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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

A History of American Barbecue

 Different cultures have been roasting meat over a fire since prehistory.  But the practice took on special meaning in the United States. The History Guy remembers a brief history of American barbecue.

VIDEO HERE  (13:47 minutes)

8 comments:

  1. I don't know what it's called but give me a coffee pot, iron pan, eggs, bacon, some bread and cook it all over a camp fire within a ring a stones is the best breakfast in the world. Especially if the bread comes out a little burnt.

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  2. Barbeque as a verb ( northern) or as a noun ( southern) ?

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    1. Yankees think grilling is barbecue.

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    2. If there's no sauce, rub, etc. involved, it's not BBQ, it's grilling.

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  3. Off topic here, but I hit BCE's site by accident on the way here. Looks like he's been nuked from orbit, again. I know he was going on r&r, but the site's gone.

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    1. Yeah, the powers that be killed it a couple days ago.

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