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North Carolina Style Barbeque
Sep. 28th, 2005 10:17 pmI'm posting the recipe for Carolina Pig Pickin' Sauce. I've gotten into arguments with people about what barbeque is and is not, so I'm including a little Barbeque 101.
Barbeque in NC refers to pork. It's not ribs, sausages, chicken or anything else cooked on a grill. It's pork. So this sauce is based on the idea that it's going on a slab of pig. On the eastern side you get the vinegar and pepper chopped pork. On the west, you get light tomato pulled pork. Chopped, sliced or pulled that's up to you.
Vinegar and Pepper - The most basic and oldest barbeque sauce. Found primarily in the Eastern part of North Carolina. There is some argument whether this style started in North or South Carolina. Since I'm biased, it's NC. This is the type of sauce that I'm posting.
Mustard - Vinegar and Pepper with mustard added. This is a German influence found mainly in South Carolina.
Light Tomato Sauce - Vinegar and Pepper with tomato ketchup added. Lexington, NC is the place of invention. Commonly referred to as "Western Carolina Barbeque".
Heavy Tomato Sauce - The type of Barbeque sauce that you find bottled in the grocery store. This is the type of sauce found in most of the rest of the U.S.
( Eastern Carolina Pig Pickin' Sauce )
I think I went a little overboard there. Sorry, I'm passionate about my barbeque. And I couldn't leave everyone with "store in cool dark place". That doesn't give you any idea of what to do with the sauce.
Barbeque in NC refers to pork. It's not ribs, sausages, chicken or anything else cooked on a grill. It's pork. So this sauce is based on the idea that it's going on a slab of pig. On the eastern side you get the vinegar and pepper chopped pork. On the west, you get light tomato pulled pork. Chopped, sliced or pulled that's up to you.
Vinegar and Pepper - The most basic and oldest barbeque sauce. Found primarily in the Eastern part of North Carolina. There is some argument whether this style started in North or South Carolina. Since I'm biased, it's NC. This is the type of sauce that I'm posting.
Mustard - Vinegar and Pepper with mustard added. This is a German influence found mainly in South Carolina.
Light Tomato Sauce - Vinegar and Pepper with tomato ketchup added. Lexington, NC is the place of invention. Commonly referred to as "Western Carolina Barbeque".
Heavy Tomato Sauce - The type of Barbeque sauce that you find bottled in the grocery store. This is the type of sauce found in most of the rest of the U.S.
( Eastern Carolina Pig Pickin' Sauce )
I think I went a little overboard there. Sorry, I'm passionate about my barbeque. And I couldn't leave everyone with "store in cool dark place". That doesn't give you any idea of what to do with the sauce.
