We were about to finish our plates of barbecued mutton when an employee walked over and started conversing with us about the taquerias, breweries, and economic prospects of Taylor, Texas.
So you like BBQ. But have you had thin-sliced, hot-smoked, and sauce-dipped Monroe County pork shoulder? How about Monroe County shoulder in Monroe County, Kentucky itself? Our goal was to track down this delicacy in its native habitat.
There’s a stretch of I-70 in Utah which runs through a landscape nearly bleached of color. Then, once in the town of Green River, there is a former gas station repainted in bright yellow and orange hues with a truck reading MEXICAN FOOD and a sign reading TACOS.
We thought Corkscrew BBQ in Spring, TX would be a good little trip from Houston. Once we got there, we realized that we didn’t budget nearly enough time for the trip.
Arriving at Terry Black’s Barbecue during dinner time led to a thirty-minute wait. It also led to an opportunity to notice a few things about the place.
The Manchester Music Fest 2018 celebrated bluegrass, outlaw country, and southern rock in a tiny Appalachian town. And things almost went off without a hitch.
We may have been in Springdale, UT, but when we mentioned Giddings, TX to our hosts, they began telling us an improbable story that, while set in Texas, was full of Utahn industriousness.
