old blacks but blacks nonetheless.
This story about Maurice Bessinger and Maurice’s Piggie Park is certainly not universally true. IOndeed, I don't think I've ever been to a barbecue joint -- and been to a bunch of them -- that flew or displayed a Confederate flag. Hell, blacks own some of the them and others owned by whites depend on black customers to make a living.
So read the article as the story of Maurice Bessinger but not as a story about Southern barbecue.
PS: I don't particularly care for that South Carolina mustard sauce.
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