tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980064494673550612024-02-19T14:30:47.585-08:00Boar and CastleLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-42280801883830417452013-04-28T17:00:00.001-07:002019-04-27T05:07:33.795-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pSvDozkfkoL64ak-YFENQLbLc7_sHcok0-Y_gGDkdPlQ4C_6q3g8uSLZuz8OYpzXJC51AwXiV1PlKinE_zO3KX3zjQYmLtMThjjjUahVY8ukXs9vzEy1uXyLj0inDkRNyCLy21TMdI/s1600/268362_242680742417157_3228057_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6pSvDozkfkoL64ak-YFENQLbLc7_sHcok0-Y_gGDkdPlQ4C_6q3g8uSLZuz8OYpzXJC51AwXiV1PlKinE_zO3KX3zjQYmLtMThjjjUahVY8ukXs9vzEy1uXyLj0inDkRNyCLy21TMdI/s320/268362_242680742417157_3228057_n.jpg"></a>Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-64181867411236699322012-09-17T20:22:00.002-07:002019-04-27T04:57:37.871-07:00Ode to the Nettleton Shoewww.thepilot.com/news/2012/jun/27/dads-shoes/
Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-18082326937230915082011-07-28T08:47:00.000-07:002011-07-28T09:03:24.022-07:00The Story of Boar and Castle Saucewritten by Boyd Morris<br /><br />Leon Thomas developed his sauce in the late 20's. <br />When he opened his signature restaurant he called <br />it Boar and Castle Restaurant after the name of a <br />pub in a Samuel Johnson book. The sauce quickly <br />became known as "Boar and Castle Sauce". <br />The restaurant e...volved into a drive-in in <br />the 40's. By the mid-50's Leon began to bottle <br />his sauce. He designed the label himself, <br />established a trademark, and began distributing <br />it to local outlets. Due to the rapid growth <br />in sales he eventually contracted with a Greensboro <br />company to do the distribution. Jim Ennis <br />arrived on the scene in the late 50s-early <br />60's as an employee working with Leon in the <br />drive-in. When Leon retired in 1968, he hired <br />Jim as the manager of the drive-in and the <br />bottling process. As owner of the Boar and <br />Castle® Company, Leon was not involved in <br />the day-to-day operations but was still the <br />decision-maker regarding all Boar and Castle® <br />Company business. When Leon died in the mid <br />70's, his wife Louise took on the decision-making <br />role and kept Jim in his existing role. In the <br />early 80's Boar and Castle® Company, LLP (Louise <br />and Leon's three children) sold the property. <br />At that time Jim Ennis was given a contract <br />with exclusive rights to bottle the recipe and <br />distribute Boar and Castle® Sauce. Jim purchased <br />his own bottling equipment and set up shop. <br />The Boar and Castle® Company (Leon's heirs) <br />held proprietary rights to the original recipe <br />and any workplace product modifications while <br />adapting the bottling to the new equipment. <br />This oversight and control continue through <br />each contract renewal. Jim and his wife Evelyn <br />continued to meet the requirements of the contract <br />until Evelyn became gravely ill in 2007. <br />She died in the Spring of 2008. Even though <br />Jim was no longer manufacturing the sauce, Boar <br />and Castle® Company allowed the contract to <br />continue in case Jim came to decide to start <br />up again. Jim's contract ended June 2009. <br />In the mid 90's I contacted Jim to explore <br />the possibility of a subcontract to bottle <br />and distribute Boar and Castle® Sauce in Texas. <br />Jim was eager to expand, but working full-time <br />as an accountant, he did not have the bandwidth <br />to do so. He took me under his wing and taught <br />me his business: the recipe, his mixing and <br />bottling process, the specific sources and <br />requirements for each ingredient, and provided <br />me with a list of his current customers and <br />access to the original label. RBMorris & Co. <br />LLC signed a contract with Jim Ennis that gave <br />us the exclusive right to manufacture and <br />distribute Boar and Castle® Sauce throughout <br />the United States with the only exception being <br />his Piedmont NC area and his customer subset. <br />To insure product integrity, we agreed Jim would <br />be shipped a case from the first run of the <br />new bottler and if he were not satisfied, the <br />product would not be sold until he was. He gave <br />us his whole-hearted approval for the go-ahead. <br />Jim continued to work with us, but, unfortunately <br />the Texas market and its love of tomato based <br />products was a hard nut to crack. We could not <br />get our sales up enough, quickly enough. When <br />we decided to return to our home state, we made <br />the decision to not pursue possibilities here but <br />to leave all the territories to Jim's development <br />if he so chose. When we realized the sauce was <br />disappearing and learned of his wife's illness <br />we contacted him to offer our sympathy. He told <br />us he would contact us if