
{"id":3871,"date":"2008-11-13T07:46:55","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2008-11-13T07:46:55","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T15:46:55","slug":"the-eater-111308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/11\/13\/the-eater-111308\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eater 11\/13\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/mimes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/mimes2-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Kirk Ross. 3Cups got several people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention last Friday after unleashing a small army of brightly festooned mimes \u00e2\u20ac\u201d OK there were only two of them \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to let folks know they were open.\" title=\"mimes2\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" align=\"left\" size-medium wp-image-3872\" \/><\/a><strong>(!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whilst sitting around the newspaper office on a sleepy Friday afternoon, this reporter and contributing editor Taylor Sisk were suddenly and without warning descended upon by mimes.<br \/>\nNot sure if we would survive, we quickly handed out the cameras to document what was to come.<br \/>\nThough fearsome, we quickly learned the pair \u00e2\u20ac\u201c dressed in brightly colored overalls and performing acts of juggling and the balancing a long stem rose at nosepoint \u00e2\u20ac\u201c were there to announce the opening of 3Cups\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 new digs down on Elliott Road.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWe are happy to report that both Citizen employees emerged unscarred and are looking forward to the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCups\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 schedule of events. In November, that includes a discussion on making great burgundy and tasting with winemaker Philippe Colin; a visit by Phoebe Lawless of Scratch Baking, who will lead a talk on wine and pie; and a meet-and-greet with chutneyist April McGregor, aka Farmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Daughter. 3cups.net for details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grape Hull among the greats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the culinary work of April McGregor, the oddly but aptly titled Garden &#038; Gun Magazine (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Soul of the New South\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) proclaimed her Muscadine Meringue Tartlette among the 100 foods in the South one simply must sample. McGregor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s was the only dish in the Triangle singled out in the article. The two next closest to us were buttermilk biscuits at the Biscuitville in Greensboro and the pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch in Mt. Airy. The story is on the web now at gardenandgun.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowl of boil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Word is you might want to get there early for the Frogmore Stew Jack Whitebread is cooking up at Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on Thursday starting at 4 p.m. The stew, said to have been originally concocted in the Frogmore community on St. Helena\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s island, is a seasonal, low-country boil made with potatoes, shrimp, corn on the cob and sausage. Having sampled this particular version before, The Eater recommends this dish highly. Note: Does not include actual frogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More election results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Neals have added a new menu item in celebration of the recent presidential election. The Obama dog is basically a Chicago-style dog (they take them seriously dere in d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Region) with a little Hawaii thrown into the mix. Yes, that means pineapple; minced Dole, perhaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-land-and-table"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3873,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions\/3873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}