Just how picky are you with what gets called "barbecue"?

[Magiver]

@jabiru

Except that no one here calls 'em shrimp.

You need to tell that to your tourism folks. They ran the “Shrimp on the Barbie” ads.

[si_blakely]

@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. And they are tasty.

Si

[Rampant_Coypu]

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

[aruvqan]

@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. And they are tasty.

Si

If you look at the whole critter, they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea insects, 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.]

[amanset]

@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.

[billfish678]

@aruvqan

If you look at the whole critter, they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea insects, 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

[si_blakely]

@aruvqan

If you look at the whole critter, they are very cockroachlike. They are actually undersea insects, 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

[jabiru]

@Magiver

You need to tell that to your tourism folks. They ran the “Shrimp on the Barbie” ads.

Because it was aimed at the US market.

[BigT]

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.”

[ministryman]

@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

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