# Just how picky are you with what gets called "barbecue"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249 "2012-05-27T15:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/61 "2012-05-30T01:45:56Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Except that no one here calls 'em shrimp. 🙂 You need to tell that to your [tourism folks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_on_the_barbie). They ran the “Shrimp on the Barbie” ads. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/62 "2012-05-30T05:18:12Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > Except that no one here calls 'em shrimp. 🙂 Don’t come the raw prawn with me, mate 😃 I had a wee moment yesterday, watching a rerun of Masterchef Australia. A candidate served a pasta dish - ravioli made with bug. I did a double-take for an instant, then realised what they meant. This is a bug…[Thenus - Wikipedia](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thenus). And they are tasty. Si ---
**Author:** ![Rampant\_Coypu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@Rampant\_Coypu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rampant_Coypu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/63 "2012-05-30T06:34:34Z")
Pulled pork is barbecue. Steamed smoked brisked is barbecue. Fast roasted ribs are barbecue. I live on the pork/beef dividing line. We have both, and also smoked chicken. Chicken mostly cooked by pickling in lemon juice and yogurt with spices is also barbecue. Some people call it tandouri chicken, but it’s barbecue. Vietnamese steamed baby ribs? Barbecue. Mexican “pastor”? Barbecue. But “Milanesa” is chicken fried steak, not barbecue ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/64 "2012-05-30T14:59:03Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > Don’t come the raw prawn with me, mate 😃 > > I had a wee moment yesterday, watching a rerun of Masterchef Australia. A candidate served a pasta dish - ravioli made with bug. I did a double-take for an instant, then realised what they meant. > > This is a bug…[Thenus - Wikipedia](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thenus). And they are tasty. > > Si If you look at the [whole critter](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipper_lobster), they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea [insects](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod), lobsters and prawns I mean. [Look at the land based arthropods, they frequently get eaten but are considered oogy by those cultures that are not raised eating them in general.] ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/65 "2012-05-30T15:44:42Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > It’s all good. As long as there are enough napkins around. Pretty much this. It really isn’t something I have the energy to care about. I just want to eat. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/66 "2012-05-30T15:52:08Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > If you look at the [whole critter](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipper_lobster), they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea [insects](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod), lobsters and prawns I mean. [Look at the land based arthropods, they frequently get eaten but are considered oogy by those cultures that are not raised eating them in general.] This. I’ve always said that if shrimp crawled on dry land people probably would not eat them. And my name for them has always been “bay roaches”. But damn they are good 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/67 "2012-05-30T22:53:15Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > If you look at the [whole critter](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipper_lobster), they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea [insects](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod), lobsters and prawns I mean. [Look at the land based arthropods, they frequently get eaten but are considered oogy by those cultures that are not raised eating them in general.] I’m am completely aware that crustaceans are closely related to insects, just as I am aware that the shellfish I like are basically snails. I still am not eating slugs or spiders. I bet they don’t BBQ very well, anyhow (no matter how you define BBQ). 😉 Si ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/68 "2012-05-31T00:29:18Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > You need to tell that to your [tourism folks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp_on_the_barbie). They ran the “Shrimp on the Barbie” ads. Because it was aimed at the US market. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/69 "2012-05-31T03:46:19Z")
I am absolutely not picky at all, other than making sure I know what they mean. Bu that’s pretty easy to find out: “What kind of barbecue?” And it’s easy to tell people: “Texas-style” “We’re just grillin’” “It’s barbecue chicken.” ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249/70 "2012-05-31T13:51:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Is it anything that gets cooked over a grill? > > Does it have to be “slow cooked”? > > Is it anything with “barbecue sauce” on it? > > Just where do you draw the line on what “real barbecue” is? Yes Hell no If it sat on anything but a charcoal (or wood)-fired cooking surface, or took less than 3 hours of cooking time to produce, it ain’t BBQ [[http://www.consolecableking.com/Tri-Tip](http://www.consolecableking.com/Tri-Tip) Out.JPG]([http://www.consolecableking.com/Tri-Tip](http://www.consolecableking.com/Tri-Tip) Out.JPG) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-picky-are-you-with-what-gets-called-barbecue/623249.md?page=3)