Birmingham Barbecued Veal

The only time I ever had barbecued veal in the South was at a lavish wedding reception in Birmingham, Alabama, but it was a dish I’ll never forget. Generally, veal has never been a popular meat in Dixie, possibly because, till just a few years ago, Southern veal was more often “baby beef” than the young, delicate, milk-fed calf’s meat prized by gourmands the world over. The irony, I learned, is that no meat (other than pork) lends itself better to the barbecuing process than a primal veal s