Lunch for me is usually a quick sandwich or salad. You know, something quick, easy, moderately healthy and won't weigh you down as you struggle to make a buck or two. Not today. Had a buddy "in country" who wanted to experience good ol' American home cooking before heading back to the land of pork and cabbage. Took him to south Dallas for the greatest home-cooking/soul food this side of Jackson, MS: Sweet Georgia Brown's.
Today's menu included beef tips, pan fried chicken and pork chops, meat loaf, smothered chicken, and the requisite sliced beef. Veggies includes collard greens, string beans, broccoli rice, mashed potatoes and (real) gravy, okra, sweet peas and carrots, and black-eyed peas. Damn.
Grew up in Memphis and there were 2 iron clad rules on bbq joints. First one was that if you felt comfortable patronizing the joint in question after the sun went down, forget about it. It ain't no good. The second was that if you walked in and saw any shade of skin lighter than coffee w/cream working behind the counter or in the kitchen, then get yo ass back out the door. Sweet Georgia Brown's is like them bbq joints - ain't never had a white person pass through the door to do nothing but eat there. And that's how it ought to be.
SGB runs through more lard and salt in a week than all of Fulton County, Georgia does in a month. Yeah, I know we got a problem w/ obesity in this country. Diabetes too. Well, at least once a month I don't give a damn about that shit. I want to do as much gastrointestinal damage as I possibly can, while causing my cardiovascular system to damn near shut down. Sweet Georgia Brown's makes that deliciously easy to do.
And I got about half left over for dinner. Hot damn!
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