SC - BBQ- You're ALL Wrong ;-)

[Philippa Alderton]

Several of you have chimed in, talking about Real BBQ, and you seem to be
missing the point. BBQ is the technique of cooking the meat, whether pork,
beef, chicken, venison, or whatever, very slowly, preferably outdoors in a
pit, so that it is tender and juicy and melts in your mouth. It is NOT
taking a steak and burning it up on a charcoal or gas grill in your back
yard- that's "grilling".

The type of meats used, and the sauces used with them are strictly regional
differences, with kudos being given to Mrs Whozit's BBQ sauce by her
adherence to the basic recipe, whether vinegary or sweet, and the slight
variations she makes to it to make it particularly tasty among those in her
area.

With Real BBQ, the meat is kept sealed and cooked in its own juices,
possibly including a sauce, but the honey/sugar based sauces are not usually
cooked with BBQ because it's so easy for them to burn- to get just the right
temperature that the meat will cook without burning a sugary sauce is a
trick in its own right. When cooked, the meat CAN be shredded and piled on
sandwhiches, but it is also legitimate to serve it on a plate with the rest
of the foods.

Phlip (for a change, knowing a bit more about a subject than a certain UUY,
or those barbarian Texans)

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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