Starling Travel » Tennessee http://www.starling-travel.com Travel on the cheap! Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Mothership BBQ in Nashville, Tennessee http://www.starling-travel.com/2006/07/06/mothership-bbq-in-nashville-tennessee/ http://www.starling-travel.com/2006/07/06/mothership-bbq-in-nashville-tennessee/#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:00:50 +0000 Laura Moncur http://www.starling-travel.com/?p=149 Mothership BBQ in Nashville, TennesseeJim Reams wrote a weblog of his own for years. When he decided to open his BBQ restaurant, he announced it on his weblog. Opening day he had a crowd of fifty readers at the door. See this video of Jim describing the Nashville style of BBQ and his business.

You can read Jim’s weblog here:

BBQ is a fierce competition in the United States:

“Texas does beef. Tennesse does pork.”

With so much contention in the world, I actually feel a happy comfort with the idea that Texas and Tennessee think they understand BBQ. It’s when the Mormons learn how to BBQ green Jello that the fighting will turn ugly.

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Next time you are traveling, bring along a notebook and record your thoughts about the places you see. Having a record of your journeys will let you relive your trip over and over.

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