Ingredients 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise $ 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon coarsely ground pepper $ 1 tablespoon Creole mustard 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar $ 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
Preparation
Whisk together all ingredients until blended. Store in the refrigerator up to 1 week
Article: The color spectrum of barbecue sauce is rich and diverse--one reason why sampling different styles from all over the South is so much fun and so delicious. Ask the average person the color of their favorite sauce, and you’ll probably get answers such as brick red, mahogany, or caramel.
Pose the same question to a resident of North Alabama, though, and you’re sure to get only one answer: white.
"It’s the only sauce we know here, because it’s what everyone grows up on," says world barbecue champion Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama. Bob Gibson is credited with concocting white sauce back in 1925. Today, this tangy, mayonnaise-based condiment, traditionally used to dress chicken, is as synonymous with the state of Alabama as legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. "We marinate with it, use it to baste, plus we use it as an all-purpose table sauce," explains Chris.
Yet because white barbecue sauce is such a regional anomaly and because grocery shelves are dominated by the myriad incarnations of tomato-based sauces, many Southerners have never tried it. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s time to get out the chicken and fire up your smoker or grill.
Yes, We Have No Tomatoes Like its tomato- and mustard-based cousins, white barbecue sauce comes in shades ranging from porcelain to putty. There are also differences in consistency. Some sauces flow like fat-free milk, while others are more reminiscent of a creamy dressing. As for the ingredients, well, purists such as Myra Grissom, owner of Miss Myra’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Birmingham, insists there are only four: mayonnaise, vinegar, salt, and coarsely ground pepper.
"Everyone says they have a special recipe, but there’s really no secret. You start with the basics, and you can’t go wrong," recommends Myra, whose family tree leads back to Decatur. She’s been serving up her version of white barbecue sauce in Birmingham for more than 19 years. "I love it as a dip for pretzels," she says with a smile, "but we also use it to perk up salads and to top pulled pork sandwiches and grilled fish."
One taste and you’ll understand why Myra says, "no Southern home should be without it."
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Ingredients 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise $ 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon coarsely ground pepper $ 1 tablespoon Creole mustard 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar $ 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
I'm trying to keep an open mind. I'm trying to get past the first ingredient.
I'm really trying, here.
Don't. It tastes like strange tarter sauce. And it doesn't belong on BBQ.
White BBQ sauce is only found in one part of Alabama (I believe. At least, that's what I've been told). Alabama has three different kinds of BBQ sauce - White, which is pretty much only up around Hunstville, sweet/honey which is the middle of the state, and then the mustard, which is the lower half. I don't know why they can't just pick one like every other state manages to do.
Buffalo Wings for all of NYS dumb. Hell just say Cider Donuts.
I bet they did DE as vinegar fries due to those crap vinegar fry spots on the boardwalk??
I thought PA could have been shoo-fly pie. Maybe that's just a Lancaster thing?
Re: buffalo wings. I can't figure out what would work for all of NY really. There's Buffalo wings, Binghamton speidies, NYC steaks (strip, Delmonico); cheesecake is such a cliche.
Pasties, shoo fly pie, cheese steaks, even chicken fried steak from my Yellowstone era. Yeah, my tuna sandwich isn't cutting it tonight.
I had no idea that a "Sloppy Joe" was anything other than saucy ground meat on a bun, until I moved to Essex County. In The Oranges, Millburn, etc., it's a club sandwich with lots of cole slaw:
Very familiar with Taylor ham, egg, and cheese sandwiches, though. We used to get them at the food trucks outside of college.
The fuck is that?
