Lexington dip
Thin and tomato-based, served at the table with chopped or sliced pork shoulder. The Piedmont answer to the eastern sauce, and the difference is when it meets the meat as much as what is in it.
What it is
- Base
- tomato
- When it goes on
- table sauce
- Burn risk over the fire
- low
What it goes with
Grouped by how the pairing is known rather than by how good it is. The first group is somebody else’s statement; the last is ours, and says so.
A source pairs them
A named source says this sauce or seasoning is used with this food. Follow the citation and you will find somebody stating it.
- Pork shoulder — The source names the cut: chopped or sliced pork shoulders or butts, with this sauce served at table.
What this rests on
- North Carolina is documented as having two barbecue sauce traditions that differ in when the sauce is applied as well as in what it contains: an eastern whole-hog style basted during cooking with cider vinegar, red pepper and salt, and a Lexington and Piedmont style served at the table with pork shoulder, thin and tomato-based.