Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
Sauces coat meat in many colors in Alabama. A light vinegar soaks the chopped pork at Whitt's Barbecue in Athens (with locations in Ardmore, Hartselle, Cullman, and Decatur as well), a drive-through with alfresco dining under a big hackberry tree. In Decatur Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q serves a tangy mayonnaise sauce that is excellent with chicken. Diners may also select Gibson's mild red sauce or the fiery vinegar, then douse the flames with cool cream pies. "Sometimes the pie is as important as the pig," says Travel Assistant Tanner Latham.
I guess I'm a purist and I don't use a lot of sauces. This meat is so moist I like just the pulled pork/turkey and slaw on the bun. The meat comes plain, you add the white or red sauce from the squeeze bottles on the table or they give you both w/ to-go orders.
I will sometimes put a few drops of Gibson's white sauce or red sauce on a sandwich, maybe a tablespoon on a potato. The potatoes are BIG, I've NEVER finished one at one sitting! I heard they buy them at a locally owned grocery, Holloway's, and I believe it after having one, or a half, at a friend's house.
Found Whitt's during a Christmas trip to Nashville/Opryland! Everyone was tired at dinner so looked in the phone book and there was a Whitts a couple of miles away! Kids/dad were very pleased when I came into the hotel rooms w/ a Whitt's bag. 2 kids can't read yet, but they know a Whitt's Family Pack when they see it, since we didn't have a kitchen for 2 months and Whitt's is on the way home from an after-school activity twice a week. They also know when it's 40 degrees outside and we go thru the Gibson's drive thru mom's getting some stew!
Also never been to a Dreamland except for the original! DH makes darn good ribs and it was always about the atmosphere to me. Dreamland Florence has closed, Dreamland Huntsville is open.