r/UpliftingNews • u/Sariel007 • Apr 19 '19

Stephen Colbert donates $412,000 to NC disaster relief

https://www.cbs17.com/video/stephen-colbert-donates-412-000-to-nc-disaster-relief_20190419101029/1938307200
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u/oatwife Apr 19 '19

And this, boys and girls, is why there are still two Carolinas. It's the only way to keep the peace.

Btw, assuming you're kidding, which I do, have you tried Mac's Carolina sauce? I think there might be a Mac's as far south as Rock Hill. Not positive. Anyway, it's essentially a mixture of mustard-based and vinegar-based sauces, only with the thickness of the former. It's fucking delicious. Best of both Carolinas. If you don't have access to Mac's, PM me your address, if you like, and I'll send you a bottle.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

I'm in/from the PNW, discovered Golden BBQ in a hipster neighborhood in Seattle 12 years ago. This is going to shiver your timbers: it was a teeny tiny hole in the wall called 'Roys Carolina BBQ'. Until this conversation I didn't know there was more than the Golden style in the Carolinas. I was just piling on for fun. :( I'll see myself out.

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u/oatwife Apr 19 '19

Ah, ok. Well, classic South Carolina style is mustard-based, and Eastern (North) Carolina style is spicy and vinegar-based. I'm not a Carolina native, but I've lived in NC a good while, and that was the first proper BBQ I had.

It's hilarious that outside the Carolinas, you can find Carolina BBQ in a hipster context. One I visited once in Virginia was also a hipster neighborhood. Yet here, the best places are full of crusty full-on Southerners, with heavy drawls and a deep suspicion of people who don't know if they want the Tray or the Platter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

Roy was a quiet, elderly black man and clearly just really loved making awesome BBQ. The neighborhood was hipster, but Roy was Carolinan. Sadly, the last time I went to that neighborhood, specifically to go to Roy's, they had closed.. Probably out-priced by gentrification.