Ark. Barbecue Joint to Change for Clinton

[Nambe]

LITTLE ROCK (AP)

Bill Clinton's favorite barbecue joint, which long ago discovered the quickest way to his heart, is adjusting its menu to accommodate its best customer in the wake of his lifesaving heart surgery.

McClard's Barbecue owner Scott McClard said Tuesday he's breaking with a 76-year tradition and including this new meal on the menu: sliced pork or beef, beans and cole slaw - without added sugar or bread.

McClard's, in Clinton's boyhood home of Hot Springs, gained national attention for its catered meals aboard Air Force One that comprised 15 pounds of chopped beef, 15 pounds of pork ribs and two gallons each of beans and cole slaw.

But with the world now associating Clinton's eating habits with his quadruple bypass surgery, McClard said he wants to be part of Clinton's healthy future, not the cause of any more problems. ..

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I blame Scaife and the Arkansas project for Clinton's heart problems

not good southern BBQ.

[Rowdyboy]

6. Deciding not to take his cholesterol medicine without doctor's approval

didn't help matters...

[InCogNeatOhMyGod]

14. I blame meat eaters for his heart problems

We as healthy minded Dems should propose eliminating unhealthy meat from America's diets.

[Seeking Serenity]

15. Not buying what you're selling here. n/t

[InCogNeatOhMyGod]

17. Tobacco and cancer causing meat are killing us

We need to get these killers under control.

[Seeking Serenity]

18. So is gravity.

Everything kills us, in the final analysis.

[sandnsea]

20. And cars and solvents and charcoal smoke and eggs

and alcohol and drugs and just about every other thing we do on this planet. Can't stand people who get on their high horse bandwagon and ignore all the other dangers in the world.

[RummyTheDummy]

22. Wrong

People not understanding moderation and more importantly, practicing it is what is killing people. especially with the food.

[thebigidea]

21. is that what you think Democrats believe? Weird.

[Cha]

2. HOw Sweet! I thought it was Triple

bypass..now I see it quadruple!

[Fovea]

3. Bless his heart

literally.

[LisaL]

4. I really think it's more

genetic than anything else.
Certainly, someone with bad genes should be more careful than someone with good genes, though.

[tridim]

5. Uhm, it wasn't bread and sugar that caused the problems

It was the fat.

[FlashHarry]

7. Whadda ya expect from a place called McC--LARDs

:)

[foo_bar]

10. I thought it was the cholesterol

Why can't they engineer a cow to become soy lipids?

[demokatgurrl]

8. If they really wanted to help...

They'd have some turkey, never mind the bread, that doesn't clog arteries.

[Gregorian]

9. Sweet. But it's about genetics.

That, and exercise. I'll take the butter, and a good set of parents please.

[Seeking Serenity]

11. It's not the McClard's, it was the Big Macs

I don't know what's so all fired hot about McClard's anyway. I've never found it to be all that great. I'd take Whole Hog Cafe in Little Rock any day.

[Sputnik]

12. McClard's is fantastic!

I've eaten a lot of BBQ across the country, but none compares to McClard's. When Wes Clark visited Hot Springs during the primary campaign, his wife suggested that we get him some McClard's BBQ. When he got in my vehicle, Gert asked him if that's what he would like to eat. The general replied, "Ohhhh, YEAH! I haven't had McClard's in years!"

So, both Clinton and Clark love it. :) It's very spicy, very addictive. :9

[Seeking Serenity]

13. Nowhere near as good as Whole Hog Cafe.

Their pulled pork sandwich with No. 3 sauce rocks! Best ever.

[Sputnik]

16. Opinions

Everyone has one. :)

There are BBQ sandwiches I like better than McClard's, but their ribs, sauce, slaw, and fries are sinfully scrumptious in my book. If I'm ever on death row (not that I'm expecting that to happen, mind you)that would be what I'd request for my last meal. I've made my wishes known already, you know, just in case.
:D

[JCMach1]

24. Only average... the ribs lacked any kind

of smokey depth to them... In fact, not very smokey at all...

:(

[Hotdiggitydog]

19. Such an unfortunate name for a Pork seller...

McClard. I immediately see it as McLard.

I love Barbeque and all kinds of fat foods, but damn if the Bill Clinton news hasn't gotten me thinking about the condition of my own arteries.

[JCMach1]

23. I ate at the highly regarded McLard's last Summer and was

disappointed...

[Sputnik]

25. Maybe it's that

there are many types of BBQ out there and each of us who love BBQ have our favorites. I know some people who think McClard's is too spicy and they prefer a sweeter, tamer sauce. Maybe it's an acquired taste though I have in-laws that come into town and always ask to go to McClard's to eat. I like that their pork ribs actually have a lot of meat on them unlike the slab of ribs so many restaurants sell.

Or possibly Clinton, Clark, myself, and others love it because that's what we grew up eating and the smell and taste of McClard's takes us back to our youth. The years I lived away from it, I had a constant hankering for it. Now, I love just driving down Albert Pike and inhaling the aroma of it cooking even if I don't have time to stop and eat.

Anyway, I'm sorry you didn't like it. But since McClard's has been in business since the 1920's and people hover like vultures over other diners to get their table, there must be something good about it. :9

Enough about BBQ and back to politics. It seems there's more agreement on the latter. :)