he decided to restart <br />the operation during the remaining contract period. <br />Once his contract ended, we contacted Boar and <br />Castle Company LLP and learned they were accepting <br />applications from potential contractors. We went <br />through a long negotiating process to ensure the <br />integrity and secrecy of the product Jim had been <br />producing for the last 10 years. They concurred <br />with our knowledge of process and sources Jim had <br />been using and confirmed that the work product recipe <br />we received from Jim was in fact what had been <br />bottled for them for the last 10 years or more. <br />In addition the Boar and Castle Company owners held <br />a taste test of their own and declared us the <br />"real" deal. They were very pleased with the proposed <br />new label design and our strong interest in growing <br />the market for Boar and Castle® Sauce outside the <br />Piedmont area. As a result, as of October '09 RBMorris <br />& Co. LLC now has the exclusive rights to bottle, <br />market and distribute Boar and Castle® Sauce within <br />the United States. Responses to concerns you may have: <br />The Boar and Castle Company would never allow the <br />use of their product name and trademark on any product <br />that did not maintain the continuity and integrity <br />of what they had been contracting for for years.<br />This is a legendary North Carolina product and the <br />current owners expect to pass it on to their heirs. <br />A taste test between an aged product and a freshly <br />made one from the same recipe is fraught with problems. <br />As confirmed by our own bottler, the aging process <br />produces a darker color over time and in complex <br />recipes such as Boar and Castle® Sauce individual <br />ingredients age at different rates to produce an <br />ever-changing target. We also have sauce from one <br />of Jim's last runs and, yes, we expected there to <br />be slight differences. The same things can be seen <br />in many other products, for example Heinz 57 or <br />A1 Sauce. In situations where a product has been <br />off the market for a while, the best validation <br />is in the memory of its former users and in the <br />testimony of its owners. Knowing that memories <br />of a discontinued product can be tricky, even <br />in the minds of the most avid fan, Boar and Castle <br />Company, LLP and RBMorris & Co. LLC conducted a <br />blind taste test after the contract was signed <br />with a sample of folks who had been buying Boar <br />and Castle® Sauce regularly prior to the <br />discontinuation of bottling by Jim Ennis. While <br />we did not include the aged sauce that Jim had <br />bottled 2+ years ago, we did include a variation <br />of the Boar and Castle® Sauce you have tried <br />that had slightly more of a savory tang. As you <br />know, palates also do change with age and from <br />a marketing standpoint we were interested in <br />this variable as well as any perceived differences <br />between the sauce you tried and the sauce the <br />testers had been buying for years. 95% of the <br />tasters overwhelmingly selected the sauce you <br />have in your possession as the one they had been <br />buying. Comments ranged from "This is the real <br />deal", "I want a case now - how much is it?", <br />"This is very close to what I remember. Thomas <br />'Castle Sauce' doesn't hold a candle to it," to <br />"It's not 100% but it's very close. I've been <br />trying all the Castle Sauce imitations I could <br />find and your sauce is the closest without a doubt!Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-50772797974773471442010-08-06T06:51:00.000-07:002010-08-06T06:57:34.155-07:00American Graffiti-Our Boar and CastleAmerican Graffiti<br /><br />One of my all-time favorite movies is American Graffiti. <br />This is not going to be the subject of this month’s rant. <br />I made it the title mostly to get your attention. <br />I wanted to draw you to the fact that kids today have <br />nowhere to hang out unless you count the tattoo parlor <br />or maybe one of the wing joints in town. It does not <br />matter to me if the kids choose to hang together. <br />It does concern me that kids are sporting tattoos <br />that won’t wash off. However, that is another rant.<br /><br />No love for the automobile may be a reason that kids <br />do not migrate towards hangouts like we did in my <br />teenage years. Now, I know that times are different. <br />I know that what my father liked and what his father <br />liked are two different things. I just do not have <br />a way to share my feelings about the way life used <br />to be and make the kids of today appreciate it.<br />My wife says I am starting to sound like my old man. <br />As much as I love him, I do not want to become him <br />in my old age. But where is the fun in staying home <br />on facebook, or playing some computer game against<br /> someone in China, or playing Guitar Hero alone? <br />I just don’t get it.