On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:04:54 -0800, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>In article >,
> The Cook > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:09:41 -0500, lil abner > wrote:
>>
>> >cybercat wrote:
>> >> For a breath of fresh air after the holiday food. I didn't cook the
>> >> collards
>> >> or pork, tried the place below instead, and the barbecue is less fatty
>> >> than
>> >> most but just as flavorful, the collard leaves in large pieces and not
>> >> cooked to death, with vinegar already in them and just enough. Wonderful
>> >> stuff. For sweet potatoes with the right flavor but less fat and sugar I
>> >> baked them and mashed them lightly with a little butter and dark brown
>> >> sugar.
>> >>
>> >> I could eat just the collards and potatoes for days on end. I was not
>> >> raised
>> >> on these things but sure did take to them once I found them.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Last year when traveling through NC we tried to find some Carolina BBQ.
>> >The place we found had a famous name but had been bought by Inidans or
>> >Somalis.
>> >The meat was boiled and taken out of the pot and slapped on a grill long
>> >enough to burn it. They served that with some sugar syrup with liquid
>> >smoke and hot sauce and vinegar mixed in.
>> >The beans and fries were worse than Hardies. They didn't know what sweet
>> >potatoes were.
>> >The slaw was the packaged mix with some cabbage stirred in mintes before.
>> >The bread was toasted light bread slathered with butter flavored veg oil.
>> >The beans were canned pork and beans with some ketsup and more sugar
>> >stirred in.
>> >our first clue should have been when we pulled into the parking lot that
>> >the pit hadn't been used in a very very long time and their was no oak
>> >or hickory smoke mixed with meat smell.
>> >They got both our orders wrong.
>> >This is the place with the Big Pig as it's symbol. It was the best of
>> >the three places we tried.
>> >All the good places seem to be gobbled up by foreign interest who figure
>> >the cheapest crap they can serve up with inflated prices will make them
>> >rich.
>> >The place was packed though. Go figure.
>>
>> Try Wilbur's in Goldsboro, NC. We ate there about a month ago and it
>> was still great. If you are near I77, Little Richards in Mt. Airy or
>> Yadkinville are not bad at all. BBQ Ribs & Co. at exit 143 on I40/85
>> near Burlington also makes good BBQ.
>
>I would add to the list Lexington BBQ #1 in Lexington (featured in this
>month's Southern Living), Bullock's in Durham, and Fuzzy's in Madison.
>
>Cindy

Lexington # 1 is also good. Another one I like is Allen & Sons. The
one between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro is neat. The one between Chapel
Hill and Hillsborough is a little more upscale. They also have one in
Burlington on Highway 54 south.

I see a road trip in the near future to Fuzzy's. We are not too far
from Madison. Will try Bullock's next time we get to the Triangle
area.
--
Susan N.

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