• Nepenthe@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    NC would be pulled pork, can confirm. We have more pigs here than cattle, and the BBQ we’re famous for is inherently understood to be a pork dish. We know Texas does steak, but that’s their opinion with its own specific category.

    I would think Iowa’s loose meat sandwich is also…basically pulled pork? Only…it is “some type of unlabeled meat?” Which is not the best marketing a sandwich could have, but when you’re hungry, you’re hungry.

    • gordon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The loose meat thing looks a lot like a sloppy Joe to me, but I’ve never heard of it before

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      1 year ago

      It’s beef. The loose meat sandwich, i mean. Seasoned minced beef with onions. It’s much better than it sounds. There’s a place in Ottumwa that started it, but Made-Rite is the big franchise.

      But please dear god don’t judge Iowa’s food culture on this map.