BBQ sandwich advice?

[stuntcat]

Hey :D
A relative brought us a bunch of North Carolina BBQ which is totally cool but in just one day I've run out of ways to serve it. What would y'all serve it with? I'm thinking I need beans, like those soupy red ones, but all I have is a can of kinda runny red pinto beans. Or maybe a little corn!? Or I'll make a salad??? Potatoes or fries don't seem right..


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[Lance_Boyle]

1. cole slaw on the sandwich,

fried okra on the plate beside it. And don't forget the hush puppies. And some greens, if you like.

[stuntcat]

2. omg okra *dramatic headslap*

Hells yeah, I have some in the freezer, this is the time to get it out. We really needed something green with all these sandwiches.

I have a few hours so maybe I should figure out how to make hush puppies too, I mean why the hell not :p

okay good ty!

[yellowdogintexas]

3. must.have. coleslaw. and freeze the stuff so you have it when you

get the craving again.

[stuntcat]

4. that's a good idea too

to save at least a couple of sandwiches worth! Except now with the okra and my cornbread (I just found a recipe) we might finish it all :9 They gave us a little container of coleslaw, with our BBQ batch, it's red though not green, but it tastes the same :shrug: Gonna eat it, that's for sure!

[Richard Steele]

5. Nothing wrong with fries on the side.

It's not "NC authentic", but it's still yummy.

And some homestyle green beans go well with it too, IMHO.
(Of course, I think they go with everything, I'll admit)

[seemunkee]

6. Collard Greens and Mac and cheese

Or some sweet potato fries.

[YankeyMCC]

7. Sweet potato fries

And/Or collard greens

[unsavedtrash]

8. Slaw on the BBQ with baked beans, corn, and potato salad.

Damn, now I'm hungry.

[stuntcat]

9. Damn, me too >:\

Now my stomach is growling :9
I'm fixin to go make okra and cornbread but I wish I had some sweet potatoes too :9 :9

[jmowreader]

10. If this is Eastern NC BBQ, do what my parents did...

In 2004 I went back to Idaho for a family reunion, and made a batch of eastern NC BBQ.

Next thing you know, they're using it in spaghetti sauce, and asking for the recipe.

[mcscajun]

11. If I had so much pulled pork that I'd get tired of buns with slaw, sure

I'd freeze some for repeats later on, but if I got really crazy, I'd put it IN mac 'n' cheese. :D

(Edited to make subject line clearer.)

[stuntcat]

12. ??????

someone else said they'd seen it made into spaghetti sauce! :wow: Pasta if definitely better with pork I think so it makes sense. I have to be careful getting creative with cooking because I'm not that good at it, but I did make the frozen okra tonight so that was a good idea, and luckily easy (I mean hard to screw up)
I almost cooked little hush puppies, my first ever, only I baked them too long so they were like rocks.

We hardly made a dent in it tonight, I think I will freeze some now so we can have something different for dinner tomorrow.

:headbang:

[mcscajun]

15. Ah. Hush Puppies need to be fried, not baked.

:hi: Rocks you do *not* want. :hi:

Love 'dem hush puppies! :P

http://southernfood.about.com/od/fritters/r/bl00823b.htm

[stuntcat]

16. that makes so much sense :blush:

I make a lot of cooking mistakes :blush: the cookbook would have helped if I'd just looked I guess.
I was close though, I think I had the mix about right. I'll try again when I get more eggs, I'm printing the recipe out.

Our months of wishes & hopes for NCBBQP have been answered :crazy: and answered..

[AlCzervik]

13. i put the meat on a baked potato.

[Dervill Crow]

14. NC BBQ sammich, tater salad, and chips and dip.

That's our traditional Christmas Eve dinner.