History of Bbq

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Definition of Barbecue What is barbecue? If you ask a variety of people, you will get different answers. And if those people are in the same room when you ask them, you might have a fight on your hands. In Texas, barbecue is beef. In Tennessee and most of the rest of the South, it is pork. In North Carolina, the pork is pulled. In other places the pork is chopped or sliced. In South Carolina, the sauce is mustard based. In North Carolina, it is vinegar based. In Kansas City, the sauce is smoky, sweet, and tangy. Even though barbecue has a certain meaning to individuals, it has a different definition in the United States. People from the South or the Midwest, "barbecue" is a verb describing what one does to hamburgers and hot dogs over an open flame, or a noun describing a party at which hamburgers and hot dogs are cooked over an open flame. Many have trouble agreeing, even, on the etymology of the term "barbecue." The term apparently originated in the Caribbean, but people don't agree as to whether it is a noun or a verb. There is no unique, culturally authentic product that can be called "barbecue" to the exclusion of all possible substitutes. We are in a perpetual state of flux in which new information is being revealed, new ideas are being tried, and products and concepts are being defined as they emerge. What we know as "barbecue" evolved over time through this process of trial and error. In the case of barbecue, the original definition might depend on initial conditions, like a region's suitability for raising cattle, pork, or chicken. It might also depend on economic conditions. Barbecue started, in many cases, with relatively low-quality cuts of meat — or meat that was almost rancid — which had to be heavily seasoned and cooked slowly to improve palatability. Over time, regionally distinct barbecue styles developed. Now imagine what would happen if the
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