Thursday, September 19, 2013
Red Bridges BBQ
Last nights class was by far one of my favorite learning experiences. The atmosphere was just right. The smell of pork filled the air before we could even enter the restaurant and my mouth instantly began to water. My taste buds were not let down. The pork was great and the vinegar sauce was the icing on the cake. With that in mind, the sweet tea and hushpuppies stole the show for me. They were the perfect complement to the pork. The trip to the back of the restaurant was a real eye opener. Over seven hours of cooking time, through the night, along with the prep time after that seemed excessive to me. Max, the pit master, seemed indifferent about his work and the long hours. Everything seemed second nature to him, whereas we all watch in amazement as he sent "fireworks" out of the chimney and showed us all of the meat. It just goes to show how out of touch we can be with pork, which is crazy considering it is one of the most popular foods in the south. How can we be so removed from what we eat?
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I guess we do this with a lot of things in life. This example is more applicable to high school, but I remember when seeing your teacher in public was a major event. You thought they just lived in the classroom. It's kind of the same with food, you don't normally think about how it's cooked you just know what it looks like right before you eat it.
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