Barbeque

It is interesting that in the South and parts of the Midwest it is only acceptable to use the word barbecue if you slow cook your meat for hours in an enclosed oven-like apparatus that also sits outside. Because of that nose-in-the-air attitude I have noticed that, probably due to political correctness, those that enjoy tossing a steak on the barbecue are now saying "grilling" instead of the generic "barbecuing" that has been in use for 60 plus years; so here are some salient facts:

Barbeque is a westernized word probably from the Arawak word barbakoa meaning; frame of sticks for drying or cooking meats and fish. The Arawak were the native peoples of the Caribbean that were discovered by Columbus. The Spanish then introduced the Spanish version of the word: barbecue and it meant to cook over an open flame.

Consider then that the nose-up peoples who look down you if you dare use that sacred word barbecue when in fact you are just "grilling" just don't bother with actually understanding what they do on a daily basis but have strong opinions about what you do.

Dad