24 August Program
Tommy Moore
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Eastern NC Barbecue
Wow! What a great program. Take notes as the secrets are revealed about one of Eastern NC’s epicurean delights…barbecue. Your editor is a foodie who enjoys pouring over websites, TV programs and magazines which divulge the secrets of good eats. And who doesn’t like the tangy, spicy barbecue prepared by Tommy Moore, premier Barbecuist on the East Coast of the USA.
Tommy, as we all know, is the owner of Moore’s Old Tyme Barbecue. He has 37 years of working in the family barbecue business. Tommy’s father, Big John, began the business in 1945. So Tommy had some “big shoes” to fill. Tommy attributes his business acumen to the school of hard knocks. He has a wife and two children.
So noteworthy is Moore’s Barbecue that Bob Garner noted in the 2002 Guide to North Carolina Barbecue “All of the foods I ordered went together extraordinarily well, creating a perfect balance of tastes.” In addition, Moore’s was also named in Garner’s 1988 Guide to the 100 Best Barbecue Places in America.
With wry humor Tommy acknowledges his hobbies are working and paying taxes on five houses.
FYI Update from the RI Website…
There is an easy way for donors in North America to contribute to The Rotary Foundation. By enrolling in TRF-DIRECT, you can automatically transfer funds electronically from your checking, savings, or credit card accounts to the Foundation. (Canadians can enroll here.)
Once enrolled, you can choose whether to give to the Annual Programs Fund (to support the Every Rotarian, Every Year initiative) or PolioPlus (to support Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge). You no longer need to remember when to make your contributions. All transactions through TRF-DIRECT are secure and will eliminate the worry of checks getting lost in the mail.
One tax receipt is issued at the end of the calendar year for easy accounting. All contributions count toward Paul Harris Fellow and Major Donor recognition. Annual Programs Fund contributions count toward Sustaining Member recognition.
Vertical Farming?
Since Pamlico County is rural and essentially a farming and fishing community, I couldn’t resist sharing this excerpt from an op-ed from today’s New York Times. The piece touches on themes consistent with Rotary International’s concerns, sustainable food and water for the world’s population.
If climate change and population growth progress at their current pace, in roughly 50 years farming as we know it will no longer exist. .. the majority of people could soon be without enough food or water. But there is a solution that is surprisingly within reach: Move most farming into cities, and grow crops in tall, specially constructed buildings. It’s called vertical farming. Food production would take advantage of hydroponic and aeroponic technologies. Both methods are soil-free. Hydroponics allows us to grow plants in a water-and-nutrient solution, while aeroponics grows them in a nutrient-laden mist. These methods use far less water than conventional cultivation techniques, in some cases as much as 90 percent less. Now apply the vertical farm concept to countries that are water-challenged — the Middle East readily comes to mind — and suddenly things look less hopeless. For this reason the world’s very first vertical farm may be established there, although the idea has garnered considerable interest from architects and governments all over the world. (Dickson D. Despommier, professor of public health at Columbia University.)
Not one to sit on the sidelines when a prosperous venture could be in the offing, Jim Morris submitted this classified.
For sale…one Brett Favre bobblehead doll. Great condition, comes with N.Y. Jets and Minnesota Viking accessories. Could become collector’s item if Brett retires and returns again. Call Jim Morris, 249-1756.
