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> I watched in horror Rachel Ray's $40 A Day show in my hometown of Chapel
> Hill, NC.
>
> Then the real kicker was her going to the BBQ Joint. Look, if you have
> never been to eastern NC you don't understand what BBQ is and how to eat
> it. It's slow cooked pork that is usually chopped and mixed with a spicey
> vinegar sauce. That's simple enough. It's what she didn't get with it that
> totally blew my mind. The *traditional* side dishes are cole slaw, which
> she got by default. Another traditional side side and a real must have
> when eating BBQ is brunswick stew. Hushpuppies are also traditional. What
> does that idiot Rachel Ray get? Well, she didn't actually order it, she
> let one of the owners recommend it (obviously that was totally setup,
> too). Now get this, he recommends BRUSSEL SPROUTS!!!!!! LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> OMG, me and my friends who watched the show almost went completely
> bonkers. I can't even tell you how damn stupid that is. I mean, I can't
> tell you what a let down that was. That is NOT traditional and maybe 1 in
> 1000 would order the damn things. Hell, most people hate the stupid things
> as it is. I have worked in and eaten in BBQ restraurants for 40 years.
> Brussel sprouts are so far down on the scale of what to eat it's not even
> funny. My 90 year grandmother might eat them, then again seeing how they
> cooked them in garlic she might not. It looked like they were going for
> that high brow NY style of cooking instead of traditional eat with your
> hands BBQ style. On top of that she got cornbread instead of hushpuppies.
> That is just wrong. I can not believe anyone serious would come to
> central/eastern NC, go eat BBQ and NOT order brunswick stew and
> hushpuppies. It's just mindboggling. It makes no sense. She and her effete
> staff totally blew it.
>
>

Why were brussel sprouts even on the menu? That's just wrong....

Best regards,
Bob