Alumni of Ole Miss and Mississippi State often taste the warm memory of barbecue. Nancy Dorman-Hickson recalls dining at The Little Dooey in Starkville, Mississippi. From his Ole Miss days, Foods Editor Scott Jones fondly remembers the BBQ Sundae served at the Rebel Barn BBQ in Oxford. An entrée, not dessert, the sundae layers pork, slaw, and baked beans, all covered in thick, sweet red sauce.
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Mississippi Barbecue Napkins
To clean sticky sauce from your hands, pick and tear a few sassafras leaves, which release a citrus-like aroma, and rub them all over your hands. Tom Pharr, co-owner of Anchuca Mansion & Inn in Vicksburg, found the leaves to be a convenient cleanser when he attended the annual Redbone United Methodist Church reunion. "They are good for barbecue sauce and chicken grease," he reports.
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