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I'm from Houston. City Market is My favorite in texas. I've had all the classics in lockhart, but I keep going back to Luling. Love your Channel, can't wait to visit Scotland again.
Shaun, you have made my day! I'm from Luling and my mama worked at City Market for 22 years. I have that sauce (and Big Red) running through my veins. These days I live closer to Chicago than Central Texas, but seeing you enjoy my beloved barbecue and seeing the sweet familiar faces at City Market have taken me right back there. Thank you so much.
Wow! Thank you so much for the comment and sharing your story - what a small world. If you are in touch with any of the Luling bbq folks please feel free to share 😊
@@williamhelms9942 I haven't tried Mountain Dew Code Red, so I'm not the one to ask. I do know that Big Red has been around since before WWII and, just like Shaun said, is a local favorite down there.
@Melissa Halloul look friend I’m just gonna say this once reread what he said I ain’t gonna say no more. If your still confused you may need to brush up on how to read cause you must be lackin.
I’m a Brit living in Texas. I love brisket I always ask for the marbled brisket as fat running through it so it’s really tender and moist the fat adds great flavor.
Oh yes City Market has always been exceptional and in that area around Lockhart, Lulling, Elgin etc is just a huge concentration of some of the best barbecue in the world. We used to drive over from Austin to places like Black's, Meyers and City Market and you just know when you walk into those restaurants and see the decades of patina from the post oak wood smoke on the walls - That's TEXAS! So glad you could experience this y'all!
I loved watching that. Seeing you all sitting and eating BBQ in a small town in Texas while the freight train goes by in the background can't get more iconic than that. I love that you go out and look for the heart of the US and not just the tourist spots. Meet the people and experience the hospitality some offer.
Oh good! You went down 90A instead of IH 10! Much better drive. You should have had a Shiner Bock to wash down the BBQ brisket, but Big Red is almost as good.
Luling! Your Texan buddies led you in the right direction. That city was one of the birth places of Texas BBQ and still is great today. As a native Texan, I hope you enjoy your stay.
My family has been eating at the City Market for 60+ years. My favorite barbecue in Texas, and I live 20 miles or so away, so I can eat it periodically. Those same guys have been back in the pit room for MANY years. The best sauce ever. You usually don't see mustard based sauce in Texas. Big Red is bubblegum flavored. It GOES with BBQ. We just call it a "''red drink". Damn, now I'm hungry.
I'm an American, but I learn about the different states through your channel! Born and bred in NY here (close to the city), never been to Texas, even though I have relatives there. Thanks for the vids!
Love your Texas videos. I was born and raised in San Antonio. I have Scottish ancestors among a couple of others like English and Swedish. Scottish names like MacPherson. I remember going to Luling with my parents as a kid. I have to correct your pronunciation of Luling. It’s pronounced like you’re saying Lucy, Lou ling. Looking forward to more US videos.
@@maryparent9573 haha, that's the Texas bbq tradition, served on butcher paper and eaten with the fingers. Some barbecue places have started catering to outside tastes by offering plates, utensils, and such. But the real matk of a true Texas barbecue joint is butcher paper and fingers. Those are the kind of places I like to take visitors for their first time just to watch their startled reactions lol!
With so much good bbq in the US from the Carolinas to Kansas City, Texas BBQ is king! Nothing better than that lovely smoke ring around a tender af Texas brisket. And I've never had better sausage than in Texas. I'm glad I came across your channel. My grandfather and great-grandparents were Scottish immigrants to Texas in 1905.
Im so glad to see a foreigner experience small town Texas! Knew this would be legit when I saw the Big Red in the thumbnail. I’ve been seeing other blogs of Europeans eating at chain restaurants (don’t get me wrong, I eat at them sometimes, too) in big cities as their Texas food experience and it just makes me so sad for them to have that impression and miss out on the really good stuff we take pride in and that feels like “real Texas”. Enjoy! I’m 7th generation Texan and still haven’t made it out to Luling, actually. It’s been on my weekend trip list for the watermelon thump for years now. Well played!
