wittdog said:
Did I miss the Breakfast pics?
No, breakfast today was the tail-end of a loaf of apple "bread" (more like cake -- made from an "Amish Friendship Bread" starter), then we did some last-minute errands, and then we started for Florida on the bikes. Because of our late start, we only made it as far as Danville VA.
Across the road from our motel parking lot, I saw a little white and red sign ...
... that identifies a Q joint we bypassed on our 2007 bbq tour (because we had eaten too recently) -- Short Sugar's Bar-B-Q in Danville is a VA annex to the Reidsville NC original.
I ordered the chopped pork plate with hot tangy slaw, fries and hush puppies. Actually, the only choice was regular or tangy slaw. Jody ordered bbq salad with pulled pork. (It sounds kind of out-of-place for a Q joint to serve something called bbq salad, doesn't it? :? )
The "Sugar" in the name struck us as appropriate, because sweetness was the common flavor thread. The unusual hush-donuts were the sweetest, a little more sweet than I like in hush puppies, but still worth eating. The slaw was really tasty, with the advertised heat (mild) and tang, plus a bit of sweetness. I appreciated how well the chopped cabbage stayed together on the fork. The sauce is a thin, dark, vinegar-base sauce with little taste of vinegar, no discernible pepper, and, you guessed it, a bit of sweetness. Against my standard of comparison, Scott's, it had virtually no flavor. I used Texas Pete to perk up the pork (and even Texas Pete has a touch of sweetness). The pork was a little dry on top, as if it had spent a minute or two under infra-red, but once it was mixed together it was pretty good. No sauce at all from the kitchen.
Not a top-tier experience but not bad. I'd go back. In fact, I'll plan to stop at the Reidsville restaurant sometime when I can get there around mealtime.
--John
(I'm not sure, have I hijacked my own thread?
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