YourPalWill wrote:Now, that's a damn catering duo there, Doc. Norma Jean is one of the finest southern cooks in New York City as well as one of the nicest and most gracious people I have ever met. And, Ed, well, Ed's a pit legend though he ain't much of a business legend.

I had quite a bit of experience with Ed 10-12 years ago. But, I don't have any current contact info for him. I bet Norma Jean could help you out.

YourPalWill wrote:I had quite a bit of experience with Ed 10-12 years ago. But, I don't have any current contact info for him. I bet Norma Jean could help you out.

YourPalWill wrote:Be sure to try Ed Mitchell's. he does an outrageously good eatern NC whole style Hog.

Some of you know that I work for a bank handling troubled loans. About ten years ago, i was doing the same for a bank down in North Carolina and ed was one of the customers that I was working with. At the time, he had a really small operation and was having trouble paying us.

The word came down that I had to do the evil deed: hop on an airplane and go shut Ed down because he couln't pay. I arrived on the little US Air puddle jumper one afternoon and went to meet with Ed. During the course of our dour meeting, he offered me lunch from his steam table.

After sampling that Marvelous Que, I promptly returned to Charlotte, reported to my boss that there was nothing of substance there to liquidate, so we took a write off.

Ed and his marvelous que stayed in business for many years. He's become a bit of an institution over the past five years and is recongized as one of NC's best barbequers of whole hog.

I guess that's the day i really figured out that I was a real chowhound.