<br /><br />Our American Graffiti hangout was a drive-thru in <br />Greensboro, North Carolina called the Boar and Castle. <br />You could not eat inside, but bar hops brought your <br />food to the car. The food was cheap, delicious, <br />and featured a sauce concocted by the owners called <br />‘Castle Sauce.”<br /><br />Even though the Castle closed down in the eighties, <br />people still talk about it as if it were still located <br />on Market Street. I met my first wife there, but <br />that again is another story. I do not have enough <br />paper to tell that story, even if the lawyers would <br />give me permission. My main purpose is to make you <br />understand the camaraderie of the teenagers of my day. <br />Everyone cleaned up their cars, got dressed in <br />their finest casual clothes, and drove to the Castle. <br />The object was to be seen, to meet girls or boys, <br />and to date. There was a lit up side where everyone <br />ate and hung out. If you were lucky enough to meet <br />someone, you took her to the other side, which was <br />dark and romantic. This sounds mischievous or <br />somewhat evil, but really it was just good clean fun, <br />with some kissing or necking as we used to call it.<br /><br />You knew all the car hops by name and they knew you <br />and your date’s name if you were going steady. <br />This is another old term that people do not use anymore, <br />but for us it was a sign that the person you <br />dated belonged with you and only you. Seems to me <br />that today everyone dates in groups, or at least <br />meets their date out somewhere. When I asked someone <br />about this they said, “It’s safer to meet this way.” <br />Safer from what? Is everyone afraid that their date <br />may be a killer? Have we become so callous as to <br />worry about who we are dating?<br /><br />I am sure no one wants to go back to the good old days. <br />But, if the days when cokes were a nickel, gas was <br />thirty cents a gallon ,and a cute girl would meet you <br />over on the dark side of the Castle and smooch for a <br />while, or at least until her curfew could be resurrected <br />at least one person around here would be happier.<br /><br />I guess I couldn’t construct enough word on this page to <br />bring back the idea of young people getting together for <br />fun instead of sharing tattoos. Of course I am from <br />another generation and maybe I need to get a tattoo <br />that says, “I Love Mom,” then maybe this would turn <br />out to be more fun than I thought. The wife says just <br />try it and she is out the door. Could someone please <br />send me the address of a good tattoo parlor?<br /><br /> <br /><br />Seth Bradley<br /><br />Questions or comments? Feel free to email me at: seth.bradley43@gmail.comLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-15144425950624804422009-05-12T03:43:00.000-07:002009-05-12T03:46:04.104-07:00Facebook Boar and Castle GroupIf you are on Facebook be sure to go to the<br /><br />Boar and Castle Facebook group. There are <br /><br />many people in the world who have shared the<br /><br />experiences of the Boar and Castle and enjoyed<br /><br />sharing their memories with people of the same<br /><br />ilk. Join the Facebook Boar and Castle group<br /><br />today.Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-6974548939705953462008-10-25T18:50:00.000-07:002008-10-25T18:53:44.253-07:00Classmate ResponseLarry,<br />Thanks for the info on the "Castle Sauce". I want you to <br />know that I really enjoyed reading your blog. It brought<br />back so many memories of things I had almost forgotten. <br />You are a wonderful writer.<br />Mrs. Dickinson would be so proud!<br /> <br />Anne Hussey WinnLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-69181357091693563862008-10-25T14:02:00.000-07:002008-10-25T14:08:18.049-07:00Castle SauceThomas Gourmet Foods in Greensboro, North Carolina<br />is now distributing a product in the same size bottle<br />as Boar and Castle sauce called just "Castle Sauce".<br />The ingredients are close to the original, but the <br />sauce is a little bit more of the hot spice flavor <br />than the Boar and Castle Sauce that we loved so much.<br />Don't get me wrong. I like it. Since buying 12 bottles<br />on Monday we have consumed two bottles already and this<br />is just Thursday. We purchased the Castle Sauce at Bessemer<br />Curb Market in Greensboro .Go by and try a bottle. It is<br />better than the alternative, which was zero.<br />Let me know how you like it.<br />LarryLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-40670878454956510962008-10-21T06:21:00.000-07:002008-10-21T06:23:42.563-07:00CASTLE SAUCE AVAILABLEGot this email from Pam and also Brenda Jones.<br />Have not checked it out yet , but certainly will<br />today.