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23-JUN-2009	BARBARA MEREDITH

RAT CHEESE

SMOKY MOUNTAINS

I would hazard that it tastes like sushi.
We stopped because Ron and Jeannine needed gas in
the Harley. Barbie jumped out of the car
with my camera and took a photo of the sign across the street.
I didn't even notice it.
Glad someone's on the ball.

Nikon D70s
1/640s f/5.0 at 56.0mm iso200 full exif

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dan dunn		16-Jul-2009 23:27
Rat nice Larry!

chempilot		15-Jul-2009 23:50
mayonnaise make some good rat cheese! i personally have a bit too much "side meat." i need to find out if i can sell it leagally here in texas...

estralita		07-Jul-2009 13:24
Doesn't sound too good! Great find! LOL!

Char		06-Jul-2009 12:27
Hey Barbara, Unusual and interesting sign. I've heard of it but never had any. LOL at the comments.

Marcia Colelli		06-Jul-2009 01:13
Wow, that is an interesting sign, not sure I would have stopped

Barbara Meredith		06-Jul-2009 00:38
"Rat cheese" is similar to cheddar and also known in some parts of the country as Hoop Cheese.

caveman_lee		04-Jul-2009 17:03
Interesting and funny. A nice candid.

Cindi Smith		04-Jul-2009 05:05
Excellent shot, Barb and thanks for posting it, Larry! Hope you are having fun!!!

Jason Anderson		03-Jul-2009 23:26
Mmmm, cracklins. Maybe you have to rent a cabin on river to get sushi? As for rat cheese...I know nothing about it and I'm actually ok with that.

Bryan		03-Jul-2009 22:51
Nice shot. Where in the Smokey Mtns?? I've never heard of rat cheese.

Kate Walls		03-Jul-2009 18:13
I remember dad liking pork skins but not rat cheese. Now, I'll tell the homemade jellies and jams.

Barbara Meredith		03-Jul-2009 14:50
I'm not an expert on this (I'd rather have sushi!), but pork skins (called "pork rinds" in some parts of the U.S.) are pieces of pork skins fried in a deep vat. Then there are "cracklins," which are skins with a little of the fat still attached, also deep fried. They can be sold with lots of different seasonings. Former President Geoge Bush was a fan of pork rinds (no comment) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957107,00.html I'm sure this is more than anyone out there wanted to know on the subject!

Fong Lam		03-Jul-2009 11:32
I have sushi anytime....excellent shot, Barbara !!

John Cooper		03-Jul-2009 08:04
What is a "Fresh Pork skin" ? Never seen that in any shop here.

LeeG		03-Jul-2009 03:58
Can I just get a rat cheese and ham sammie to go, please? :O)

1moremile		03-Jul-2009 02:27
You want some lightning bread, too, with that? All right, then.

Barbara Meredith		03-Jul-2009 02:25
John-I love your word play! If you had happened upon my grandpa's house in the NC mountains, he might have told you, "Come on in and set a spell. Set yourself down in rat cheer rocker on the porch while I fetch you some rat cheese. You wont sweet milk or butter milk?" :)

Barbara Meredith		03-Jul-2009 02:12
Thank you, Hernan. Amazing--using Larry's camera in place of my little click and shoot--made the technical quality of my photos much better! :) P.S. Hope you are well.

jCross		03-Jul-2009 02:02
I understand that you can get rat cheese rat cheer. (southern joke)

Hernan E. Enriquez		03-Jul-2009 01:36
WOW!!!!!!Great shot Barbara!

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