On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:18 AM, Cpisbilen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Actually i'm searching on it and he suggested me some documents. I'm making a research about 'Barbecue in Turkish culture' and i am aware of the situation that barbecue has different backround in different cultures. That is why im searching on barbecue history to get some clues. So, if you have any suggestions, i'ld appreciate it.
Even the word carries a variety of cultural baggage. The substance (i.e., the noun "barbecue") is a point of dispute, often centering on questions of sauce. On a recent "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert chewed some tobacco and used a spittoon, the contents of which he called "What they call barbecue sauce in North Carolina." There is passionate dispute about the proper sauce not just between large regions but South Carolina vs. North Carolina, Eastern NC vs.. Western NC, etc. (Colbert is from South Carolina.)
Then you get to the basic (and usually larger region) disputes over what meat is barbecue. Around here, it's chopped up pig meat. (It might be called "pulled pork" elsewhere.) In Memphis, Tennessee, it would be pork ribs. In Texas, it might be beef but they seem to be somewhat agnostic regarding the proper flesh. (I still dream about the lamb ribs I had in San Antonio 25 years ago.) The meat question is in addition to the flavor here in Eastern Carolina coming from a vinegar and water sauce, in Memphis from a tomato and sugar sauce, and in Texas from various amounts of sauces but mainly from smoke.
My apologies in particular to any American Southerners reading this who are, no doubt, screaming that I have left out the One True Barbecue, i.e., whatever is their local version. (I think Eastern North Carolina barbecue is mainly pretty pathetic. Food and music are two of the few areas where I don't think that Texans are insane.)
I grew up in California where the noun "barbecue" referred to the metal device used for cooking outdoors and there was a verb "to barbecue" meaning cooking nearly anything on such a device. If you speak in that way around here, people will slowly figure out what you're meaning, then look at you like you're pitiably stupid, and tell you that the back yard fixture and the verb for cooking burgers, steaks, etc. on such a device are both called "grill."
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