typical NC food ? (home, dryer, best)

[queenofbavaria]

my son picked NC as HIS state to do a project. his teacher sent home a recipe for donuts, but we don't even have a deep fryer and I don't like donuts too much anyway.

so - what else is something REALLY typically, maybe even invented in NC ?

I read about pulled pork ? biscuits and gravy ? grits ?

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by queenofbavaria

my son picked NC as HIS state to do a project. his teacher sent home a recipe for donuts, but we don't even have a deep fryer and I don't like donuts too much anyway.

so - what else is something REALLY typically, maybe even invented in NC ?

I read about pulled pork ? biscuits and gravy ? grits ?

Let him bake some sweet potatoes and call it a day. Throw in some ham for good measure.

NC is the highest sweet potato producer in the US.

5th largest for pork.

That ought to do it.

[QuilterChick]

Grits, yum with shrimp.

Sweet potato pie, or

Sweet potato souffle or casserole with marshmallows & pecans ! woo hoooo.

[queenofbavaria]

wow, that was fast ! I'll check on recipes ! thanks so far

[Cofga]

One of my earliest memories is cooking donuts with my granny on her big woodstove in a skillet of fat. You don't need a deep fat dryer, just a big iron skillet but be careful if you do as that's a lot of hot grease

[WNC-hiker]

White Lightning

[young92]

Originally Posted by WNC-hiker

White Lightning

With blueberries soaked in it. That should get the teachers attention!

[garth]

Queen, - All the BBQ that I run into around here is pork - pulled pork, pork ribs. There's absolutley no beef (beef ribs) BBQ in most of the places, so if BBQ is part of the food project, I would say keep it pork.

There's also a difference between coastal and mountain regions. I'm not educated enough in the subject to get specific, but I know traditional BBQ sauces will differ.

How about Road Kill Stew? I always see quite a bit of the ingredients around town.

[QuilterChick]

Originally Posted by garth

Queen, - All the BBQ that I run into around here is pork - pulled pork, pork ribs. There's absolutley no beef (beef ribs) BBQ in most of the places, so if BBQ is part of the food project, I would say keep it pork.

There's also a difference between coastal and mountain regions. I'm not educated enough in the subject to get specific, but I know traditional BBQ sauces will differ.

How about Road Kill Stew? I always see quite a bit of the ingredients around town.

Isn't beef barbeque a Texas thang?

{OMG Garth ... don't you dare mention squirrel brains in scrambled eggs now, or I'm gonn' have to whoop you.}

[queenofbavaria]

Originally Posted by QuilterChick

squirrel brains in scrambled eggs

ok, my son liked your suggestion the best