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Originally posted by cecif

So, is this a regional thing? If so, where are my favorite hushpuppies "really" from??

Around North Carolina, the pups vary from restaurant to restaurant. Most will be fixed with a little onion and other extras, but many are just plain dollops of corn bread. The vary greatly in shape and size.

East Carolina Universuty = ECU

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Originally posted by buffetbuster

Saturday January 26
To say that this drive-thru only place is tiny is an understatement. Here is part of the breakfast menu, which you can read if you have really good eyes!

For those of us whose eyes function best as plugs to keep our brains from dribbling out, there’s a way to see that menu. (After all, I refuse to miss a chance to read a menu!)

Save it to your desktop and use your image viewer of choice to view and enlarge it. And now I know that they have biscuits and gravy, which is one of my favorite meals!

And now will someone tell me what "ECU" means?

BB,
If I had a better "thesaurus-in-my-head" (as I like to call it) I would come up with more superlatives for you! Excellent, as always!!!! GREAT pics etc.

Some notes and questions…

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Originally posted by mtbuckingham

Yeah, lesson learned. And we were very apologetic throughout her screaming. We’re nice, if a bit naive and innocent. But she wasn’t going to let us out of there without taking our camera! So embarassing (and there were other customers in the store watching the whole spectacle).
Still don’t know why she thought we were taking a picture of her. The manager (owner?) didn’t seem to mind that we took a picture of her case (with me smiling in front of it), but she did seem horrified by the situation.

Someone else said "witness protection?!" and I agree – this seems REALLY odd, I can only think they had something to hide. I take photos all over the country (and world) and have never once been yelled at or even reprimanded for taking someone’s photo. I definitely ask in many situations, but this seems really strange to me. (And quite a way to be put off a place!)

BB: I can’t quite tell what university’s shirt you are wearing in the early pics – it’s gold, and maybe says "Vandals" or something on the sleeve?!

And to Ort. Carlton, if you are reading, you won’t have to learn to use a scanner with the newfangled cameras! All you do is plug a cord from the camera into a USB port on your computer and transfer the pics. It’s quite easy!! (Some people use a method where they take the memory card/chip from the camera and put it in a slot on the computer but I do the "old-fashioned" way with the cord.) [:)]

Any Hushpuppy Knowledgable Folk, I have a question.
My first hushpuppy experience was Redbones in Somerville, MA. And while folks debate about their ‘Q, I like it but *love* the hushpuppies. They are pretty big, round, and kinda like this

but they also have green onion or something in them. The question is that I had hushpuppies in NC recently and they looked a lot like the smaller ones in BB’s photos here. And they were very plain, and frankly I didn’t like ’em at all!

So, is this a regional thing? If so, where are my favorite hushpuppies "really" from??

As much as I love Wilber’s (never had a ‘bad’ day there), the Skylight is my favorite eastern ‘cue. BB,those hard bits are skin which is what makes it my favorite. However, don’t try to reheat in a nuker as the crispy skin bits turn rubbery.

I never thought I’d find an eastern that I’d put up there with Lexington #1, but Skylight does it for me.

I’m glad that you gave Wilber’s another chance. It is my favorite for eastern NC que, but for me, any of the wood burners serving Lexington style is better than the best in the east.

I usually leave the boiled potatoes on the plate when I’m eating que in eastern NC. And yes, there is a passionate disagreement between those of us who prefer the "shoulders only" Lexington style and those poor uninformed souls who prefer to eat "whole hog" que down east.

Nice photo job, BB and great report! Although I think I would have had to name it Stew, ‘cue & ICU! [;)]

Always a pleasure to follow you along. Thanks!

dean

Dok I’ve only been to the one but I have a good friend with family in the area and I do think the White Swans are all related, but that’s just my understanding.

Ort. have you ever tried roasting potatoes in the oven in the bbq sauce of your choice? It’s better if you’ve got chicken or something baking on top of them but without it it’s still pretty good.

trolasater I’m with you–I don’t get flavoring your pork and your slaw the same way, but then I’m from S. Slawcalacky.

BB

Once again my friend your report was top notch. I was good to see you out from behind the camera for a change. It looks like you and Johnny had an AWESOME weekend.

How many colleges/universities does that make for you or have you lost count?

Thanks for sharing your adventure.

p.s. Are you sure you can’t blow off work and come to Mobile??? [;)]

Thanks for a great report! Looks like you had a great time. While I am not great at taking pictures, I do love to see other people’s vacation / trip pictures — yes, I actually sit happily through a slide show of someone’s vacation!

The cupcakes and the biscuits look wonderful!

Eastern boiled potatoes are most traditionally made with
a thin vinegar sauce that gives that an unexpected flavor.
The further west you go, the less you see it.