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />OH YES OH YES Hope you know by now Bessemer Curb Mkt. has it for $2.99 a bottle and Harold says he'll do his best to keep it in stock!!! Lets Hear it for Larry and Harold....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:O)))))))))) PAMLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-67786459395703756922008-06-14T18:00:00.000-07:002014-02-15T15:00:47.362-08:00Ben L. Smith Class of 1966We were the class of '66. We came from Jackson, Central,<br />and Gillespie to open the doors of Greensboro's brand<br />new high school, Ben L. Smith. The day we had anticipated<br />for so long had arrived; we were finally going to high <br />school! At last , we had made it. We were big time now.<br /><br />Things were different in 1966. Most of us didn't have a<br />car,but the lucky ones that did,would pack us in and haul<br />us to school so we didn't have to ride the dreadful bus.<br /><br />I can still remember, particularly our sophomore year,<br />standing on the corner, freezing to death, waiting for <br />that yellow chariot. You didn't wear a coat(except maybe<br />a London Fog) because you didn't want to cover your new<br />monogrammed sweater. Of course, you didn't wear a hat or<br />boots because they just weren't cool and being cool was<br />a real priority.<br /><br />If standing in the cold had not awakened you in time for<br />homeroom, then the bus ride to school would do the job.<br />The mingling aromas of Jade East, Canoe, and English<br />Leather (that must have been purchased by the 55 gallon<br />drum) along with the Intimate and Windsong the girls <br />bathed in, would certainly get your attention.<br /><br />The maturity level of a high school student was never<br />more evident than it was in a crowded school bus.<br />Spit balls flying, screaming from one end of the bus<br />to the other, and tripping people as they came down the<br />aisle, were all conducive to preparing us for the serious<br />business of education.<br /><br />Yes, things were different in 1966. We had major social <br />obligations and commitments. Friday nights- would it be<br />the football game or the dance at the Glenwood Community<br />Center? And Saturday night, date night; first, you hoped<br />and prayed that you had a date, then you had to decide <br />between a drive-in movie(and hope your parents didn't find<br />out) or a trip to the <strong>Boar and Castle</strong>.<br />If you chose the <strong>Boar and Castle</strong>,would <br />you park on the light side or the dark side(under the<br />grape vines) and hope your parents didn't find out.<br /><br />Then we would cruise. Now, wasn't that wonderful! We would<br />start at the Castle, sometimes take a left and circle through<br />Ernie's parking lot (where the guys would try to buy beer)<br />before heading downtown. We would drive all the way through<br />town, exit on Summit Avenue, cruise Hot Shoppes and maybe<br />Monroe's before heading back to the Castle and starting all<br />over again.<br /><br />Our parents could not understand how we added 75 miles to <br />the odometer in one night. Now, to finance these cross-<br />country treks, we would each chip in a quarter,and put in<br />a $1.00 worth of gas in the driver's car. Of course, this<br />was when you could buy gas for $.29 a gallon.<br /><br />We can't talk about the way we were in high school without<br />remembering the way we dressed...girls with their round<br />collared blouses and wrap around skirts, shirt waist dresses<br />and Cappezio shoes.<br /><br />Guys wore button down collars(madras or oxford cloth,of course.)<br />Oh yes, their socks had to match their shirt. Navy slacks, yellow<br />button-down shirts and yellow socks, gray slacks, pink button<br />down shirts and pink socks, and Weejuns or Nettletons to <br />finish the look.<br /><br />And remember those dress codes at school; no shirttails out<br />for the boys and you didn't dare go to certain classes without<br />socks( I want mention any names).Girls could not wear pants, <br />and blue jeans were out of the question. However, I don't <br />think we would have been caught dead in them even if they had<br />been allowed. They just weren't cool in 1966.<br /><br />We all looked alike, down to the princess rings on our fingers<br />and the circle pins on our collars. We were so afraid to be <br />different.<br /><br />Ladies really had some lovely hair styles in those days. Those<br />teased up bubbles, bouffants and long straight look just barely<br />flipped on the ends. And what about that beehive?<br /><br />One thing we really had going for us in the 60's was our music.