Comments on DOS HERMANOS: GO EVERYWHERE, EAT EVERYTHING: STROUD'S: FRIED CHICKEN DOWN HOME STYLE IN KANSAS ...

"Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, Kansas. OK, well...

2009-10-02T16:18:40.571+01:00

"Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, Kansas. OK, well I am back now and to be perfectly clear, I am in Kansas City, MO. Got it? "

OK? That'll be Oklahoma, then?

"The sort of place that many Americans are often s...

2009-10-02T10:37:20.079+01:00

"The sort of place that many Americans are often snobbish about or even worse apologetic about."

In my experience, Americans who love food are often rightfully proud of their local specialties (and will not only say so to visitors but also debate the finer points among themselves). Ever ask a New Yorker about the best slice or best bagel in town?

Paulie - your hosts couldn't have been so snobbish about the ribs if they'd bothered taking you to that restaurant in the first place, no? Perhaps your hosts incredulous that you thought the ribs were *that* good because they'd had better elsewhere?

What's in the bowls in yr main pic? one is the gre...

2009-10-02T10:10:08.545+01:00

What's in the bowls in yr main pic?
one is the green beans;another apple sauce(for the pork?);the white one is mashed potatoes?;and the 4th is????????
Glad to get a post from you stateside ...hope the bbq goes well.

I concur entirely with your dismay at the snobbery...

2009-10-01T23:01:05.985+01:00

I concur entirely with your dismay at the snobbery of some Americans to some of their best food. I recently had a rack of ribs at a bbq place in Austin and half way through pronounced it to be amongst the best plates of food I had ever eated, to the incredulity of my hosts.

What a fascinating post! I adore fried chicken, re...

2009-10-01T16:31:21.584+01:00

What a fascinating post! I adore fried chicken, reading this is making me salivate like a butcher's dog. You're so lucky, I wish they had places like this in London....