I own a ranch outside Luling. It's famous for the Watermelon Festival.When I was walking around the festival the soles from my sandals melted from the heat. I had to buy a new pair from the venders It was 110 degrees. I love Luling pronounced: lou ling. It's quintessential small town Texas. Great hospitality & friendly people.
I wondered why no one was telling him the correct way to pronounce Luling! Texas has many uniquely pronounced place names. It’s always easy to spot newcomers by the way they mispronounce town names - especially news reporters and anchors!
I have really enjoyed riding along with you on your videos. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to making your interesting and informative videos. I have had the honor and privilege of traveling to Scotland and spending three weeks visiting the areas where 7 generations of my ancestors lived and worked. Many of them were miners who worked in the depths of the earth. I now have eaten a lot of BBQ in the USA and the best fish and chip in the world in Scotland. Keep up your good work
Welcome to Texas! I’m glad you enjoyed to food and drink. A cold beer also works with BBQ. I hope one day to visit your country as well. I can tell you picked a great place by the decor and the people running it. Your experience makes me proud. Also, get yourself some boots and a cowboy hat to take home.
As a native texan and a McDonald, I love your travels and commentary. Luling and Lockhart are awesome gastro stops anytime....and I've had IrnBru in your home as well. Cheers and safe travels...
Texans are well known for their hospitality and BBQ, and yes a hat is very practical in Texas in the summer. I really enjoy seeing your adventures here and around the states.. One day I hope to go visit Scotland and see the village where my great great grandfather and grandmother came from. Seems in those days it was popular to buy newlyweds passage to North America, I've seen several examples of it while looking into it. Been to the UK a few times on business, never had time to go explore very far north of London.
Been seeing your videos here lately. Howdy from Hempstead, Texas! Hope you continue to enjoy your time here. If you haven't been yet check out Fredericksburg.
When you come to TX next time, avoid late Spring or Summer. Way too hot. October through February is pretty good for temps (Jan and Feb can get cold) and you might get a little rain but you won't die of heat stroke!
@@WoefulMinion Oh it has been too sweet for me for over 30 years, but the diet is less sweet and just as tasty. It has been at least 25 years since I've had one.
holy crap! That's my hometown! I just moved out from there about 3 years ago to move to the Permian Basin area so whenever we have family visit they bring us 100 link boxes of the sausage and BBQ sauce for us to freeze. Also funny thing is they have business hours.... but really they shut the doors when they run out of BBQ, LOL. On Sundays there will be a line around the building. If you don't get there quick enough you'll miss out. One Sunday they shut down around 12:30 pm... they just sold out early. So glad you got a chance to check out our small town! maybe one day you can come around the 3rd weekend in June to see the Watermelon Thump festival, parade and the pageant that is held for aspiring Thump Queens!
BBQ has So many camps...even the wood you use will be contested by Someone! 🤣 Whether pork or beef, sauced or dry rub, they ALL have one thing in common....IT CAN'T BE RUSHED. Slow smoked is what Makes It. 👍🏻
Everyone has a taste that they think is the best. You can't deny, however, that there are SOOO many greats to enjoy as well. Anyone who singles out one above all else is missing out on things others have to offer.
Bbq sauce is a big dividing line in the food world. And so is the style. Texas has two major styles the classic bbq style and the Texas low country style. The low country style uses heavier cuts that take longer to smoke but are still really good. Classic style is the faster cuts that don’t take as long to go through. Then Memphis style are more about the ribs being doused in sauce while cooking. California style uses a special type of fire that can be raised or lowered to control fire, St. Louis uses white sauce. Cowboy style uses lots of wood with a pure open fire to cook. The food really changes place to place.
When I was a kid in the 70s, you could only find Big Red in central Texas. So it was always a treat when we visited my grandma south of San Antonio to drink Big Red on the porch while we cranked the ice cream freezer.
