Comments on: From the BBQ is NOT a Verb files…

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:32:15 +0000

All I know right now, is that, after reading this post, I’m hungry!

By: Beastslayer

Beastslayer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:38:46 +0000

I think it will succeed this time.

Remember, this is a “gut” issue. And I’m sure, the effect of this matter goes straight to the heart — and deadly by implication.

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:34:06 +0000

We did that once, Beast. Didn’t work out so hot.

Now we’re dead set on taking it over.

By: Beastslayer

Beastslayer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:09:20 +0000

Phil,

North Carolina has found sufficient basis to secede from the Union!

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:39:41 +0000

CR, I’m always on the lookout for fresh pork. They killed a couple in Hampstead last year, not too far at all from my brother’s place. The dog guys put a pretty quick smack-down on them whenever they turn up around there, but the signs definitely suggest they’re on the upsurge.

Bears seem to be coming back strong too.

By: Carolina Rig

Carolina Rig — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:49:00 +0000

I gotcha…small world! I’ve got permission on a couple farms in Duplin and Pender Counties, but I’m going to stick with a permit hunt on public land just up the road for bow season. Unfortunately I’ll be out of town for most of bow season, but that just means I’ll have to make up for it during gun season.

Keep your eye’s peeled for piggies…the population is scattered but expanding very quickly. I’ll stick to SC when I want a pork fix, but I bet in a few years time I’ll be able to head out to any creek in the area and find sign.

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:36:35 +0000

Right on, Carolina Rig! I have yet to turn down California “bbq”, even when it’s chicken.

I’ll be in either New Hanover or Pender County for the opener. We’ll either be hunting my mom’s place in Castle Hayne, or my brother’s little place in Rocky Point. He’s got another piece of property up near Holly Ridge, but since I’ll be combining the visit with seeing family, we’ll likely stay close to home.

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:31:19 +0000

Aha! I sense a challenge!

OK, not really. It’s all in fun, and thanks, Valerie, for chiming in. And of course, if you’re gonna hold my feet to the linguistic fire, you’re right on.

The word has been in use for quite some time, and has come to signify many things… not the least of which stems from a probable source, “barbacoa”, which was a method used by the Caribbean natives of cooking meat wrapped in banana leaves and buried in a pit (similar to the Hawaiian/Polynesian methods). The meat, often goat or pig, was called “boucan”, hence the pirates who often hid out in the Caribbean islands were called “boucaniers” (boucan-eaters)or later, buccaneers.

Or so goes one plausible linguistic theory (as best I remember it… it has been a while since I seriously looked this stuff up).

But all that stuff aside, as any true Southerner, I’ll stick to my guns. Barbecue is pork. Slow smoked over wood.

Surrender, hell!

By: Carolina Rig

Carolina Rig — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:31:07 +0000

Noun all the way…although, when it comes down to it, if it tastes good, I’ll call it what ever you want.

Phillip, what county are you going to be in for the archery season opener? I’m down in Onslow Co. and can’t wait for Sept 12!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:19:59 +0000

Actually, I believe this is not an issue of right or wrong, but rather a matter of regional identification and interpretation. It may seem “right” to those in the south that BBQ=pork. It’s true that barbecue’s genesis in the States had to do primarily with pork. But I grew up overseas and the usage in different parts of the world is as legitimate, particularly when you consider that the origin of the word is probably Caribbean — describing not the meat but the apparatus. And that grilling apparatus probably wasn’t used to roast pig but most likely meat like goat.