Date:  Mon, 6 Mar 1995 10:15:46 +0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GC3.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: barbecue and pig-pickin's



>Dennis Preston brings up the term "barbecue" in a discussion of

>"loose meat" and "maidrite" sandwiches.

>    Is the term "pig pickin'" used outside North Carolina for a

>barbecue, in the sense of a social event featuring a barbecue meal?

>                            Cathy Bodin



I've heard it in Milledgeville, GA, but I am not sure of where the people

who used it came from.







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