Mechanicsville is no bigger than a minute, but it can claim both the Surgeon General of the United States and the House Majority Leader as native sons.  Pretty tall cotton — or tobacco.  That’s what they used to grow in Southern Maryland.  Now the tobacco is gone and the farmers are growing subdivisions.  But Mechanicsville is largely untouched by the Washington excrescence.  It’s still just … Continue reading Smokehouse BBQ Shack, Mechanicsville, Maryland

Do you like ribs?  Of course you do.  Here are what may be the best ribs in the Washington, DC, area. My search for places in DC, Maryland, and Virginia that cook only with wood took Nancy The Real Trooper and me to Upper Marlboro, way on the other side of the metro area, to Rolling Rib Part II for lunch on a hot, sunny day. … Continue reading Rolling Rib Part II, Upper Marlboro, Maryland