There were some things I was hoping would be available now that I've moved south: Williams sausage, Pioneer baking mix, Coke Icee, pulled pork barbecue sandwiches, mayonnaise-based coleslaw. We've had biscuits and gravy with our Williams sausage and Pioneer baking mix. Yum! I have yet to find a Coke Icee. The gas station we went to had fake Icees. Kmart had Pepsi Icees. Burger King's Icee machine broke only on the Coke side, not the cherry side. The Coke Icee machine at the Madison Burger King was always broken. I still hope to get a good Coke Icee, the kind that dances on your tongue.
We did accidentally find a couple of barbecue restaurants and tried one out Friday night. The Smoke Pit is one of those great local restaurants that can't stay specialized. They have all of the barbecue options and sides you'd expect, including a choice of vinegar or mayo-based dressing for your coleslaw, but they also have broccoli casserole and hashbrown casserole. They also have an ice cream parlor and make pizza. But what's important is the meat and the sauce. To me good barbecue is a pulled pork sandwich with a sweet sauce. The pulled pork at Smoke Pit had a good flavor, but it was wet like it had been at least partially cooked in a Crockpot. The sweet sauce was OK but a little thin. It wasn't the barbecue fantasy I'd been hoping for, but it was better than anything I ate in Madison. There's still at least one more barbecue restaurant to try. I'll let you know how it goes.
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