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Charlotte charred by FLOTUS roast reference (Charlotte = BBQ, like Minneapolis = gumbo?)
Politico ^
| 2/3/2011
| MOLLY BALL
Posted on 02/03/2011 7:08:18 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
Charlotte residents were ecstatic to hear this week that their city was selected to host the Democratic convention. But there was one line in the e-mail announcement from First Lady Michelle Obama that made locals say, "Huh?"
In listing Charlotte's many virtues, Obama named southern charm, hospitality, diversity — "And of course, great barbecue."
That was news to residents, who know that North Carolina's best barbecue lies farther afield. "We appreciate the compliments, and they're all spot-on until that last one," the editorial board of the Charlotte Observer newspaper wrote in a blog post titled, "Charlotte = great barbecue? Who knew?"
"Everybody knows to get the best stuff, you gotta drive north to Lexington," the board added.
A local Associated Press reporter quoted a barbecue expert, retired University of North Carolina professor John Shelton Reed, who said that Charlotte for barbecue was "like Minneapolis for gumbo."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: fatass; michelleobama; moochelle
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To: stainlessbanner
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:10:51 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:10:51 AM PST
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Sure to ignite a “Eastern vs. Western NC” style flame war...
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:11:26 AM PST
by
PogySailor
(The ruling class will not go down easily. And neither will their paid hacks.)
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To: BenLurkin
“Beware...Wide Load Ahead”
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:13:39 AM PST
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Has anyone spotted any "together we thrive" tee-shirts yet in the news feeds from Cairo?)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Minneapolis=Gumbo.
You should have tasted my Swedish mom’s chile.
Hamburger, tomato sauce, and lots and lots of beans. And none of that spicy stuff to mess up the taste.
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:13:48 AM PST
by
DManA
To: SonOfDarkSkies
To: PogySailor
I’d love to see hash and sauce flying on the floor of the convention when the Lexingtonians and the Wilsonians slam heads in a good old-fashioned NC ‘Q war.
}:-)4
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:16:55 AM PST
by
Moose4
("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
“Charlotte residents were ecstatic to hear this week that their city was selected to host the Democratic convention.”
Guess WBT didn’t get the memo that we’re all ‘ecstatic’.
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:18:51 AM PST
by
Raebie
To: SonOfDarkSkies
“”Everybody knows to get the best stuff, you gotta drive north to Lexington,” the board added. “
BS. You go east of Raleigh
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:20:08 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:22:46 AM PST
by
gimme1ibertee
("Criticism......brings attention to an unhealthy state of things"-Winston Churchill)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
"Charlotte residents were ecstatic to hear this week that their city was selected to host the Democratic convention."
Correction!
"Some" Charlotte residents were ecstatic to hear this week........
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:25:04 AM PST
by
SERE_DOC
(My Rice Krispies told me to stay home & clean my weapons!)
To: SonOfDarkSkies
Well it ain’t BBQ’ed but the best fried chicken I ever ate was at Price’s Chicken Coop in Charlotte N.C.!!
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:25:19 AM PST
by
McBuff
To: PalmettoMason
Speaking of BBQ, when MO went to Haahvahd, those who knew her in Chicago called her the “Boston Butt.”
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posted on
02/03/2011 7:26:31 AM PST
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Has anyone spotted any "together we thrive" tee-shirts yet in the news feeds from Cairo?)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Well, you guys voted for him...lol
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