C'mon Shirl, share that recipe!!!!!! ShineOn101@aol.co m To 08/26/2003 11:50 MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com AM cc Subject [StL-Metro] Tamales vs Barbeque I don't know about tamales in STL.  But I didn't show up in our family until 1937.  What I do remember is the best barbequed ribs that ever existed or ever will exist, in my family's opinion.  It was John's Rib Station on Garrison St.  The wonderful black owner, John (I think last name was Robison, but not sure anymore), had his own secret sauce.  His waitress was called "Johnny" but not sure if that was her real name.  She was a large black lady that was just a bundle of love.  My parents were going there to eat from the mid 1920's long before I was born.  When I came along my mother started me out when only a few months old with a taste of that wonderful hot sauce.  And, I mean hot....... By the time daddy died in 1948 when I was 10 years old, John's Rib Station was no more.  Old John died and no one in his family wanted to carry on with the best barbeque ever made.  My oldest brother who is now 82 years old did get the recipe from the waitress, Johnny, before the restaurant completely closed down.  Now my brother makes the best barbeque sauce in the world.  Because my siblings are all in their 70's and 80's, every year our family has a reunion. My brother makes this sauce and brings it (with meat) in a big crock pot. And, I am fortunate to have been able to talk him into giving me the recipe only a couple of years ago.  I probably should bottle and sell it.  I know it would be a hit. So..... now back to tamales..... Except for canned tamales, I never tasted Mexican food until I moved to Houston TX in 1980.  Now it is my most favorite food, except for barbeque when I can have that special John's Rib Station sauce. Shirl Hite Sieli b. STL 1937 ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== I only work on Genealogy on days that end in "Y".