Posted on 02/23/2005 8:23:34 PM PST by quidnunc
If there's one thing Americans won't abide in a White House chef, it's rude behavior. And acting snooty with First Lady Laura Bush over her tastes is just about as rude as it gets.
"We've been trying to find a way to satisfy the first lady's stylistic requirements, and it has been difficult. Basically, I was not successful in my attempt," Walter Scheib III was quoted as saying, snootily, just after he was fired.
Scheib Three said he would soon get a new job. "I'm not going to be running the local pancake house," he said, his nose in the air.
He's lucky he wasn't whomped with a thick stick for such uppity talk. Well, Mr. Jobless Fancy Pants Chef, guess what? Without a job, guess what?
Ribs and pancakes are American foods. And like most real Americans, the Bushes love barbecue.
Obviously, what's needed at the White House is someone happy to smoke a mess of ribs and brisket for hundreds of foreign potentates at those fancy state dinners.
And I've got two candidates from Chicago. Those who truly know barbecue bow down at the mere mention of their names.
Gary Wiviott is the Doctor of Ribs and the Professor of Brisket, who has graciously offered to help teach me the mysterious art of making slow cooked ribs in the back yard this summer.
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Uh-oh, you are in trouble now, if Cornpone finds this thread!!!
We had a thread going the other night about a suitable chef for the White House, and Cornpone posted quite a bit and he made the thread mighty, INTERESTING doncha know!!!
Ha-hhaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
OK Freepers. Post your favorite BBQ place
BBQ Tex's
1013 Foster Ave
Nashville, TN 37210-4403
Zimmerhanzel's---Smithville, TX
The President can eat all the Texas cooking he wants but if anyone wants the best BBQ Ribs in the country, go to The Silo in Lake Bluff, Illinois and tell then Gene sent you...I'll gare-en-damn-tea-hit.
Louis Mueller's - Taylor, TX
Bubba's BBQ- Charlotte NC
No, I still haven't gone to the Swinging Door.........
Never been to a BBQ place I didn't like.
Angelo's Fort Worth, TX
http://www.angelosbbq.com
"Texas BBQ is over cooked, over hyped and tasteless crap. Pounding the hell out of a 15 year old stud bull and boiling it and pouring sauce on it only makes chicken fried steak look appetizing..."
Kreuz Market, Lockhart, TX
Never used sauce, never will, says sauce is only good for hiding mistakes.
Can your place say the same?
If I could try out for the job, I'd win hands-down over any restaurateur. But my children would have to be assured private Christian school attendance ;))
Pizza. The Silo has pizza... Go to Kansas City for BBQ.
Why?
Is Charlie Nickens gone?
As long as you're going to Lockhart, try Black's and Chisholm Trail too. I believe all three are ranked in the Texas top 5.
BBQ Ping!
pennies in st louis.
PORK STEAKS, it's a st louis thing bq pork steaks
ooooooooh yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
I live in New York City.
I've killed 6 packs just to watch them die, but I'd keel a man just to find a damn fine bbq place.
Been to Black's, too, and Smitty's (Kreuz' original location - same family; there was a bit of a row some years back).
Never been to Chisholm Trail - I dunno, I've heard good things about it, but a BBQ joint with a salad bar?
Cooper's in Llano and Round Rock are first-rate as well - Pres. Bush has been a frequent guest...
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