Sometimes I wonder if there is a white Jewish/Italian New Jersey and a New Jersey for the rest of us. Maybe laurenpetro can weigh in.
i'm not much of a help with the sloppy joe thing. i'd never heard of one until a few years ago and they taste like ass on a plate. seriously, russian dressing on cole slaw? the fuck?
now taylor ham, on the other hand, if amazing. i always feel 1 step closer to a heart attack when i eat them so i stick with bacon but lord on high, that's heaven on a plate. i have to say i'm surprised you escaped it, @helenabonhamcarter, i thought pork roll was huge in southern jersey.
now i want a bacon, egg and cheese on a round roll like woah. fuck.
i have to say i'm surprised you escaped it, @helenabonhamcarter, i thought pork roll was huge in southern jersey.
now i want a bacon, egg and cheese on a round roll like woah. fuck.
I was raised in Central Jersey by South Jersey people. We were always in South Jersey for family shit but no pork roll. I ate the hell out of bacon, egg, and cheese on something though, whether it be a bagel, roll, or Dunkin croissant.
I've made the white bbq sauce for chicken and it's pretty good. The recipe I use calls for an apple juice marinade for the chicken, which is very tasty.
But I'm from North Jersey so I'm sure I don't know shit about real barbecue.
i have to say i'm surprised you escaped it, @helenabonhamcarter, i thought pork roll was huge in southern jersey.
now i want a bacon, egg and cheese on a round roll like woah. fuck.
I was raised in Central Jersey by South Jersey people. We were always in South Jersey for family shit but no pork roll. I ate the hell out of bacon, egg, and cheese on something though, whether it be a bagel, roll, or Dunkin croissant.
I grew up in south jersey and while I knew what pork roll was, it wasn't something I ate while growing up. I did eat scrapple though at the diner!!
Post by LoveTrains on Sept 25, 2014 10:20:25 GMT -5
All I want after looking at this chart is a wawa hoagie, a cheesesteak, or a sausage tomato pie from Pepes in New Haven.
Eff frozen lemonade. It's good but it's not in the above categories of deliciousness. They don't have proper rolls up here for hoagies or cheesesteaks. It's a problem.
I had no idea that a "Sloppy Joe" was anything other than saucy ground meat on a bun, until I moved to Essex County. In The Oranges, Millburn, etc., it's a club sandwich with lots of cole slaw:
Very familiar with Taylor ham, egg, and cheese sandwiches, though. We used to get them at the food trucks outside of college.
The fuck is that?
Sometimes I wonder if there is a white Jewish/Italian New Jersey and a New Jersey for the rest of us. Maybe laurenpetro can weigh in.
Yeah, North Jersey and then there's everywhere else.
But I would destroy some Taylor ham, egg and cheese right now. I don't know what that sloppy joe shit is.
Post by ohyouknow on Sept 25, 2014 11:22:12 GMT -5
Lefse potato crepes (ND) are not a real thing. There is lefse. Lefse has potatoes as an ingredient, and they look like a crepe or tortilla. But as a bona fide NoDak who grew up making, eating, and loving lefse, not once have I ever seen "Lefse Potato Crepe" lol.
Pasties are awesome. Always with ketchup, never with gravy. For a fresh one, you need to get yourself to the U.P. And I believe the origin was that the miners/loggers would eat them because they were one of the few food items that would stay warm during the work day. At least that is what they told me at Hartwick Pines state park
Hot Dish is specific? I thought it was just another name for casserole.
No, you're right.
I do know plenty of families that call some specific hot dish "hot dish." Bit its never the same one. My family growing up, it was a concoction of ground beef, veggies, cream of mushroom, and thinly sliced potatoes. In DH's family, its a goulash type thing.
Nobody would dispute that they're both hot dish, though.
Post by sandsonik on Sept 25, 2014 19:01:01 GMT -5
Well, Frozen Lemonade (more commonly known as Del's) isn't exactly wrong for RI. We do like our Del's and it isn't common out of state - but it's a drink, not a food, and it's only in the summer.
My first thought was clamcakes, although they also tend to be more of a summer food. Other possibilities are NY System wieners (despite the name), fried calamari (our state appetize)r, or stuffies, which are stuffed quahogs.
