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Serving Up an N.C. Treat in San Francisco
Sometimes, if you want something done including a few Northerners who’d never
right, you’ve got to teach your caterer before eaten a hushpuppy — Eason created
how to make hushpuppies. a Tar Heel trivia contest. Ten questions were
“Five years ago, we gave [the caterer] read off by Joel Brinkley ’ 75, a former for-some authentic North Carolina recipes to eign correspondent for The New York Times
follow,” said Ellen Eason ’ 79, a coordinator and member of the GAA Board of
of the San Francisco Bay Area Carolina Directors who now is a journalism profes-Club’s annual barbecue picnic, held Sept. 8 sor at Stanford University.
at Huddart Park. “We’re the only group he “Nobody knew the origin of the
makes hushpuppies for.” school’s colors or that the Old Well was
PHOTOS BY HENRY EASON
This year’s picnic drew 65 graduates, modeled after the Temple of Love at As the San Francisco club’s caterer keeps the North
spanning class years from 1957 to 2007, to a Versailles,” Eason said. ■ Carolina-style barbecue coming, Jayne Booker, left, enjoys a
hushpuppy — not an easy thing to get in the city by the bay.
peninsula overlook with the smell of the — Stephanie Newton Below, Tar Heels mingle.
down-home delicacy.
To break the ice among those present —
While perfecting the dough balls and the
pulled pork has been a process of trial and
error for the chef, Eason said the group has
discussed the eastern vs. western sauce
debate and is happy with the recipe to date.
“One year, a man brought his own Texas
Pete because he didn’t think it was hot
enough,” Eason said. “But this year he
thought it was great.”
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