Fogman
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07 Sep 2009, 4:33 pm
Sounds like sausage or ground pork?Eastern NC BBQ is a whole hog (headless) that is cooked over coals, and pulled from after cooking. A lot of times it is chopped with varying degrees of courseness. My guess is that the BBQ the Texas Grandmother ate was chopped very fine.
FWIW, I have also encountered sliced BBQ in Charlotte, NC.
07 Sep 2009, 5:36 pm
Well, it's pulled pork. Anyone who ate in a school cafeteria would remember what I'm talking about; it's pork that's be reduced to a mushy pile of shredded meat, with vinegar and pepper permeating it (or at least we assumed it was pork...
They'd also serve it with 'greens', complete with bottles of vinegar on the tables...
The method just described in the previous post is 'pig pickin's', although I've seen 'em with the head left on...
But as mentioned previously, I rarely get east of Raleigh, so I'm no expert. This is all 2nd-hand from a guy who wrote for the 'Noise and Disturber', the local newspaper. About every 2 weeks during the summer, it'd be a long rant about 'Eastern NC barbecue'...who knew?...
You can get Texas barbecue in NC at a place called Dickey's, although someone tried opening up an NC barbecue place in Waco TX in the 70s, it lasted about 6 weeks...
But I could be prejudiced...
07 Sep 2009, 5:54 pm
07 Sep 2009, 6:38 pm
07 Sep 2009, 7:27 pm
Here's some pictures from the last one I was at. These foods are all made from TVP. There can also be veggie dogs and burgers, grilled vegetables, etc.
07 Sep 2009, 7:33 pm
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07 Sep 2009, 11:14 pm
Okay, now we're getting somewhere
southwestforests
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07 Sep 2009, 11:16 pm
Anyone who posts food has to "share with the class".