<br />We did have some great music. It was February 9th,1964 when we<br />saw the Beatles' first appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show",<br />and we liked them,(they were different)but the music we really<br />loved and grew up with came from Detroit and the music machine<br />known as Motown. We danced and romanced to the Supremes, the<br />Shirelles, the Four Tops, the Temptations and the Drifters.<br /><br />We couldn't wait for Beach Week-end to roll around so we could<br />head out for Myrtle Beach and shag all week-end to the sounds<br />we loved. It's amazing how you can listen to some of those old<br />songs today and remember exactly what you were doing when you<br />first heard them. We didn't have CD players or sophisticated<br />stereo equipment, but we could turn up our radios and hi-fi's<br />full blast and really get into it.<br /><br />Yes, we really had some good times, but we had our serious<br />times too. We worried about S.A.T.'s and getting into the<br />college of our choice. Things were happening that we didn't<br />understand: the Civil Rights Movement, with the integration<br />of the schools our sophomore year, the Vietnam War, with the<br />guys worrying about getting drafted after graduation. Then <br />there was the tragic announcement over the P.A. system in 1963<br />that our President, John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated.<br /><br />For many of us this was our first brush with tragedy, a part<br />of growing up that we didn't want to face. We had no idea<br />that this was just the beginning, but we did face it and <br />continued.<br /><br />Yes, things have changed since our graduation that night in <br />the Greensboro Coliseum. We all went our separate ways; some<br />of us went to college, some went out into the work force,<br />some of us married(some more than others), some didn't.<br />We all pursued different careers and different lifestyles.<br /><br />We look in the mirror and see gray hair and wrinkles around<br />the eyes and realize, yes, we have changed, but there is one<br />thing that will never change. There was a time in our lives,<br />a brief period, when we all shared a common bond. We shared<br />our fears, our hopes and aspirations as we face adulthood.<br />Those memories will never change, those memories that bring<br />us together, those memories of our days at Ben L. Smith.<br /><br />Written by Carol Regan Mata for the Class of '66 ReunionLarry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-38902303048345745682008-06-13T03:20:00.000-07:002008-06-13T03:52:07.055-07:00The Vick S. Castle StoryI had a friend Vick S.(I am using initials to <br />protect the innocent) He had a 1964 Chevrolet <br />Impala SS with a large engine 327 HP. It was<br />fast and Vick drove the car fast. One night <br />at the Castle Vick decided that everyone at<br />the Castle needed to see just how fast Vick <br />was. The Castle had a light side and a dark<br />side. You would meet a girl on the light side<br />and then later take her to the dark side to <br />talk. I guess Vick thought he could pick up <br />a girl by showing off. You came into the <br />entrance and slowly(I reiterate) slowly <br />drove toward the back and either parked and<br />ordered or sit and chatted with friends. If<br />you were not going to eat or chat, you<br />simply made a U-turn in the lot and slowly<br />made your way out to the exit, which was<br />the same as the entrance. On this particular<br />night, Vick came in the entrance smoking the<br />tires, smoked the tires around the circle,<br />and then proceeded to smoke the tires upon<br />leaving. We headed toward Monroe's, another<br />hangout up the street, and as we headed back<br />to the Castle, we met several police cars,<br />coming toward us with their red lights <br />flashing and sirens blaring. Vick said to me<br />I wonder what's going on that that many<br />police cars would be flying up West Market<br />Street that fast. As we pulled into the <br />Castle,all of our friends ran up to the <br />car and told Vick that those cops were<br />after him. Vick parked the car at the <br />Castle and ran. I hopped out of the car and<br />got into someone else's car. The cops came<br />into the Castle parking lot and surrounded<br />Vick's car. After asking everyone around<br />who's car was this and where was the driver,<br />everyone at the Castle said they did not know.<br />So the cops said fine we will just have the<br />car towed and impounded and when the driver<br />comes to retrieve it, we will arrest him.<br />Someone went over the wall into the next lot<br />where Vick was hiding and told him that his<br />car was fixing to be towed away. Vick came <br />back to the parking lot and innocently went<br />to his car and proceeded to get in and try<br />to start the car. The cops ask him what do you<br />think you are doing and Vick said I am going <br />home. After questioning Vick for 20 minutes<br />they arrested him. Vick's story was that he<br />had been off with someone else and someone<br />must have stolen his car, spun around the <br />Castle and then brought it back and parked it<br />in the parking lot. Cops said that story won't<br />work. We were sitting under the canopy eating<br />supper,when we saw you spin in, and we saw you<br />spin out. Needless to say he was arrested, the<br />car was towed in and I had to find another way<br />home. If I had thought about it then, I should<br />have written this story down and I could have<br />written American Graffiti before Spielberg.Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-30862580573084335352008-06-09T11:20:00.000-07:002008-06-09T11:49:32.411-07:00Castle Story -#1 wifeWe never saw her in the car. All we saw was the <br />rent-a-cop telling our high school friend to get <br />into the car. The rules at the Castle were that<br />you could not hang outside the car, but must be<br />inside the car to stay there.(This was 1964) Once <br />our friend got inside,my friend Tom and I proceeded<br />to go over to the car and throw a cherry bomb firecracker<br />beneath the car. (My friend is not here to defend<br />himself , but he is the one that threw it.) When<br />it did not go off, he and I casually strolled over<br />to the car and I distracted them(there were three <br />girls and our friend in the car),while Tom looked<br />under the car to see why the cherry bomb had not <br />gone off. They wanted to know why Tom was looking<br />under their car and since we did not know them, except<br />our friend of course, we told them Tom had dropped<br />some money and he wanted to look for it. They all wanted<br />to get out of the car and look for it too, and meanwhile<br />here comes the cop and wants to know why the six of us<br />were out of the car. He made us all get back in, and<br />our friend who was trying to pick up one or all of the<br />girls,was forced to introduce us to the girls.They attended,<br />Page High School, at least two of them, and one of them<br />was a sister of Linda and she was in Junior High. Mom had<br />made them bring her so the other two girls would not get into <br />trouble. In any case I was introduced to Dianne and she<br />told me to call her "Dare", which was her nickname, and<br />I told her she could call me Fred , even though my name<br />was Larry. I assumed she was putting me on so I just <br />played back. She ask me where I was from,and that I <br />talked with an accent, and I told her I was from New York<br />City since the song the "Boy From New York City" by the<br />Adlibs had just played on the radio.Tom ask Linda out and <br />I ask Dare out, which was her real nickname, and the rest was<br />history. I married her four years later in 1968. Later<br />in my life I did live in New York City. I never considered<br />myself from N.Y. I have always considered myself from<br />Greensboro, North Carolina, home of the Boar and Castle..<br />and the place I met my wife "Dare".Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-14204247180630864872008-06-05T18:59:00.001-07:002008-06-05T18:59:37.502-07:00The Boar and Castle history for PamNCCHINADOL@aol.com to me <br /> show details 6:43 PM (3 hours ago) Reply <br /> <br /><br />Lordy, Lordy, I sure hope so and............ actually we are 4 genrations. My Mother use to do to Balls there. She would be 104 if still alive and she said she wuse to go to formal dances, which were called Balls back then and even showed me at the back of the building where the entrance was. Also I was on the Central J/H School Reunion committee and at our last one..Jake the car hop from the Castle was our cook and we had Castle burgers amf 6 1/2 oz. cokes for food and people were taking them home by the bag fulls that night. It was wonderful !!!!!!!!!! Thanks again....Pam B :O)Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-65595797952798215532008-06-05T04:32:00.000-07:002008-06-05T04:33:34.478-07:00Missing the SauceYOU GO GUY!!!!!!!! <br /> Inbox X <br /> <br /><br />NCCHINADOL@aol.com to me <br /> show details 10:26 PM (9 hours ago) Reply <br /> <br /><br />I miss it so bad. 64 this August and Can't stand the thought of another summer cookout w/o "THE SAUCE" Nothing will ever be as good. We're in the midst of planning a G S H Wheel Club Bus Drivers Reunion and have wished we could be sitting out there under that wonderful arbor of Wisteria. making plans and seeing some of the drivers, just like we did in the late '50s thru 1963. Oh for those days again.............But thank you for giving us this spot to look at and keep up with and to keep Boar & Castle Sauce alive and well. I've done my part. My three girls were raised on it and my seventeen year old Grandson is missing it toooo!!! So we are three generations behind you on this. Thanks Again. PAM B :O)Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-49270586245196385562008-06-03T16:27:00.000-07:002008-06-03T16:28:37.183-07:00Please Bring back Boar and Castle SauceCarol Price: Please, someone, bring back Boar and Castle Sauce <br />By Carol Price <br />Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 3:00 am <br /><br />After receiving a call from a dear friend recently, I was saddened to learn that a page has been turned in Greensboro's culinary history book -- "Boar and Castle Sauce" is no longer available.