This nearly October day was the perfect one to have barbecue chicken for lunch at the edge of a pasture in South Texas. The chicken was cooked to perfection over mesquite at McBee's BBQ in Jourdanton. The skin was crisp, the meat falling-off-the-bone tender while not too dry. The dry rub on the chicken was so good that you didn't miss sauce, or at least I didn't.
For dessert there was what is without a doubt one of the oldest barbed wire fences in the area. This one probably dates from about 1889 or so. It has been rebuilt by adding some new strands of wire and steel tee posts to replace the mesquite posts that either rotted to dust or were eaten up by insects. The older wire has nearly rusted away in the last 124 years, but is still at least showing up.
Amazingly, there are still few mesquite posts standing - not many, though.
(Actually, the case was full of assorted meats at McBee's today: brisket, ribs, fajitas, turkey, sausage, and chicken. It wasn't all just sausage and chicken as you might think from this photo taken there on another day. Half a chicken came to a little over four dollars, including sales tax.)
So, as you can see, it was exactly like Michigan or Cape Cod, only without the Cod and without the Motor City.
It's breakfast time here and you are making me want some BBQ.
Looks good Kent. Both the food and the pictures.
One of these days I am going to have to come and work with you for a day or two, just for the experience.
Someone else likes McBee's Q
Couple of cars from the local constabulary staff in the lot.
Must be some good bird. B-)
Great Story Kent
I could almost taste it as I read it. I felt the warm sun and the sharp sting of the barbs. The illustrations were heartwarming but I'm left wanting more story.
Someone else likes McBee's Q
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Minor point of correction : I actually bought that chicken at McBee's in Pleasanton a few miles away. Sorry for the confusion. The Pleasanton restaurant is basically a shack, but the meat is consistently better there, which is a tribute to the guy who tends the pits as they appear to be otherwise identical at both places and both with a giant pile of mesquite wood at the ready.
Sorry Kent-
When you come here to expand your lungs on good Canadian air you'll get delicious cheese and pickle and peanut butter and honey sandwiches hand crafted by SWMBO.
Hot food at lunch is a sleep inducer in North Aboyne.
Cheers,
Derek
Need more of these Trillenesque 'survey' postings.:-P