When: Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 7 pm

Where:  Bison County, 275 Moody Street, Waltham, MA (781) 642-9720

It was a warm and rainy primary Tuesday, as the Porkers gathered for the very first time to meat and greet. It started off a bit rocky as Bison County had lost the group's reservation. But luckily, it was a night when most people would be happier sitting by a fire or watching the primary returns from Texas, and the cheerful waitstaff found a giant room at the rear of the restaurant where the Porkers could sit in the warm glow of one another's company, ready to eat prime pig a la Texas. Under a 4-foot high Route 66 sign, a wooden sign that declared "No guns in the Cardroom," and a wall-sized map of Texas, the Porkers wandered in and sat down and introduced themselves to each other. Most had not met before, but there was much to talk about and plenty to eat.

The first dish out was cornbread, appropriate since cornbread was the subject of the Foodsville Daily Feed. The cornbread inspired talk of Tumbleweed's root beer reduction. Conversation erupted everywhere, and the table broke up into three or four groups chatting about food, family, travel, and home, and a myriad of other topics. The menu was Texas and South Carolina, which pleased Pinckney. There was beer and wine and water and Coke flowing. Everyone attending received a t-shirt suitable for staining. After three hours of fun and food, the Porkers split the check, vowed to do it again soon, and disappeared into the wet night. It wasn't quite John McCain's bar-b-que, as the only reporter was from the Foosdville Times, but it was definitely an evening to remember.