10 of the Best North Carolina Recipes - Big Bear's Wife (2024)

FAQs

What is a famous dish in North Carolina? ›

1. North Carolina-Style Barbecue. Dishing up a plate of premium Southern cuisine should always include a stop at the nearest barbecue place. First discovered in the 16th century, BBQ was brought to the region by Sir Walter Raleigh.

North Carolina is close to the Gulf Stream, where fisherfolk catch mahi-mahi, tuna, swordfish, and other large migratory species. Coastal species like drum, trout, shrimp, and blue crabs feel at home in the state's extensive network of sounds, rivers, and estuarine environments.

Coconut Cake

Yes, that's right. According to this list, North Carolina's favorite dessert is coconut cake.

North Carolina's Top Side Dish

The top five most popular holiday side dishes include mashed potatoes, stuffing/dressing, mac & cheese, yams/ sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole.

(a) The official fruit of the State of North Carolina is the Muscadine grape (Vitis genus). (b) The official red berry of the State is the strawberry (Fragaria genus). (c) The official blue berry of the State is the blueberry (Vaccinium genus).

Two fishes, the sandhills chub (Semotilus lumbee) and the pinewoods darter (Etheostoma mariae), are endemic to the Carolina Sandhills.

Its most popular candies — Red Bird peppermint sticks and puffs — are an iconic flavor of the holidays.

The General Assembly adopted milk as the official State Beverage on June 12, 1987. (North Carolina Session Laws, 1987, c.

The Cherry Bounce is North Carolina's signature drink, and for good reason. According to local folklore, it only took a few generous drinks among friends, just outside Raleigh, to declare that city the State Capital. A Cherry Bounce is a combination of cherry vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.

What soda was invented in North Carolina? ›

Pepsi. Pepsi-Cola got its start in New Bern, where pharmacist Caleb Davis Bradham invented the beverage in 1898 as a refreshing remedy for indigestion. Today, the Birthplace of Pepsi store stands at the same site where Bradham's Drug Store once operated.

Smoky ribs, fresh-caught shrimp and plucked-from-the-tree peaches are just a few of the most-iconic treats that await in North Carolina.

The harvests gathered by colonial farmers included an expansive number of crops: beans, squash, peas, okra, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, and peanuts. Maize (corn), and later rice and potatoes were grown in place of wheat and barley which were common European crops that did not take readily to eastern American soil.