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Ärende: midwest trip - bbq 836
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Next day, the first order of business was World Famous Joe's
KC, formerly known as Oklahoma Joe's but renamed when the
original Oklahoma Joe went off to Oklahoma or someplace like
that. We got there at 10:30 only to find people already
inside. They actually let us in half an hour early in
contrast to the old way, when they unlocked the door right
on the hour. They didn't take orders until just before 11.
Lilli and I split a burnt ends lunch plate. which came
with one side; we chose beans and rice. The meat was as
before exemplary - perhaps even better than in years past,
because back then they used to presauce it heavily, which
masked the goodness of the meat. This way Lilli got to add
ladylike little dabs of the regular (which to me tastes more
like syrup than sauce), and I could add lashings of the hot,
to my own specifications. Yay! The beans and rice had a
strong celery-bouillon flavor but were otherwise pretty
decent with a good but not overwhelming hit of heat. Someone
(Bryan?) offered me a taste of the onion rings, which were
done in fresh fat (it was the beginning of the day). By the
time we left around 11:30, the line was out the door the way
we remembered.

Next stop - Danny Edwards, not my favorite place, but people
like the burnt ends and the smiley staff at the counter.

Things are different now. It's a sort of uneasy hybrid of
Q joint and sitdown restaurant. We were shown to a long
table at the end but allowed to order piecemeal as we
arrived (which we did in dribs and drabs).

Lilli and I were still digesting so didn't order any meat
(as I said, this is really not one of my faves) but had
drinks, mostly Boulevard amber; also I got side orders to
taste of jambalaya and spicy beans. The jambalaya was like
nothing I'd ever seen before - gray mush, the rice grains
long exploded, and a texture similar to elementary school
paste. The flavor, though, was terrific. I sent the cup
around for people to sample, which few, put off by the
amazing appearance, did. I was glad to find the cup still
mostly full when I got it back. Rob, our native scout, says
that the beans are the best in town. They are only slightly
sweet, very peppery, with abundant doses of both bell and
jalapeno pepper: they are in fact quite good, and when I
sent them along for tastes, a fair amount of them went away.

We got samples of others' orders of burnt ends and brisket -
the former, tender enough this time, had a funny reheated
flavor, and the brisket, though respectable, was nothing you
couldn't get better of all over town. Some people got ribs
and found them pretty decent. But on the whole I think that
most of us would rather go back to LC's or Bryant's or maybe
the Woodyard instead next year.

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