<br />While the physical site of the restaurant by the same name has been closed for years, devotees such as myself were able to continue buying the popular Castle Sauce at local grocery stores. I no longer live in the Triad but have been able to sometimes purchase this delicacy in specialty stores. I created my own stash that was supplemented by visits from a close friend. She enjoys the stuff as much as I do!<br />Being a proper Southern lady, she always brings a hostess gift, and I looked forward to receiving Castle Sauce several times a year!<br />If you're not familiar with the sauce and are wondering if there is a secret ingredient that's created a following of Castle Sauce addicts such as myself, well ... no there isn't. Its allure is a combination of things. Yes, the sauce and tangy taste complement virtually any type of food, including eggs. But most important are the memories that were created with family and friends at "the Castle" that are lovingly recalled each time I see its logo and experience the sauce. Surely there is someone with the ability to purchase and preserve this Greensboro tradition!<br />I understand there are a couple of former Boar and Castle employees creating a similar sauce in their restaurants; however, as far as I know they do not bottle and distribute their sauces. By writing this column, I hope an interested reader will consider continuing one of our favorite Southern food traditions by purchasing and distributing this regional favorite! You know, New Yorkers have come to appreciate several of our local specialties, and some of them go to extreme lengths to enjoy them.<br />For example, a FedEx delivery of Kepley's BBQ, five pounds of barbecue, slaw and hush puppies, at a cost of $90-plus, is reasonable for many New Yorkers! The New York Times published an article in 2007 featuring an odd combination (in my mind, at least) with their "Wine and Swine Tour" pairing North Carolina wine with regional barbecue. A new group of foodies who appreciate old classics in new ways! We need you now!<br />So, if any New Yorkers read this letter and share our interest in preserving local Southern fare, please consider purchasing the rights to manufacture and distribute Boar and Castle Sauce. Target your advertising to those of us in the 50-year-old-plus category, and we'll keep your business alive. It's time to save the sauce!<br />Hopefully, someone out there will revive the tradition, and Castle Sauce will be available online before summer. <br />Carol Price lives in Old Fort.Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798006449467355061.post-56879870372513123152008-06-03T16:19:00.000-07:002008-06-03T16:21:25.871-07:00No More Castle SauceS***OUT OF STOCK - MANUFACTURER DISCONTINUED***<br />Please email or call us (sales"AT"carolinasauce"DOT"com or 919-286-1080) if you wish to be notified if this product becomes available again.<br /><br />Boar and Castle Sauce just might be North Carolina's best-kept secret. This all-purpose steak sauce and table sauce was born in the Boar and Castle Restaurant, a venerable old dining establishment that operated in Greensboro from 1929 to 1980. Housed in a castle-shaped building with gables, "The Castle" (as it was fondly called by locals) was a popular gathering place for college kids and teens, as well as hungry families looking for hearty fare. The Boar and Castle was famous for its signature Castleburgers smothered in Boar and Castle Sauce, and friendly carhops providing parking lot service before drive-through windows were invented. Although the restaurant has long since closed its doors, folks in Greensboro and the surrounding area can still find Boar and Castle Sauce at local stores, but the tasty sauce has been virtually impossible to find outside of the Triad area of NC until now. One taste of this thick, rich steak sauce and you'll be transported back to a bygone era. The mustard-tomato base is spiked with just a hint of peppery zip, a touch of tamarind tang, and the pungent essence of anchovies to create a complex, savory sauce that enhances steaks, hamburgers, roasts, meatloaf, hot dogs, onion rings and french fries. Boar and Castle Sauce also adds great flavor to gravies, soups, stews, poultry, seafood and vegetable dishes. This sauce has stood the test of time, and is so good you'll want to keep a bottle by your stove as well as on your dining room table!<br /><br />No nutritional information on label.Larry Oldhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616177822573998637noreply@blogger.com1