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In article <9jc8n7$cvh$1@hermes.acs.unt.edu>, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:

> suzanne <suzanne47@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:52:18 -0500, "Amy" <atoomim@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>I never had anything in Tennessee that I would call food.  My ex would rave
> >>about some place and some particular thing you could there, so we would go.
> >>Yuck!  The BBQ tastes like baked beans only sweeter.  
> 
> > Real Tennessee BBQ is served with the sauce on the side.  It is
> > hickory smoked pork shoulder.  The sauce is thin and usually vinegary.
> > The hot sauce is usually similar to Tabasco in heat and consistency.
> > The mild sauce is often sweet and vinegary.
> 
> No, no, no, no, no......  I grew up in Alabama, and lived in Nashville
> for quite a while, and still stop by and eat TN style BBQ whenever the
> chance arises.  I've eaten at all the best BBQ places in both
> Nashville and Memphis (and quite a few that weren't "the best"...)
> "thin and usually vinegary" sounds like North Carolina style BBQ --
> nasty stuff in my opinion.  TN BBQ usually has strongly smoked pork
> shoulder (always hickory smoked) and a tomato and mollases based
> sauce, and as such is usually pretty thick.
> 
> -- 
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I agree...  This vinagery-style pork BBQ sounds exactly like what my Mom's
Virgina/North Carlona folks call BBQ.  As I recall it is served on a bun
with cole slaw on it as well.

---Steve