10 Foods Invented in North Carolina That Changed What America Eats
149K views · Jul 2, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@koolkiller9116 · 1 month ago
Neese's sausage needs a place here too.
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@williammay5300 · 2 months ago
Hardee's was born in Rocky Mount NC......
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@MamaBearBMW · 2 months ago
I knew all of this but Cook Out. God put me in the perfect state, absolutely love it here❤God Bless
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@johnblanton5983 · 2 months ago
I grow up in MT Olive,NC during the 60's
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@sploofyog8211 · 2 months ago
Liver mush is HUGE all throughout NC. Any small town restaurant will have it. I grew up with it because my fathers entire side (Lumbee Native) have eaten it forever literally.
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@markisb3585 · 2 months ago
Hardee's originated here in North Carolina.
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@mrorganic13 · 1 month ago
@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4jFvKemHV8&t=333">5:33</a> “you know it goes on a ‘buscuit’” why did that sound so seductive 😂😭
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@MrSpectro14 · 1 month ago
I used to live a block from where they make Texas Pete.
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@sandrawalls-kz4oy · 2 months ago
Mount olive nc my hometown born and raised and working at that pickle plant back in the.90's was definitely an experience.
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@HangGrenade01 · 1 month ago
Literally live right down the street from the Krispy Kreme plant
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@hellbilly6532 · 2 months ago
Being raised and living in East Tennessee I get to enjoy both styles of Carolina bbq with impunity
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@johngoodman7321 · 2 months ago
I'm just glad he didn't reveal the small family run barbecue joints that dot the countryside of Eastern North Carolina. You'll have to befriend a local to find them but it's worth it because were raised to be naturally friendly anyway.
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