Posted on 09/22/2011 6:39:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Rick Perry has some splainin’ to do when he gets to Eastern North Carolina, and we’re not talking about his dog-cussing of Democrats and Ben Bernanke.
Back when he was the Texas agriculture commissioner, Perry tried some Eastern North Carolina barbecue at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, and reportedly said, “I’ve had road kill that tasted better than that.”
The remark got picked in a book, “Holy Smoke: the Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue,” by John Shelton Reed and Dale Volberg Reed. That volume is probably making the rounds of Mitt Romney’s headquarters right now.
Eastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™), or to taste
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
1. Combine the white vinegar, cider vinegar, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper in a jar or bottle with a tight-fitting lid. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 days before using so that the flavors will blend. Shake occasionally, and store for up to 2 months in the refrigerator.
Brisket with BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
• 4 pounds lean beef brisket
• 2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring
• 1 tablespoon onion salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
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• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 cup ketchup
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard powder
• salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Pour liquid smoke over brisket. Rub with onion salt and garlic salt. Roll brisket in foil and refrigerate overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Place brisket in a large roasting pan. Cover and bake for 5 to 6 hours. Remove from oven, cool, and then slice. Put slices back into pan.
3. In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, ketchup, butter, water, celery salt, liquid smoke, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt and pepper. Stir, and cook until boiling.
4. Pour sauce over meat slices in pan. Cover and bake for 1 more hour.
Neither did I, but they certainly are touchy about it.
There must be some truth in Perry's evaluation--to get them so riled up. Maybe they've heard that sort of thing before.
Neither did I, but they certainly are touchy about it.
There must be some truth in Perry's evaluation--to get them so riled up. Maybe they've heard that sort of thing before.
Post 24 to you then.
Bet Michelle could dig into these!
That’s not a bad chili, a little light on the cumin for my taste, but good amount of peppers.
Actually I like the Vinegar nased BBQ sauce on occasion.
But: I have had some that made me pucker up like I had eaten a not ready persimmon.
Hard to judge a man by his taste in BBQ.
I would wager to say that it probably wasn’t because he didn’t like the BBQ, but it wasn’t Texas BBQ.
This is a very serious allegation. Unless he issued an EO that only Texas BBQ could be eaten, I could forget this easylike.
That’s the trouble with the Carolinas......North.....South.....now Eastern North Carolina?......looks mighty wet in Eastern North Carolina.
Um...is this article worth posting? So he didn’t like the food at a barbecue, so what?
Next you’ll be telling me you didn’t know about the Wright Brothers, Duke Carolina basketball, or tobacco. They’ve been barbecuing pigs in eastern NC this way longer than most states have been states.....
A North Carolina B-B-Q eating (judge) AND former Cambridge professor is ANTI-science!!!
".....John has been a judge at the Memphis-in-May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and gave the 1995 Kemp Plummer Battle Lecture to UNC’s Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies on the subject “Science Lies When It Says Hogmeat’s Got Little Bugs in It” (honest). He’s not a pitmaster, but he was the Pitt Professor at Cambridge University in 1996–97." Source
As much as I dislike Rick Perry as a corrupt ringleader for illegal immigration and crony capitalism, that is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read... reaching back 20 years for a comment of his disliking a single serving he ate, and using it as a wedge issue between him and critical swing state?
As much as I dislike Rick Perry as a corrupt ringleader for illegal immigration and crony capitalism, that is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read... reaching back 20 years for a comment of his disliking a single serving he ate, and using it as a wedge issue between him and critical swing state?
I salute North Carolina’s pigs and their dedication to BBQ.
(why are you keeping it a secret ?)
Ever had North Carolina BBQ? He’s right!!
North Carolina has 15 Electoral Votes so I guess we can nibble on their ribs and smile.
If Moochele knew about Salt Lick, she’d make ZERO campaign here every week.
Next I’ll be tellin ya the Wright Brothers were from OHIO.
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