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Serving up Rick Perry (barbecue comment)
LA Times ^ | Oct 9, 2011 | Robert F. Moss

Posted on 10/09/2011 11:24:31 AM PDT by Clairity

Rick Perry's past came back to haunt him recently. No, not drugs or women or a phony resume. Perry, it turns out, once touched the real third rail of politics: barbecue.

Nineteen years ago, at the 1992 Republican National Convention, a barbecue taste-off pitted beef tenderloin from Joe Allen's Bar-B-Que of Abilene, Texas, against pulled pork from Kings Restaurant in Kinston, N.C. Perry, then the agriculture commissioner of Texas, sampled the Carolina barbecue and declared, "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barbecue; bbqrecipes; cookery; heartless; perry
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To: EnglishCon

Glad you are interested in trying the recipe. Forgot to mention, I usually substitute brown sugar for the granulated sugar. We like it extra spicy, so I usually add a few dried red chili peppers to the crock pot.


21 posted on 10/09/2011 12:04:01 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rick Perry's 2012 campaign is Fred Thompson v2.0)
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To: Clairity

So South Carolina is 40% moron now. Oh well, too bad.


22 posted on 10/09/2011 12:06:43 PM PDT by magritte
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Get real.


23 posted on 10/09/2011 12:08:22 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Clairity

I’d be interested in knowing just what sort of roadkill the good governor of Texas is in the habit of ingesting.

Possum on the halfshell, maybe? I hear that’s one of them Texas thangs.


24 posted on 10/09/2011 12:08:58 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Clairity
Perry, then the agriculture commissioner of Texas, sampled the Carolina barbecue and declared, "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."

(He's had road kill before?) But I live in North Carolina, and I agree with him 100% that the BBQ here leaves a lot to be desired. Makes me miss Georgia sometimes.

25 posted on 10/09/2011 12:09:20 PM PDT by pcottraux (Alvin Greene/Basil Marceaux 2012)
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To: Clairity

On this matter I agree with Perry completely. I guess I’d better not run for president then.


26 posted on 10/09/2011 12:09:30 PM PDT by SoJoCo
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To: Clairity

LOL! People in Texas AND NC will get a kick out of that one. Of course he defended his state. That’s like supporting your own football team.


27 posted on 10/09/2011 12:10:09 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Please don't be a Freeploader, help to keep the lights on.)
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To: NautiNurse

Because of your recipe, I added “cookery” as a keyword.


28 posted on 10/09/2011 12:11:42 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: RegulatorCountry
Possum on the halfshell, maybe? I hear that’s one of them Texas thangs.
Really?? I think you've been hearing voices.
29 posted on 10/09/2011 12:14:22 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Clairity

30 posted on 10/09/2011 12:15:18 PM PDT by AdamBomb
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To: magritte
So South Carolina is 40% moron now. Oh well, too bad.

You underestimate our neighbors south of the border in Baja Carolina. They plop yellow mustard in pork cooked to a mushy pulp and call it barbecue, so the percentage is much higher, lol.

31 posted on 10/09/2011 12:16:14 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I was wondering if anyone would respond to that angle.

Sorta like saying, “Tastes like the northbound end of a southbound mule”

How would ya know?! ;-)


32 posted on 10/09/2011 12:16:50 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I’ve had squirrel...ONCE!!!!!


33 posted on 10/09/2011 12:21:37 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Clara Lou
Perry: "I've had road kill that tasted better than that."

That is a rude and heartless statement.

34 posted on 10/09/2011 12:36:57 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Clara Lou
Oh, my mistake. Y'all stew armadillo roadkill with chili peppers, it apparently hides the skunkiness. On the halfshell is reserved just for fresh caught armadillos.

Seriously, though, have you never wondered why armadillos were called “Hoover Hogs” in Texas? It's because y'all ate ‘em, lol. Go to Google images and looked for them being barbecued in Texas.

I honestly think it's safe to say that the roadkill Governor Perry has eaten was armadillo.

35 posted on 10/09/2011 12:41:20 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Sacajaweau

I’ve heard it tastes like rabbit. Both being a form of rodent, that makes some sort of sense.


36 posted on 10/09/2011 12:46:38 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
That is a rude and heartless statement.
You are far too sensitive to have to live in this world if that's really how you feel.
37 posted on 10/09/2011 12:52:13 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: magritte

That’s North Carolina you moron.


38 posted on 10/09/2011 1:00:59 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Sorry for the typo. Thanks for the kind correction!

Asshat.


39 posted on 10/09/2011 1:02:14 PM PDT by magritte
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To: NautiNurse; hiredhand

Sweet.....


40 posted on 10/09/2011 1:07:52 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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