Name: Vinegar Sauce
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 2 cups cider vinegar; 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons ketchup; 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar, or more to taste; 5 teaspoons salt, or more to taste; 4 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

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Peppery and piquant, this vinegar sauce is the preferred condiment of eastern North Carolina. In the western part of the state, the sauce becomes more tomatoey, while in southern parts of the Carolinas, mustard sauce reigns supreme.

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