Carolina Barbecue Coleslaw

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    8

    servings as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Glory of Southern Cooking

By James Villas

Published 2007

  • About

While Memphis-style, Alabaman, and even moist western North Carolinian barbecue is almost always served with a creamy or mayonnaise-based coleslaw, in the self-proclaimed barbecue capital of the universe, namely eastern North Carolina (Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Raleigh, Wilson, etc.), tangy-sweet vinegar coleslaw remains the law of the land. “Honey, if you want salad dressing, order a tossed salad,” I was once told by an indignant waitress at Melton’s Barbecue in Rocky Mount when I asked, sim