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Only in Arkansas

I love this state.  I really do.  I love the food and the food products as well.

My wife came home with this the other day.

Yes, its from Arkansas...

Alma to be exact.  We grilled out some ribs and gave it a shot.  As the label states, it is quite unique, although I suspect it's more of an acquired taste.  The rind gives it a little more "body" or thickness than I'm used to.   It was surprisingly smokey and sweet at the same time.  Perhaps "complex" is a better word than "unique".  I plan to try it on some brisket next.   Anybody tried this before?

Posted by Belly Boy on August 13, 2007 04:15 PM |

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I've never even seen the stuff. This is just another reason why I love this and all the AT blogs. I learn something every day!

Keep up the great work!

Posted by: Liberal and Proud [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 13, 2007 05:10 PM

Hm, I don't mean to be without a sense of adventure, but there's something about watermelon and barbeque sauce that doesn't belong together. I get the whole watermelon-at-a-barbeque idea, of course, but infusing something as sweet as watermelon into something as smoky as barbeque sauce seems just... wrong. What a weird marriage of flavors.

Posted by: JenJens [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 14, 2007 09:55 AM

This same outfit also produces Old South Tomolives, which are little pickled green tomatoes, about the size of a large olive. The Tomolives are great in a Martini. Hard to find in the grocery stores, but they have them at Neighborhood Liquor on Camp Robinson Rd. in NLR, next to Hogg's Meat Market

Posted by: MysteryShopper [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 16, 2007 04:00 PM

I think I would like this product line. Where did the BB family find it? Any chance it's to be had outside Little Rock? (Lord, I am getting old, because a trip across the river is seeming more and more like a trip across the country.)

BB: My wife picked it up at the Gifts of Arkansas store at 123 East Markham. I haven't been there so I don't know what else they have.

Posted by: Belinda [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 18, 2007 01:00 AM

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