Corey Smith will perform Saturday night at The Signal.LISA DENTON: Barry, I saw Carla Pritchard of Chattanooga Presents the other night at the grocery store, and she was telling me about two things: 1) Ice on the Landing is coming to a close, and 2) how good her mother’s pot roast is.
BARRY COURTER: The checkout line at the grocery is a good place to get news tips. Did you get the recipe?
LISA: No recipe, but I’m hoping we can just finagle an invitation. What I do know is that today is the last day for public skating at the ice rink in the Chattanooga Choo Choo gardens. Unless, of course, you are competing in skillet curling, which will determine a winner Tuesday evening.
BARRY: I don’t know who conceived of the skillet curling tournament idea, but it’s gold. The finals will be from 5 to 10 p.m. and, of course, Lodge Manufacturing from down the road in South Pittsburg will be awarding prizes. I might have to try it next year. I’m pretty good with a broom.
LISA: The Olympic sport is oddball enough, but this “Southern take,” as they’re calling it, might be even odder. In regular curling, you slide a 42-pound stone on the ice toward a target area while two players sweep the ice in front of the stone to keep it moving in a straight line. In skillet curling, you slide Lodge cast-iron skillets across the ice, and the target is a bacon press.