BBQ pits in archaeological studies
In a first conversation with Virginia BBQ Scholar Joseph Haynes, he shared with me how a BBQ pit was found during an archaeological excavation at James Madison Montpelier, when I described how the pit walls for an earth dug pit, get like plaster or brick after a bbq cook. I thought this was pretty interesting, but I would not have thought initially an earth dug pit would last over 100 years with discernable evidence which I overlooked in Haynes’ book. After thinking about
True South Carolina Hash is Liver & Lights Hogs Head Hash
For several years, South Carolina Hash has been popping up on some bbq restaurants that have opened up in the past 10 years. It has been on small mom and pop bbq restaurants across South Carolina, but the best hash I had growing up was made by people in my community and church, one of which was Ms. Julia Mae Chapman. However, I believe it is important at this time to define what is Hash in South Carolina, and it is not corn beef hash. I would loosely define hash as a meat g
