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"The Best Thing I Ever Ate for Thanksgiving"
Posted Monday, November 30, 2009, at 8:05 AM
Maribeth Ward, Reporter, Greencastle IN Banner-Graphic
The best thing I ever ate for Thanksgiving wasn't your traditional turkey, potatoes and stuffing. It wasn't pumpkin pie or green bean casserole--no, not even sweet potatoes or grandma's homemade
rolls.
This year it was barbeque baby back ribs from my favorite rib joint in the world--Bennett's in Gatlinburg.
They had a traditional buffet with all the usual expected holiday goodies. But, when you go to Bennett's you go for barbeque and that's what my husband and I had.
We didn't care that almost everyone around us was munching down on turkey and all the fixings. We came for that hickory smoked flavor and I don't mean in a turkey (although they had that too).
You can get turkey any old time--but only when you are in Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge Tennessee can you find the most delectable perfectly cooked baby back ribs and pulled pork.
This holiday I am thankful for all the traditional things--family, friends, health--and, we celebrated the traditional way the Saturday before. But I am especially thankful for the baby back
ribs at Bennett's Barbeque in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on the Little Pigeon River and that I could share them with my husband in a little log cabin on the ridge of a mountain in one of the most beautiful places in the
world.
I brought some home so if you hurry, you might get a bone or two...
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