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Tennessee Pulled Pork

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GATraveller
GATraveller Posts: 8,207
edited May 2015 in EggHead Forum
This is an interesting article.  Never knew Tennessee had their own way of pulling.  I've eaten it this way (minus the hoe cakes) but didn't know it was considered regional to the state.  

http://www.americastestkitchenfeed.com/behind-the-issue/2015/05/behind-the-issue-what-happens-when-a-cook-from-north-carolina-tackles-tennessee-pulled-pork/

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  • wbradking
    wbradking Posts: 351
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    I've lived most of my life in Tennessee, both in Knoxville in eastern part of the state and Franklin in middle Tennessee and I can't say that I've come across a Tennessee style of pulled pork.  Most of the places i've been too serve a straight-up pulled pork sandwich.  My guess is that the article is reporting on a style near the North Carolina boarder.
    Having said that, I have seen lots of places serve on hoe cakes rather than buns. 
    Franklin, TN
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  • EggHead_Bubba
    EggHead_Bubba Posts: 566
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    I've been all over the state of Tennessee and have never seen this version.

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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    edited May 2015
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    That is interesting.  It sure looks good.  I don't think I have ever had hoecakes before.  Are those also a regional thing?  When I search for this I find "Carolina pulled pork hoecakes" so I it seems like this is more of a Carolina thing like @wbradking mentioned. 

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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    I've had (and made) hoe cakes but never with BBQ.  I've also had BBQ pulled/shredded like this but never heard it classified as "Tennessee".  Just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one.   =)

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Those whore cakes look good.  I'm gonna make me sum.
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  • TnJed
    TnJed Posts: 118
    edited May 2015
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    I have had some BBQ like that, at bad BBQ joints or at ball games. Never heard it classified as "Tennessee Pulled". 

    BBQ on cornbread is great though!

    Lived here my whole life, except for school. 
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  • tonyled
    tonyled Posts: 536
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    now im home sick  :(
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  • mahenryak
    mahenryak Posts: 1,324
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    I have some left over pulled pork vacuum sealed and in the freezer.  I think I'm going to try some with the hoecakes.

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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    nolaegghead said:
    Those whore cakes look good.  I'm gonna make me sum.
    I think they're called sex merchants now.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    Oh damn, are we back to talking about the one legged ho again?

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  • wbradking
    wbradking Posts: 351
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    Hey, where's @Mike_Hauchertz when you need him?  This one is tee'd up perfectly!
    Franklin, TN
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Lived here 50 years...never seen that. I dated a girl named "Hoe-Cake" ....  she aight. 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • blukat
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    I've had this many times usually just north of Nashville in southern KY.  Also usually pork over ho cake with no top, and you have to eat it with a fork.
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