Really though, the food was totally delicious. The thing is, though, I don't know how much of that was down to my amazing cooking skills. I turn meat like you wouldn't believe. I feel like brisket needs a lot longer to cook properly than 10 minutes on a gas hob, but I tried to ask for help only to slam hopelessly into the language barrier I often hit, this time one step further removed. Throwing caution to the wind, I simply ate all the meat in front of me, and then upon returning home went to bed at 5 p.m.
'In Britain, we treat each other with a lingering sense of suspicion, and if someone tries to talk to one of us, we normally take it to mean they are either insane or want something'.
Absolutely true for where you hail from and absolutely false for the North and Scotland. Don't tar us all with the same brush, you fat wanker.
Gavin, keep on keeping on..I very much enjoy hearing about the Great State through the eyes of a Englishman. You need to head down to Lockhart,Tx and trudge through Black's, Smitty's and Kreuz..maybe stop by Franklins on the way back. (Franklins is the finest brisket I've ever had, and I've had a large herd of brisket inhabite me intestines over the eons.)
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Please don't tell us your middle name is Ray or Wayne, because that picture is, well... unsettling.
Gavin Ray Cleaver? Very catchy - in a serial killer sort of fashion. (The actual cleaver is a nice touch, though. Very cheeky.)
Keep up the good work, and good call on the idea to review BBQ as a novice. It's fun to get a look at our culture from your POV.
Keep it up, sir! I get a hearty laugh and amusement out of your posts. And I'm usually in complete agreement. Love it.
@nickrallo I hope as the architect of this insanity you are proud of yourself... you've collectively lowered Dallas' IQ
@DallasLockhart though I expected @EnglishmanInBBQ to look more like Hugh grant and less like @gordonkeith
@rusty_shackles @jessnevins @jason1749 Rusty are you down for this, I have a four-door sedan and can drive.
@jessnevins @rusty_shackles @jason1749 MABOT. MEAT AND BEER ORGY TOUR. Maybe it needs work I dunno
@jessnevins @rusty_shackles @jason1749 I am OK marking off a week next summer (or spring or fall or whatever) to do this.
@jessnevins @rusty_shackles @jason1749 We need a Meat & Beer Orgy Tour of Shiner, Dublin and Lockhart.
@jessnevins @rusty_shackles @jason1749 To be clear: it's Lockhart Smokehouse (with Lockhart sausage) IN DALLAS, not the town itself.
@rusty_shackles Lockhart is GREAT. I went there for the first time when @jason1749 is in town. Didn't get the sausage, stupidly.
@rusty_shackles Sonny Bryans is kind of inevitable if you live here, but yeah it's our go-to if we don't want to drive a lot.
As a fellow expat from the British Isles this had me nodding in agreement throughout. Perfectly said. Y'all here in Texas are just fuckin' brammer, by ra way.
You need to go to Odom's BBQ and try their ribs. There is one on Singleton Blvd in Dallas and one on Oriole Blvd in Duncanville. Great ribs and the best fully loaded baked potato.
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