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yellowdogintexas

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18. any time you go to a BBQ place, slaw and potato salad are on the side list

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 11:26 PM

Jun 4

We always had both when we had a BBQ party (when I was still living with my parents), and we put slaw on our sandwiches. We had a literal BBQ shack in town, ( I firmly believe that if you sneezed real hard it would fall down) a pig was roasted on hot rocks (which had been fired for two days) under a heavy tarp. It was basted with this amazing vinegary hot thin barbecue sauce and we always had it for July 4th. You could smell it all over town, too. I would sell my soul for a bottle of that sauce!!!!! I have never found a sauce quite like it, although Red Hot and Blue had one that came close.

The owner/cook had been cooking pigs from when my dad was a kid, and her father before her. Legend has it that her grandfather or maybe great grandfather was the pit master at a plantation in North Carolina. She never shared the recipe for that sauce either, despite my uncle begging her for it. Whenever he came to visit, he brought several 2 liter soda bottles and filled them up with that sauce.

Now I really want to go to Kentucky!!

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Do you consider cole slaw a vegetable? [View all] Danmel Jun 4 OP

I do because it's made from cabbage TommieMommy Jun 4 #1

Cabbage is definitely a vegetable. SheltieLover Jun 4 #2

It's sliced cabbage ..... Diamond_Dog Jun 4 #3

If it is really heavy on the cabbage and/or shredded broccoli and carrots--I say yes... hlthe2b Jun 4 #4

Why would you think it isn't? The Blue Flower Jun 4 #5

yes, cabbage is a veggie riversedge Jun 4 #6

Cabbage, sometimes with shredded carrots and/or chopped onion. enough Jun 4 #7

Yes it absolutely is a veggie Niagara Jun 4 #8

It's a vegetable until...... lastlib Jun 4 #9

Have you ever had vinegar slaw? It is very good yellowdogintexas Jun 4 #17

It's a salad and if done correctly it is Yummy. Tikki Jun 4 #10

Now I want a pulled pork sandwich with vinegary hot sauce and slaw on the sandwich yellowdogintexas Jun 4 #16

Yes...slaw should be accompanied by hot sauce and in my case Tikki Jun 4 #19

I'd say it's close to a salad - dressed raw veggies. legallyblondeNYC Jun 4 #11

I guess i was thinking green. Danmel Jun 4 #12

I would say they are not redundant because they have a completely different taste and texture yellowdogintexas Jun 4 #15

any time you go to a BBQ place, slaw and potato salad are on the side list yellowdogintexas Jun 4 #18

Cole slaw is not a vegetable but the cabbage and carrots Alpeduez21 Jun 4 #13

Absolutely; it is made with cabbage yellowdogintexas Jun 4 #14

Could have been worse. LudwigPastorius Jun 5 #20

I consider potatoes vegetables. Morbius Jun 5 #21

no but......I'd give him a pass Skittles Jun 5 #22

He's right Emile Jun 5 #23

Absolutely not! DFW Jun 5 #24