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Hoe Cakes

Hoe Cakes

Hoe cakes are often associated with the American South, where hoe cakes are served with a variety of sweet and savory foods. There are several explanations where hoe cakes came from. What are hoe cakes? No it’s not what you think it is ;). Some food historians use ex-slave narratives as proof that hoe cakes are called that because they were cooked on the back of a hoe. Others believe the name hoe cake comes not from the slaves cooking the cornmeal on a metal hoe, but rather from an earlier meaning of the word hoe, which was synonymous with griddle.

Peach Cobbler

Peach Cobbler

Our English ancestors brought us the fruit pies. They added a topping of biscuit dough to them and placed a heavy lid on top so that the biscuit dough could rise and brown, that’s how the cobbler was born. Today in the South, most of the restaurants and the Barbecue restaurants have peach cobbler on the menu. A Peach cobbler is as American as Apple Pie, it is a tradition and one that I have come to love.

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork

Pulled pork is the traditional pork barbecue of North Carolina. It is arguably the oldest type of American barbecue.

In Eastern North Carolina, this barbecue is traditionally made from a whole hog. In the central to western parts of the state, pork shoulder (Boston butt) is typically used.

The pork is slow-smoked over hickory for twelve to sixteen hours. Because of the slow cooking, the meat becomes very tender and can be torn into shreds by fingers alone. The meat may also be served chopped rather than pulled. This is especially true in Lexington-style barbecue. Wood smoke and long cooking times are required to make authentic barbecue. Pork braised in sauce in a crock-pot or other such device is not considered true barbecue.

Pulled pork is usually served with a thin, piquant vinegar-based barbecue sauce in Eastern North Carolina or a tomato-and-vinegar based sauce in Central and Western NC, and eaten on a bun as a sandwich, or on its own with side items such as coleslaw (mayonnaise-based in Eastern North Carolina, vinegar-based in central and western NC), baked beans, hush puppies, collard greens, or cornbread.

Pulled pork may be prepared from a fresh pork shoulder by slow roasting (6 to 8 hours at 250F-300F for an 8- to 12-lb cut)

Don’t forget to add the coleslaw.

Ingredients

Pork Shoulder or Pork butt
a spray bottle with apple cider vinegar
soaked wood chips of your choice
For the seasoning blend:
1 tbsp Kosher Salt
1 tbsp Oregano
1 tbsp Thyme
1 tbsp Red pepper flakes
1 tbsp Chili powder

Instructions

1.   Soak the wood chips in water and make the seasoning blend.

2. Prepare your pork shoulder or pork butt the following way: cut the fat off the pork shoulder (you don’t have to do that with the pork butt). As for me I prefer the pork butt because it doesn’t have that much fat, but this time the store only had pork shoulders. Rub the pork shoulder with the seasonings. And spray with apple cider vinegar.

3. Put the soaked wood chips in your smoker and turn your smoker on. The temp should be about 250F. And let that shoulder or butt smoke. Spray now and then with the apple cider vinegar, that keeps the shoulder or butt moist. Your shoulder is done when the internal temperature is 200F. Let it rest for about 1/2 hour. This one took 10 hours. You should be able to pull the meat from the bone. Sprinkle with the seasoning blend and add your favorite bbq sauce. Eat it on a sandwich with some coleslaw.

 

 

Pulled Pork

Pulled pork is the traditional pork barbecue of North Carolina. It is arguably the oldest type of American barbecue. In Eastern North Carolina, this barbecue is traditionally made from a whole hog. In the central to western parts of the state, pork shoulder (Boston butt) is typically used. The pork is slow-smoked over hickory for twelve to sixteen hours. Because of the slow cooking, the meat becomes very tender and can be torn into shreds by fingers alone. The meat may also be served chopped rather than pulled. This is especially true in Lexington-style barbecue. Wood smoke and long cooking times are required to make authentic barbecue. Pork braised in sauce in a crock-pot or other such device is not considered true barbecue. Pulled pork is usually served with a thin, piquant vinegar-based barbecue sauce in Eastern North Carolina or a tomato-and-vinegar based sauce in Central and Western NC, and eaten on a bun as a sandwich, or on its own with side items such as coleslaw (mayonnaise-based in Eastern North Carolina, vinegar-based in central and western NC), baked beans, hush puppies, collard greens, or cornbread. Pulled pork may be prepared from a fresh pork shoulder by slow roasting (6 to 8 hours at 250F-300F for an 8- to 12-lb cut)
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • Pork Shoulder or Pork butt
  • a spray bottle with apple cider vinegar
  • soaked wood chips of your choice

For the seasoning blend:

  • 1 tbsp Kosher Salt
  • 1 tbsp Oregano
  • 1 tbsp Thyme
  • 1 tbsp Red pepper
  • 1 tbsp Chilli powder

Instructions

  • Soak the wood chips in water and make the seasoning blend.
  • Prepare your pork shoulder or pork butt the following way: cut the fat off the pork shoulder (you don't have to do that with the pork butt). As for me I prefer the pork butt because it doesn't have that much fat, but this time the store only had pork shoulders. Rub the pork shoulder with the seasonings. And spray with apple cider vinegar.
  • Put the soaked wood chips in your smoker and turn your smoker on. The temp should be about 250F. And let that shoulder or butt smoke. Spray now and then with the apple cider vinegar, that keeps the shoulder or butt moist. Your shoulder is done when the internal temperature is 200F. Let it rest for about 1/2 hour. This one took 10 hours. You should be able to pull the meat from the bone. Sprinkle with the seasoning blend and add your favorite bbq sauce. Eat it on a sandwich with some coleslaw.
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Mac & Cheese

Mac & Cheese

Mac & Cheese, that is some real comfort food. With this recipe you can change the kind of cheese you want to use. Just keep the same proportions.

Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Pie

During the sixteenth century, Brits from Europe brought the tradition of making pumpkin pies for dessert to West Africa. The tradition was soon brought to America during slavery, where the African slaves transformed the dessert into something sweeter using yams, then sweet potatoes. Coincidentally, yams and black-eyed peas was a common food slaves were fed during the Middle Passage.

The name of the food was inconsistent at first, because the yam and sweet potato come from two different types of plants. The word yam in African dialects was either “Oyame or Yam Yam” or a few other terms with a few other meanings. Yams are monocots from the Dioscorea family. Sweet potatoes are from the Morning Glory plant family.

Sweet potato pie recipes made a cookbook debut in the 18th century. In the late part of the 19th century, Fannie Famer featured a recipe for glazed sweet potatoes in the Boston Cooking School Cookbook. Soon after, inventor George Washington Carver began to find various uses for the sweet potato, including in a candied version. He released over 100 uses for the vegetable.

As the slaves made the pie for large gatherings in celebration and as a part of family meals, the tradition has continued for family gatherings and black family reunions today.

(Photo: Sweet Potato Pie recipe by African slave Abby Fisher in 1881)