Good morning to you all, and God Bless everybody!
Well, yesterday Deb and I took a little “our time,” and went to a barbeque cook and contest here in Haines City. This is called, “Ribs on the Ridge.”
To be honest, we both were quite surprised at the amount of contestants, AND the number of people in attendance. But to be honest, it’s not surprising when you’re talkin the South…and barbeque. We both had a good time and it was a nice little outin.
My cousin Vince was in the cook, so we went over to his setup and hung out a while, visited, and…sampled?? Vince is who did the cookin for Deb’s bash she had a month or so back. As bad as I hate to admit it, that scoundrel can cook! He found his callin, and by his doin so, dern if we don’t try to “hang out” with him bout every chance we get! LOL!
We did see him prior to his “cookin days,” just not as often! Vince’s team is called, “Hog Jim’s,” after his Grandfather. Before Deb and I left, I’d been hung with the handle… “Hog Dub!”
I told Deb that I’d never even met Vince’s Grandfather! She then informed me that Vince’s Granddaddy’s nickname had absolutely NO BEARING whatsoever in the reasoning behind why they were callin me that!
For the life of me… I still “don’t get it??” Deb tells me that it’s better “I don’t…get it!”
For you guys who aren’t familiar, there’s four categories you enter. I believe at this contest you do the chicken first, this was at 11:00 am., then that’s followed up with ribs, then pork, and last is brisket. All are taken to be judged at 1 hour intervals.
The judging results aren’t until 5 in the afternoon, so Deb and I missed that, so we’ll call Vince today to see how he did.
We had a good time with Vince, Sandi, Tom, and Vince’s brother Dale. Then Dale dropped by our place and dropped us off a tomato magazine. Good night a livin, Deb and I had no earthly idea there were so many varieties…it is amazing!
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‘Ridin Out The Recession With Dub and Deb in “Miz Judi’s Kitchen’!
Note to Readers: There are a few things that Dub doesn’t know but one thing he does know is that the word ‘Riding’ (as in Riding Out the Recession) is spelled with a ‘g’ at the end. But Dub not only walks the walk, but speaks like he is: down home, true blue, and plain speakin’ country folk.
Dub and Deb are both native Floridians, live in Central Florida, and run a small business as well. They have five children, and seven grandchildren.
Both love to cook, love to laugh, grow a garden, and generally try to “aggravate” most anyone around them basically…all in good fun, of course!
