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Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in the Red Queen's Race...

Smokin'

By Janet Evans
Saturday, Sep 20 2008, 08:06 PM



Hungry for some good barbeque?

I had some today.

I visited " The Big Pig Gig” in Menomonee Falls (street parking).

And yes, what we had was good.

One pork shoulder sandwich was really outstanding (Barbeque Company).

Brisket sandwich and pulled pork (on a Tennessee Taco) really good (Florida Skin and Bones).

All I have to say is, “Oink.”

One place, Florida Skin and Bones, is going to leave with a Brinks truck following them home.  If you ever wanted to test the theory of whether people will go somewhere just because there’s a line in front of a place …it’s true.  It didn’t matter if the food was good or not.  Because the place had a line…people got in it.  The place has 20 trophies out in front of it and maybe that is what attracted people there in the first place…but seriously, a line makes people believe that the food is better than the rest.  It was no better that some of the other establishments.

The bad?  Just two minor things.

Pricey…and you have to buy “tokens, ”  not tickets.  Whoever came up with that concept…making the customer carry around tokens rather than tickets…..well, duh.

And the only brand of soda is Sprecher.  No Coke or Pepsi products.  If you don’t want a beer…and aren’t in the mood for a root beer, somehow a Sprecher product doesn’t do it for you.

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Comments

Scott Thinnes   

We jumped on the bikes with a bunch of friends and went to this event last year.

The bads we found...

the lines for food were a mile long and took forever...

...and then when you got to the front, they were out of half of the menu items.

We didn't go this year.

September 20, 2008 9:27 PM

Scott Thinnes   

Want to go to a good event...

www.turkey-testicle-festival.com

...second Saturday in October - Byron, Illinois... in the shade of the Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Towers.

I see the website hasn't been updated from last year yet. If you visit the site you need to click on, and listen to, the promotional song - upper right area of the homepage.

A real culinary yes-yes????

September 20, 2008 9:35 PM

Janet Evans   

Scott,

Was that a Sunday last year?  Just curious.  I guess BBQ is a difficult item to work with when you can't plan on the amount of a crowd...it's not an instant food item.  It takes a long time to cook it.  This is their second year...maybe they have a better handle on the numbers to expect.

We only had to wait in one line...and it was like I said..it appeared it was just because it was "the line to be in."  But that doesn't mean it will be that way Sunday.

Ahem...

Nice Song...catchy tune.  

I suppose I never even thought about turkeys having testicles.  Sheesh.  Thanks for the early Thanksgiving moment.

September 20, 2008 9:50 PM

Scott Thinnes   

How perceptive. Yes it was on Sunday last year. And somewhat late in the day. I think we really went there to hear The Guess Who or someone like that.

I hate crowds and don't like waiting in lines. We had ice cream at the BBQ.

As for the turkeys; yeah they do... under their wings I understand.

Tastes just like chicken, or so I'm told. I'll stick with the cranberries.

September 20, 2008 10:52 PM

Janet Evans   

You know, I may have to check out that packet of turkey gizzard and parts a little more closely from now on.

September 21, 2008 11:49 AM

fvkeller   

Why can't Franklin have a festival like this with a snappy theme song?

"Have a 'ball' down at the Turkey Testicle Festival."

"There's always a couple if 'nuts' around..."

September 22, 2008 7:22 AM

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