When I was growing up in Central PA, a weekend party which involved cooking various meats on a grill was/is called it a "cookout". Or sometimes we called it a "picnic" - event when there were no baskets or blankets involved.
Here in the city, many people refer to this kind of soiree as a "barbeque" - even if they aren't serving anything with any kind of barbeque sauce on it. This confuses me.
What do people where YOU'RE from call it??
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bbq!
ReplyDeletebut then again, in the south, there's bound to be SOMETHING with bbq sauce on it at said barbecue.
Bar-BQ!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is a cook out, Barbeque is something you eat at a cook out. You invite your guests over for a cook out, where you might barbeque something on the grill.
ReplyDeleteIn Missouri (where I was spawned), we distinguished between grilled and BBQ'd. Sauce makes a difference, ya'll.
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Illinois, all I ever heard was "BBQ" - and rarely any sauce in sight. Barbarians.
Up north in Minnesota, my adopted home for the past 15 years, whether you are BBQing or grilling, it's just grilling. Boring - like typical Minnesota food.
Give me BBQ, bitches!
Cookout
ReplyDeleteBBQ is food, not an event.
"Cookout" is a modern, yankee word. There is no such word in Texan.
ReplyDeleteIn Texas, "Barbeque" is a transitive verb that means: "to cook outdoors over a fire of wood, charcoal, or gas."
When we get together and do it as a group, it is called "a barbeque". Think Sally Cato from Auntie Mame: "Let's have us a Barbeque!"
And there is no food called "barbeque" in Texas. It is called "brisket".