Barbecue and certainly pig pickings are synonymous with the word party. Fans of barbecue eat it in barbecue restaurants and also take it out to eat at home, but generally a big barbecue means gathering a group of people. A person who does not like barbecue or does not have a tremendous capacity to consume it might by some stretch of the imagination get elected governor of North Carolina, but it is highly unlikely. Politicians …showed first 75 words of 878 total…

…showed last 75 words of 878 total…A-1 Sauce and Worcestershire sauce, but he would not give the proportions. As winners of the 1986 contest, the Lambert brothers received a huge trophy and a check for two thousand dollars. But the best prize, of course, was bragging rights. The controversy about North Carolina barbecue and accompaniments boils down to the use of ketchup and vinegar in the sauce, hush puppies or corn sticks, and red slaw with ketchup or white slaw with mayonnaise.