Re:Barbecue: America's Most Political Food
by fnord123 on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:47AM
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The word, yes. Slow cooking meat as a concept, however, is too pervasive and general a concept to be traced to any single time/place (imo).
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Re:Barbecue: America's Most Political Food
by compyman on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:54AM
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The specific event (i.e. having a barbecue) is a direct descendant from the Caribbean practice.
It actually goes over this in the article, along with a very brief description of how barbecues have been used a political events since the founding of the country.