| North Americans have a special affinity with spring, | | | | iconic when it appeared in the tourism brochures of |
| because this is the time when they prepare some of | | | | Australia. There is doubt about the origin of the word |
| the most delicious barbecue rib recipes. The meat is | | | | barbecue. There are some who feel that it originated |
| definitely tasty, but the history of barbecue recipes is | | | | from ‘barbacoa’, an American-Indian word |
| equally interesting. Before Civil War, the barbecue | | | | which means wood. The wood is used to cook food. |
| was introduced in the pig-pickin’s feast. This | | | | There are some who love the European connection |
| feast was common in the Southern States. Not only | | | | and feel that it came from French ‘de barbe a |
| a whole pig was cooked, but it was eaten by a | | | | queue’ which simply means ‘whiskers to |
| number of people who joined the feast. | | | | tail’. Now when you enjoy the lovely barbecue |
| Smoking which is a term commonly used for | | | | rib recipes, you can think of these fun facts. |
| barbecue recipes was first used 6000 years ago. This | | | | Brisket which is hard meat taken from the chest of |
| was considered as a safe way to cook the meat. | | | | the cow has to be cooked for 12 hours so that the |
| The meat was generally cooked in low heat so that | | | | meat becomes tender and juicy. If you want to visit |
| all the bacteria were dead. In Australia, the term | | | | the barbecue capitals, you have to visit Missouri, |
| barbecue is replaced by Barbie that almost became | | | | North Carolina, Kansas City, and Lexington. |