I haven't seen it mentioned in the comments, but you were on hallowed ground. There are two schools of thought as to where BBQ was invented: Luling's City Market and Lockhart's Kreutz's Meat Market.
I would love to have known what your wife thinks of TX BBQ, as her being Brazilian, and especially since Brazil has awesome meat dishes. I can see your wife being like oh yeah, I've had this before! Have you guys ever eaten at Texas de Brazil, I would love to know what your wife thinks of it. I went there in 2016 in Columbus, OH, and they're we so kind to my elderly Mother I left them a $30 tip, they treated my mother like royalty. I love their lobster bisque! I seen two of their waiters help he to get food, I was flabbergasted how sweet they were to her. I left a huge tip to them, and thanked them. No other restaurant has been as kind or accommodated to her as much. I never felt the urge to help someone as much as I did then. Also, I sign of an awesome pit is then showing you the meat.
I am sorry they did not show you the proper way to eat brisket. Here it is: put a piece of brisket on a piece of white bread on the diagonal, next some slices of onion, then dill pickles, topped with barbeque sauce. Yum
Excellent call on going to City Market. I love their pork ribs and hot links (sausage). I'm not a big fan of BBQ sauces but I could drink theirs by the glassful.
You could of gone to Buc'ees there in Luling. They are building a new store to replace the present one from what I understand. It's supposed to be 75,000 sq ft making it THE largest of them all. You should come back around for the Watermelon Thumb next year.
Shawn you need to get you a little throw down straw hat for summer. They are so much cooler than the felt hats. So glad you are enjoying yourself in our fair state 😁
When I saw your video & I realized I had been to this place about 20 years ago. Last week, I traveled from San Antonio to Yoakum, TX to visit my mom. I stopped in Lulling to pickup BBQ for everyone. Leave it to a Scot to remind me of this place. Thank you & love your videos.
LOVE Big Red I grew up in southeast Kansas, and Big Red was readily available then. When I moved to Missouri, it was very scarce. It's only been in the last few years that I've been able to find it again.
I'm so happy the two of you are enjoying Texas. However, as a Silver and Black San Antonian, I'm saddened you didn't have Big Red and Barbacoa. That's the thing to eat here in San Antonio on Sunday morning.
My husband is a Texan and his favorite drink is Big Red. But when I told him about Irn Bru being the closest thing to home he'll get over here, he tried it and was like, "whoah! It's like an orange big red!" So it's nice seeing you though it was similar too
You were 10 miles from my farm. You could have stopped by and shot some clays and fished for bass in my pond. Good to see you're hitting the smaller towns.
Welcome! The next trip, you've got to go to Hutchin's BBQ in Mckinney, it's close to and east of Dallas. Lines out the door! Regarding coins, you can go to the bank and exchange bills for rolls of coin. Including half and full dollar coins. Some people do this as a hobbie because in those rolls there is sometimes silver coins. With real silver and not whatever metals the regular coins are made of and the silver coins are worth more.
Here's a little BBQ tip. West of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, BBQ beef brisket is king. East of Ft. Smith and all the way across the South, to the Atlantic coast, pulled pork BBQ is mostly preferred. However, you can get beef, pork, and smoked sausage everywhere. If you ever drive through Arkansas, stop and eat at McClard's BBQ restaurant in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Established in 1928 and still in the original location, it's one of the most famous BBQ joints in the state. I hurt myself eating every time I dine there.
It's funny because I drive through Luling almost on a weekly basis and I go there every year for the Rajun Cajun gumbo cook off/crawfish Festival but I've never noticed the City Market BBQ place before.
Horrors! Luling’s economy was built on crude oil, watermelons, and City Market BBQ…. Texas Monthly cites it as among the best BBQ in Texas most years, and THE Best every so often (TM has a “Barbecue Issue” every two years because the interest is so high)
From the north end of the US, but just above Texas. Glad to see the Big Red love! I’d be hard pressed to find anything more American than a Brisket and beer or Big Red. Good content brother, we’re happy you visited and we’d be happy to have you anytime. Keep up the great work, I’ll be following your future adventures!
