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02-18-2021, 12:56 PM
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Location: Raleigh
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I had the cornbread at the Skylight Inn in Ayden. It's great, probably unlike any cornbread you've ever had. Hope the local place makes it the same way.
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02-18-2021, 01:06 PM
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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Originally Posted by blueheronNC
It’s actual authentic cornbread. Not the dessert-like corn cake many non-rural southerners mistake for cornbread.
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So that's what I was trying to figure out - is that something that is special to eastern NC? I haven't seen it anywhere else in/outside of cities |
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02-18-2021, 01:35 PM
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Location: At the NC-SC Border
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Originally Posted by pierretong1991
So that's what I was trying to figure out - is that something that is special to eastern NC? I haven't seen it anywhere else in/outside of cities
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I haven’t either, and I’ve been all over the place eating barbecue. |
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02-18-2021, 02:23 PM
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Location: Raleigh
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The cornbread at Skylight Inn (and I hope at Sam Jones) is not the dry, crumbly stuff we are usually served. It's denser, moister, and has a buttery flavor that's hard to describe. I really like it as I'm not a big fan of the "usual" cornbread.
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02-18-2021, 03:52 PM
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Location: Apex, NC
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Originally Posted by Poggly Woggly
I haven’t either, and I’ve been all over the place eating barbecue.
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That’s what I’m used to as well if it’s almost like a moist, sweet (almost gooey) cornbread. Almost like a butter cake cut from a tray. At least that’s how Sugarfire and Pappy’s in STL do their cornbread.
I see Sam Jones is on Door Dash now. Really want to try it in person first though. |
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02-18-2021, 05:06 PM
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Location: At the NC-SC Border
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Originally Posted by STL2006
I see Sam Jones is on Door Dash now. Really want to try it in person first though.
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I’d like to get there too someday. We’re going to be in Snow Hill in a few weeks, and I plan to eat at Pete Jones(Skylight Inn) in Ayden on the way back to the coast. Sam Jomes BBQ in Winterville is only a few miles away. |
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02-24-2021, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pierretong1991
Also fair warning for anyone who hasn’t been to Sam Jones, their cornbread is not what you think it is.........haha
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What is it? |
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02-24-2021, 09:11 PM
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If you're willing to travel outside of Raleigh into JoCo, I would highly recommend White Swan in Smithfield on Hwy. 301. I know eastern NC BBQ very well, and they have some of the best.
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02-24-2021, 10:10 PM
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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Originally Posted by uncchgrad
If you're willing to travel outside of Raleigh into JoCo, I would highly recommend White Swan in Smithfield on Hwy. 301. I know eastern NC BBQ very well, and they have some of the best.
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I'm a big fan of White Swan as well. I may have driven out there for lunch one weekday.......... |
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02-24-2021, 10:12 PM
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Location: Raleigh/AB
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Stephenson’s in Willow Spring is top notch and has been for over 60 years.
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