It was nearly lunchtime, and I wanted a BBQ. I was also in Kroger’s and knew exactly what to do. I went back to the prepared foods section and crossed my fingers, hoping to find some Doughtie’s BBQ. It was there and within the hour I was eating BBQ you would normally only find in Eastern North Carolina. Doughtie’s is whole-hog BBQ with a little smokiness mixed in with the pork, vinegar, and … [Read more...]

Aldi’s had rack of lamb on sale at $9.99 a pound. I immediately penciled it in for dinner that night. But I knew Aldi’s wouldn’t have mint jelly, so I first went to Kroger’s, but Kroger’s didn’t have mint jelly. Damn! Now I’d have to go to Food Lion and hope they had mint jelly. Nancy had asked a for a bag of mandarins (I think they call them Halo’s). They were $4.48 a bag a … [Read more...]