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Preaching to the choir Chet, grilling is for pansies! and the offset is a must. Actually, I think just came up with an idea on how to spend leftover xmas gift cards (side-fire box for my Char-griller.)

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I was going to go all righteous on you for that tofu crack, then I climbed down off my podium. Actually that seitan shit mentioned below is not bad for when you're trying to bang a vegan chick!

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That shit is off the chain (store), yo!

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Reminds me of what my brother told me about New Orleans. He said it was the only place he'd ever lived where you social status depended on where your Grandmother went to high school.

I like your quote better!

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This is what the First Lady is against: <a href="http://aht.seriouseats.com/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/02/video...">http://aht.seriouseats.com/...

20 pounds bacon + 13 pounds ground beef + 11 pounds sausage + loads of cheese sauce + barbecue sauce injection + 10-pound bun = 100,000+ calorie "Sloppy Big Ben Roethlisberger" for the Super Bowl, from Epic Meal Time.

The Epic Meal Time website also features a Meat Salad, Chili Four Loko, and the 'Meatball Deathstar'.

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god i am so sick of this country.

ronald reagan, also.

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I'm going straight to the Urban Dictionary and adding an entry for the phrase "in the pocket of Big Pork."

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That sounds good!

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Let's be honest: Charlotte is just another Southern city that retains its 'Antebellum charm' (old buildings) and has the infrastructure to host a large gathering. And just how effective was Nancy Reagan, America's No. 1 Drug Nanny?

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North Carolina has given the world the pulled pork barbecue sandwich with cole slaw <i>in the sandwich</i> and barbecue sauce that is more vinegary than John McCain's disposition. It's inedible, and that's the key to Mrs. Obama's positive words. Nobody will eat it.

Also, it's my understanding that when there's cole slaw on the same plate as the pork, it's no longer kosher or halal.

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Exactly. Also eating two or three hush puppies is fine. Eating enough for twelve people is not. A theme should be apparent by now.

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To have real Southern cred you have to know that sugar doesn't go in the grits or the cornbread, but it does go in the iced tea, which you are supposed to drink by the gallon. Your mouth full of rotten teeth are the visible sign that you have this cred and are to be listened to on such matters as what and how to eat.

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...FAKE: can anyone honestly imagine Michelle with BBQ sauces smeared on her face?!

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As a native North Carolinian, I can tell you that people work themselves up in a furor over politics, religion and barbeque. I'm supposed to believe that tomato-based barbeque sauce is the work of the devil but truth is, I'm a barbeque slut and will eat any form of it. My family despairs.

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Charlotte has quite a few BBQ restaurants! I know this is true because I found that handy fact on the Internets. Yelp! has 26 BBQ "restaurant" reviews - that seems like quite a few for a town that size. Maybe not Memphis, or parts of Texas, or even the greater Santa Maria area - but respectable.

Next thing you know, the right wing nutz will be after President Obama because he didn't wear a tie for his SuperBowl Sunday interview by Bull O'Really? Mr. Obama was home, getting ready to watch The Game. If he'd been in a t-shirt and those blue pants everybody wears, like 99.99% of real Americans, it would have been too informal.

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<i> Nobody will eat it</i> I guess my name is nobody, then. I love those sandwiches, but they are messy as hell. True fact: I ate pulled pork on my wedding day.

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