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North Carolina

One of the original Thirteen Colonies, the Tar Heel State squeezes itself between Virginia and South Carolina on the Atlantic Seaboard. The nickname “Tar Heel” harkens back to colonial times when North Carolina was a major exporter of tar, pitch, and turpentine. Modern North Carolinians have good naturedly turned what was initially a pejorative into a welcome, unpretentious nickname. No state in the Union produces more sweet potatoes than North Carolina. They are the official state vegetable. The official berries are strawberry and blueberry, but the overall state fruit nod goes to the Scuppernong grape. In a region known for barbecue, North Carolina stands out. Here in the “Cradle of ’Cue,” barbecue fanatics can follow a Barbecue Trail that hits 25 of the state’s most important barbecue joints. If you're eating barbeque in the Carolinas, chances are pretty good that you're enjoying pulled pork shoulder, cooked long and low over flavor-forging wood smoke.

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Andi M

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Great Bend, Kansas, USA

Living In: Reidsville, North Carolina, USA

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I'm a brand new nurse and am enjoying my job, but sometimes it can wear on me. I love to garden and started my first one this year. I'm trying everything and my rule is I have to start everything from seeds. I am very creative and love crafts, scrapbooking and decorating. My kitchen I've decided is having a chicken theme so I go crazy when I see anything with a chicken on it. I got married in July of 05 and moved to North Carolina and it is completely different from growing up in Kansas. There are a lot of new foods to get used to and try and I'm loving every second of it.

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Paddy

Home Town: East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

Living In: Walkertown, North Carolina, USA

About me: I love writing poetry (published 1 book. "A BOOK OF POEMS, AND THOUGHTS AND THINGS" I have written children's stories for my grandson. Love to crochet and make all my Christmas gi…
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C. M. Keel, Sr

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: New Bern, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Lexington, North Carolina, USA

About me: I am a former pipe-fitter/plumber with twenty years in the trade. Unfortunately, I was injured (low back), having surgery and subsequently disabled. Currently, I am a full-time st…
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Cooking Level: Professional

Living In: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

About me: I just started a home based bakery in Charlotte NC. I specialize in decorated cakes and other sweet treats!

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Salmon Patties I

Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by ROBIN

Very good recipe, basic but very easy, good, simple. My kids loved them!!

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Smothered Green Beans

Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2008 by ROBIN

Very good recipe, I'm not a huge green bean fan but I really liked these. I even got my children to eat some. Its a keeper. The only slight change I made I added fresh mushrooms with the onions, just because I had them and had to do something with them. They didn't change the taste of the beans, I don't believe and they tasted really good. I can't think of anything that wouldn't be good saute in bacon fat, onion and garlic.

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