The Belmont Bi-Rite's spaghetti won't impress an Italian too much; but it certainly will impress the hell out of anyone who grew up eating Southern-style spaghetti, like my sainted grandmother used to make.
My Granny Ruby's spaghetti recipe went something like this: she'd start with spaghetti noodles that'd been cooked way past the al dente stage; she'd throw in some browned ground beef and a small can of tomato sauce; and then she'd add a lot of black pepper and a little sugar. That don't sound like much, I know, but it was sure one of my favorite things to eat during the long summers I spent at my grandparents' country home when I was a kid.
The spaghetti Mr. Jimmy brought me today tasted a lot like my granny's spaghetti. I now know why he's always telling me that I need to get my ass over to the Belmont Bi-Rite to partake of their plate-lunch cuisine: it's food like my granny - and probably your granny, if you grew up in the South - used to make. Good stuff, indeed.
Belmont Bi-Rite
3116 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37212
615.292.0253
2 comments:
We should get us about 3 pounds along with some butter and bread and a little cheese and make a big meal out of it. I might even try your Grammy Ruby's technique and make a batch.
Don't forget the hot sauce!
you are lucky. my mother used to cook a pound of spagetti put in a a can of Hunts spagetti sauce. It was the saltiest sauce and tasted like alot of nothing. no cheese on top or nothing. God bless her she meant well but you ate better than me.
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