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Bob Morris's avatar

The fireworks from Mobley sauce often come the next morning. Love y’all…

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Lou Brancaccio's avatar

I know people who know people.

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Bob Morris's avatar

I know people who know the people who you know

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Steven Dougherty's avatar

Delicious! A tale for the ages! Yes you might have added a thunderbolt or two and Debbie on Mount Olympus with the recipe tablet - but who needs ‘em when you got the real thing…right?

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Bob Morris's avatar

Debbie will always reside on Mt. Olympus. I am but a happy mortal …

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Pamela Miller Mahr's avatar

Great read! I have such fond memories of July Fourth spent at Ormond by the Sea … Arthur’s sauce depended on the amount of Cutty Sark flowing :-)

Kitty made the best slaw ❤️

That airstream had the best AC!

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Bob Morris's avatar

Oh yeah, those were the days. And shrimp boiled in beer.

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Steve Vaughn's avatar

Gainesville, 1965. Old guy sold barbeque down a hill at the bottom of his driveway. His homemade sauces had numbers and names, mildest to hottest. The latter had perhaps the best hot sauce name in the history of earth: White Jesus.

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Bob Morris's avatar

I need me some of that. Can I get a hallelujah?

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Jeffrey Cardenas's avatar

We had baby backs with Bud Mobley’s this afternoon. Who needs fireworks. I am content. Thank you Debbie and Bob.

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Rick S's avatar

Good story. Aunt Freda, Herbs mom, made a great yorkshire pudding. She passed the recipe to Wendy.

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Bob Morris's avatar

Rick, you're the second person on this thread to mention Yorkshire pudding. I take this as a sign. I'm gonna have to make some ...

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Rick S's avatar

Maybe call Wendy & she may give you recipe. Hope all is well with you & family.

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Bob Morris's avatar

Yeah, mon. All is great with kids and grandkids and assorted circling planets. Hope this finds you enjoying yourself…

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Steve Schoene's avatar

Great stuff...My Mom's Yorkshire Pudding was pretty famous with my friends but no great story like this

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Bob Morris's avatar

You ever put BBQ sauce on Yorkshire pudding? Nope, neither have I. Just a thought…

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Jim kay's avatar

Bob if that secret sauce is so good..How would it be on select body parts? And going back to a previous conversation? Is there a trade in the future? I would send you a mailing address in a Prvt FB message

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Bob Morris's avatar

I kinda figured I might hear from you re: a trade. Yeah, that’ll work.

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Jim kay's avatar

Check your FB before Monday

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Bob Morris's avatar

You can email me -- bob@story-farm.com

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Jim kay's avatar

😎

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Norman Van Aken's avatar

Our mutual photographer friend wants you to send me a small bottle… 🍺

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Bob Morris's avatar

We might be able to arrange that. But you must obey the rules.

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Norman Van Aken's avatar

In this rare instance I promise.

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Bob Morris's avatar

Shoot your surface address to bob@story-farm.com

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CAS's avatar
Jul 4Edited

Love this!!! DEBBIE rules. Such respect for tradition is hard to come by these days. Brava! And how lucky for you Bob, that she chose you to spend a lifetime together!

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Bob Morris's avatar

Yes, I'm lucky. But I've give Debbie plenty of opportunity for regrets...

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Donna Jablonski's avatar

Wonderful story! Happy, saucy 4th!

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Bob Morris's avatar

Back at ya, Donna… thanks

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Teresa Sopp's avatar

Love this story! So just how did you meet a debutante from Arkansas????

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Bob Morris's avatar

Debbie claims Missouri. She was saved by moving to Florida when she was seven. And, as you well know, she would never claim to be a debutante.

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Diane Plate's avatar

Happy 4th. Enjoy that secret sauce.

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Bob Morris's avatar

Thanks. And I might pour just a touch in my bloody mary. But I can't let my lovely wife see me do that.

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Stockton Reeves's avatar

Bob, that's a great story. I remember back in the 80's when at UF, there was a similar Bar-B-Q place wayyyyy east from downtown that had been an old gas station but in my time was serving great Q. I remember seeing Floyd "Sonny" Tillman from Sonny's eating in there all the time. Wonder what he was trying to learn other than getting some good eats.

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Bob Morris's avatar

I remember that place. I can taste it even. But I can't recall the name of it. I do recall eating at that first Sonny's in G'ville. Mr. Tillman was ahead of the curve...

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Jeffrey Cardenas's avatar

Damn, the name of that place is on the fringe of my memory, too. I remember it was painted blue. And it was worth skipping third period Humanities to eat lunch there.

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Jeffrey Cardenas's avatar

Pres and Ed’s BBQ on 5th Avenue…

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Laura Armstrong's avatar

So happy we got to taste it! Happy July 4th to the Morris Family!

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Bob Morris's avatar

And you will taste it again. You abided by the rules.

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