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