tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3600721619052026864..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: ‘Food Americana’ has the goodies we loveNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90531339464332773612021-08-28T13:07:56.371-05:002021-08-28T13:07:56.371-05:00I first met Hecky when he ran for political office...I first met Hecky when he ran for political office in Evanston...either mayor or alderman. He lost. He had stands at street fairs in my neighborhood. I ate those turkey legs, too. But it was the sauce that got to me. <br /><br />After he died, we couldn't find it in Cleveland, but my wife bought some online. Then she wrapped the bottles and turned them into Christmas presents. She knows what I like.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91874356184958223722021-08-28T04:59:49.253-05:002021-08-28T04:59:49.253-05:00Sure. I think of getting big BBQ turkey legs there...Sure. I think of getting big BBQ turkey legs there. I've gone a few times over the years. A solid spot, but not someplace I loved.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31162923395644925242021-08-28T03:01:16.651-05:002021-08-28T03:01:16.651-05:00Mr. S, did you ever go to Hecky's BBQ during y...Mr. S, did you ever go to Hecky's BBQ during your Evanston days?<br /><br />I knew Hecky Powell, although I hadn’t seen him in decades. He owned the rib joint on Green Bay Road. When you drove past it, you passed through a cloud of magical smoke. <br /><br />And his Loozianna rib sauce was bottled and sold throughout the country for many years. The motto on the label reads: "It's the sauce!" The recipe came from his New Orleans mom. I have some in my fridge right now. Smeared it on my chicken last night. Best sauce on the planet.<br /> <br />When Hecky passed away last year, at 71, his obituary appeared in the New York Times, and other newspapers. His death was national news. Still another widely-known Plague victim. There have been so many.<br /><br />He put a sign in his rib joint: "No mask, no sauce!" <br />It wasn't enough. He died anyway.<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59109293784827439672021-08-27T11:56:01.688-05:002021-08-27T11:56:01.688-05:00My mother served us spaghetti with Campbell's ...My mother served us spaghetti with Campbell's Tomato Soup as a super simple sauce. To this day, that seems the right and proper way, while fancy dancy sauces with bits of meat and peppers, tons of spices, and much more sodium than I'm allowed to even contemplate seem extreme, overdone and unnecessary.<br /><br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com