nobody asked…

UPDATE: February 20, 2007, 5:05 PM CST

Fiona’s question in her comment got me to thinking. Just what the hell is a butt as used in the context of the truck-side advertising? I still don’t know, but I think it is a particular cut of meat. I’ve heard of butt roasts, not to be confused with someone’s butt getting roasted. A quick search turned up the web presence of Pig & Pie, which is an eatery located at Bellevue Center Mall in West Nashville. Reading their history, I was delighted to find that it is owned and operated by members of the Hamilton family that owned and operated The Hut in Jackson, TN, for many years. As a kid growing up in rural West Tennessee, the highlight of many of our family’s shopping trips to Jackson was eating at The Hut before heading back home. Gotta give this one a try soon! Maybe someone there can explain to me what a butt really is… WR

==============Walking through the Franklin town square for the Dickens of a Christmas Street Fair in December, this truck caught my eye … for obvious reasons. Being the Dirty Old Man that I am, I was disappointed when my investigation revealed, not a butt to make my mouth water, but a butt to make my mouth water… Know what I mean, Vern?

Having already consumed my allotment of calories for the week (fresh roasted almonds and chestnuts, warm cider, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Starbucks latte, assorted junk food) I declined to sample a real butt. Butt if they are back for the next street fair, gotta give it a go, mate…