A Commonplace Book

Category: barbecue...

  • attending a small-town Texas barbecue
  • an outdoor meal as a form of social entertainment with food roasted over a fire
  • barbecue (the word) coming into English via Spanish, who adopted the term from the Arawak of the Caribbean to whom the barbacoa was a grating of green wood upon which strips of meat were placed to dry or cook over a slow fire
  • basting and marinating sauces - vinegar-based or tomato-based and some very spicy
  • Cajun or mesquite
  • Arthur Bryant's Barbecue in Kansas City
  • Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued. (Bob Hope)
  • A lot of the people who barbecue are guys and guys like toys, so I say anything that helps people grill is ok. (Steve Raichlen)
  • people you invite to barbecue

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