All About Barbecue
by Laura Kjer
http://www.shopbarbecue.com
Since the beginning of time, man has been using
flame to cook food. Cavemen hunted food and then
cooked over a fire. However, when it comes to
cooking with a flame, there is a difference
between barbecue and grilling. Both are great but
true barbecue requires sauce added to the direct
flame method. Barbecue normally takes five or six
hours of basting at a low temperature. Typical
temperature for a barbecue is about 200 degrees.
Most people today think barbecue, they think of
hamburgers and hot dog. Or you might also think of
a big, fat juicy steak. The term barbecue has come
to refer to both the food item and the act of
cooking it. If you have a get together with family
friends and cook food on the barbecue, you might
refer to the event itself as a ~barbecue~. These
barbecues are very popular with people all over
the country. No matter where you live, it is a
great way to get together with friends and family
and eat some really great food.
So we all know that the barbecue is an honored
American tradition but just where did it originate
anyway? Well, there are several different states
that each has their own claim to fame when it
comes to the barbecue. Texas, Virginia, Georgia
and the Carolinas all have stories about how the
barbecue originated. If you look into the history
of barbecues you will see that each of these
states has a slightly different method of
barbecuing so they very well could have all come
up with it. Wherever the idea came from, it took
off really fast.
However, every barbecue lover knows that there is
nothing like the original Texas BBQ sauce. This
famous barbecue sauce has a sweet tomato flavor
that is thick and delicious. It also contains
special seasonings and dry rub mixtures that are
added to the meat before it is barbecued.
Now if you get a southeast barbecue sauce like
that found in Georgia, it is slightly different
from the Texas BBQ. The sauce is thinner and has
more of a vinegar taste. The meat that is used is
more commonly pork instead of beef. You also see a
lot of barbecues being done in ~barbecue pits~ or
enclosures so that heat and smoke can help cook
the meat.
Almost every family has their own unique taste and
method used to get just the right barbecue. At
your next barbecue, if you want to rev up the
conversation between barbecue connoisseurs, just
casually ask, Do you know the difference between
barbecue and grilling? Or, where did the barbecue
originate? Of course, it may depend upon the
number of drinks you have served as to the answers
you get. But the responses are sure to be varied
and interesting.
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