Native Texan here I'm glad you guys enjoyed our barbecue that is one of the many delicious foods that we have in this state I saw some of your previous videos it looks like you've had Mexican or Tex Mex I'm glad you like it I've been to the UK several times I enjoy the food there never been to Scotland I'll make my way there eventually looking forward to trying your food it's quite delicious to me as well
The barbecue chef was hired away to open a restaurant in Houston. Big Red is loosely based on red cream soda. Thumping water melons is how you determine if they're ripe .
Native Austinite here. Luling is pronounced loo-ling as in Louis or loot (the American pronunciation of those words that is). So glad y'all got to visit Texas and thanks for sharing. I'm so excited to finally be visiting Scotland this summer for the first time!
I'm so glad you made it to "Looling"!! So much fun. But next time, you need a better summer hat. A hat that lets the wind blow through. A hat made of straw, with vents. Bangora-style. Next time you come to Texas (or the US Southwest) in summer, let me know & I'll send you one!
Thank goodness someone finally gave you a Big Red!! ❤ Seriously next to Sweet Tea it should have been the only other drink you should have been drinking in Texas! It’s tradition.
I'm heartbroken no one has mentioned Dr Pepper. Big Red was invented 5 decades after, has more calories and fewer sales than, and is distributed by Dr Pepper
So glad you're enjoying your visit! Americans have a special place in our hearts for Scottish folks! We see you as closer to ourselves than we do with the English. Tell your friends they are welcome here too.
If you like antiques, you need to visit Fredericksburg north of San Antonio. It also has an amazing World War II navel museum, The Admiral Nimitz Museum.
Big Red can be addicting. When I was Active duty in the U.S. Marines our commissary would order like 20 pallets of it, and it would all vanish in like 3 hours. It is super sweet.
@🏴Shaun Sorry a missed your new video Shaun Glad you and the misses are enjoying your good ol' Texas barbecue 😋 Enjoy y'all's (you all's ) weekend Slán go fóill (Hope to see you soon)! ✌️
City Market is good my favorite thing their is the sausage in my opinion the best sausage at any BBQ place in the state and Big Red and Texas BBQ go together.
I've been drinking Big Red since I was a kid -- a long time ago -- and it was always a favorite because I could only get it when I visited my aunt and uncle in Kentucky back then. Now I live in Kentucky, but it's available in many more places.
Come back in the summer and check out Luling's (Loo-ling) Annual Watermelon Thump, watermelon capital of Texas, a sweeter melon you'll never find. Or the Poteet Strawberry Festival, Floresville Peanut Festival....etc
Try a “float.” Put 2-3 scoops of vanilla ice cream in a glass and pour Big Red to fill up the glass. Keep adding more Big Red as you eat down the foam an cream. YUMMY!
I’m not a fan of Big Red to begin with, so imagine my horror when I saw a children’s party serving Big Red & ice cream floats for Valentines Day! The colors were perfect, but YOICKS!
God I love American BBQ. Crave it like nothing else. There are lots of dishes and cuisines that originated here but Texas, KC and Carolina-style BBQ is hands down my favorite. Any time our office does an office lunch for someone's birthday or whatever, we without fail go down to the BBQ place nearby and order a ton of sides and meat by the pound. It's honestly like candy.
Certainly BBQ is about the sauce as much as the meat cook if not more so, the whole reason it is called BBQ is because of the sauce. You can recognize a state and region of the US by the style of BBQ sauce they have and what ingredients are commonly used. Differing states have tradition foundations for the make of their sauces.
Hey the city market. My grandpa and the rest of my family are from Waelder Texas which is 20 minutes or so from Luling there. That sauce they have is to die for.
