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Originally posted by dzrose93
Whoa... just a doggone minute. I KNOW you're not saying that people in Georgia don't know how to make good barbecue. Please tell me that I just misunderstood you or something, because folks in Georgia do not take kindly to being told that we don't know barbecue.
Barbecue is my family's traditional Christmas Eve dinner, complete with freshly made pork skins, homemade coleslaw, potato salad and pink lemonade. Barbecue was served at my oldest cousin's wedding rehearsal dinner, and it is a staple item at ALL summer events. Memorial Day, Labor Day and July 4th festivities are not complete without barbecue. Family birthdays, Father's Day, high school graduations -- all are celebrated with plates of barbecue.
(And I'm NOT talking "barbecue" in terms of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, folks. My boyfriend, a Yankee, is fond of using "barbecue" as a verb. This caused much confusion during the early days of our dating because he would say that he was planning to "barbecue" for supper. I would get excited about one of my favorite meals being planned, and then would become extremely disappointed to see plain old hamburger patties being laid out. That's called "grilling", people -- not barbecuing. Using the term "barbecue" as a verb only causes us Georgians to get our hopes up unnecessarily.)
So, please, don't try to tell me that people in Georgia don't know how to cook barbecue. It's a bald-faced lie if I've ever heard one.
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It sounds like your family does an awesome job DZRose
(i'm hungary thinking about it)!!! I just meant that in the vast majority of the country, people (like your boyfriend) don't understand true barbeque. As long as it takes hours and doesn't use a grill, then your well off and you know the RIGHT way to do things.