Front Porch Pickin’: Live Music and BBQ at Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ. Good folks and the community came together for the sounds of harmony and the best BBQ in Montana.
Barbecue is definitely one of my favorite types of food. I mean, come on! Tender meat that’s been smoked or grilled covered in sweet or spicy sauce served with countless indulgent sides such as mac & cheese, beans, and cornbread. You can’t get much better than that, right? Barbecue is quintessentially American, with deep roots, especially in the culture of the South. BBQ also has a ton of variety, preparations, and styles that largely depend on the region.
In Kansas City, the BBQ sauce is made from tomato sauce or ketchup, sugars, vinegar, and other spices that make it sweet and smoky. A wide variety of meats, including beef, pork, and lamb, are usually smoked with a dry rub and served with sauce and french fries. Parts of South Carolina and North Carolina make barbecue sauce with a yellow mustard base, vinegar, sugar, and other spices that make for a tangy sauce. Carolina BBQ tends to be pork, served pulled, shredded, or chopped, that is rubbed with a spice mix before smoking over a hardwood such as oak or hickory. In parts of Alabama, a unique white barbecue sauce with a mayo base is used primarily on chicken, while areas of Texas focus heavily on the cooking techniques of the meat, directly cooking goat, mutton, and beef over mesquite. Other unique styles come from Hawaii, St. Louis, Georgia, and Oklahoma.
But barbecue is more than just food. It’s a social and cultural activity that is best experienced with other people; hence, communal tables are set up at many barbecue joints across the US, including out in Emigrant, at the best barbecue joint in Montana, Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ.
The twins and I drove out to Emigrant on Thursday night for food and music. I had written about the Front Porch Pickin’ Live Music & BBQ that Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ was hosting earlier in the week, and like most of the Weekly Happenings I suggest folks attend, I actually went and wrote about the event. That’s called local news. This event was a winner, hands down.
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