Edited: Just looked at the list. I'll have you know that picture of so-called "frozen lemonade" doesn't remotely resemble our beloved Dels. That thing looks more like an Italian Ice, not a drink!
Nope. Utah is green jello. Funeral potatoes may be ubiquitous in Utah, but they're potluck staples in a lot of other places too. No one else has so completely dominated the green jello market as Utah has. THERE WAS AN OLYMPIC PIN, FFS! BILL COSBY ATTENDED THE SIGNING OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING GREEN JELLO TO BE UTAH'S OFFICIAL FOOD! DON'T MISCHARATERIZE MY CHILDHOOD, RANDOM INFOGRAPHIC!
Well, Frozen Lemonade (more commonly known as Del's) isn't exactly wrong for RI. We do like our Del's and it isn't common out of state - but it's a drink, not a food, and it's only in the summer.
My first thought was clamcakes, although they also tend to be more of a summer food. Other possibilities are NY System wieners (despite the name), fried calamari (our state appetize)r, or stuffies, which are stuffed quahogs.
Edited: Just looked at the list. I'll have you know that picture of so-called "frozen lemonade" doesn't remotely resemble our beloved Dels. That thing looks more like an Italian Ice, not a drink!
My husband actually thought it would be Johnny cakes.
Post by LoveTrains on Sept 25, 2014 22:58:13 GMT -5
I was very confused when I first moved here as to why they don't give you a spoon with a cup of Dels. But it is a drink not water ice and thus, no spoon.
sandsonik what do you think of the latest mayoral polls?
Well, Frozen Lemonade (more commonly known as Del's) isn't exactly wrong for RI. We do like our Del's and it isn't common out of state - but it's a drink, not a food, and it's only in the summer.
My first thought was clamcakes, although they also tend to be more of a summer food. Other possibilities are NY System wieners (despite the name), fried calamari (our state appetize)r, or stuffies, which are stuffed quahogs.
Edited: Just looked at the list. I'll have you know that picture of so-called "frozen lemonade" doesn't remotely resemble our beloved Dels. That thing looks more like an Italian Ice, not a drink!
My husband actually thought it would be Johnny cakes.
That's legitimate too. My mom loved johnny cakes - but a lot of Rhode Islanders have never even tried them, so there are more common, popular local foods.
I was very confused when I first moved here as to why they don't give you a spoon with a cup of Dels. But it is a drink not water ice and thus, no spoon.
sandsonik what do you think of the latest mayoral polls?
And no straw! That gives you away as a tourist instantly. You just give the cup a shake from time to time and enough will melt so you can drink it.
I'm depressed. I think Cianci might pull it off. Although honestly, Elorza just doesn't excite me at all. If Angel had run for another term, how do you think that would have gone?
I was very confused when I first moved here as to why they don't give you a spoon with a cup of Dels. But it is a drink not water ice and thus, no spoon.
sandsonik what do you think of the latest mayoral polls?
And no straw! That gives you away as a tourist instantly. You just give the cup a shake from time to time and enough will melt so you can drink it.
I'm depressed. I think Cianci might pull it off. Although honestly, Elorza just doesn't excite me at all. If Angel had run for another term, how do you think that would have gone?
Angel lost the support of the East Side. I don't think he would have won the primary for mayor either - but then again a ton of people wouldn't have run against him so maybe I take that back. I don't know a single person that voted for him for governor (and is admitting it to me). But most people I know are not happy with the last four years - sort of feeling disappointed that he didn't live up to the ideals and excitement and promise we felt when he took office (kind of like Obama in some ways). And I am so mad over those crime statistics brcause I think they are fudged because the B&E by me is on the rise. This summer was particularly bad - my house was broken into and there are at least 3 a week reported on my neighborhood list-Serv.
With 20% undecided im hoping Elorza can win but buddy has more money for his campaign right now. Elorza is doing a fundraiser next week with our entire congressional delegation (all four of them) so that might help.