sarah · dessen

During an exchange with my cousin andlosers yesterday, I found myself having to explain what, exactly, North Carolina barbecue is. It's harder than it seems, actually. Basically, barbecue here is a noun, rather than the more commonly known verb. Usage:

"Let's have some people over to barbecue!" (verb)

"Let's have people over to eat some barbecue!" (noun).

In the first case, the food in question is stuff you'd cook on a grill: hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. In the second, it's chopped, roasted pork, seasoned with this vinegar-based sauce, preferably served on a bun with cole slaw and a hot sauce, or maybe just on a plate with some good sides, like macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and the like, as you see here . Okay, so it doesn't look all that impressive. But let me tell you: it's GOOOOOOD.

(And if there's anyone else out there who wants to take a shot at describing it better than I have here---which shouldn't be hard to do---feel free. Really.)

In other news, it's really cold here today, which prompted me to show you another new cover. This one is actually my favorite of all of them:

My husband says it reminds him of the cover of a Rolling Stones album. What do you think?

have a good day everyone....