| If you read the title and immediately opened | | | | food- the outcome of a proper barbecue is |
| the file thinking that this cooking method | | | | apparently tasteful and healthier. Instead of |
| was included in the outdoor activities | | | | smoking the food and directly heating it to |
| section by mistake, don't be surprised if we | | | | the level required for it to be cooked, |
| tell you that preparing your Sunday's | | | | barbecue's slower method breaks down the |
| barbecue festivity is actually a great | | | | collagen in meat and tenderize tougher cuts |
| outdoor activity! | | | | for easier eating. |
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| Part of the U.S. outdoor living for decades, | | | | Today, the phrase "let's throw a barbecue" is |
| barbecue (also known as barbeque, Barbie, or | | | | used to refer to a casual event, usually |
| abbreviated BBQ) has evolved from a method of | | | | outdoors or with an outdoor theme. College |
| cooking food, most frequently meat, to a | | | | students organize barbecue parties frequently |
| social gathering and a great opportunity to | | | | using any type of excuse; from announcing an |
| exercise a variety of outdoor activities. If | | | | event, like their college football team's |
| you have been present, even once to an | | | | victory to celebrating the end of those |
| outdoor barbecue extravaganza, you are | | | | dreadful exam periods. Families organize |
| familiar with the scenes. Kids running | | | | barbecue events to invite friends, bond with |
| around, men over the heat and the hot gases | | | | distant family members and socialize in |
| of a fire, smoking food served on plastic | | | | general. During these barbecue occasions, two |
| plates, hot coals of charcoal ready to spread | | | | important facts occur that facilitate the |
| the scent of cooked food around, women | | | | outdoor experience. |
| preparing the dinner table and running back | | | | |
| and forth to the kitchen or utensils area, | | | | First, people attend a familiar outdoor |
| people discussing, laughing, relaxing. What | | | | activity, which can only make them feel |
| more could one ask for? Probably nothing, but | | | | relaxed and enjoy the great weather and the |
| the fact still remains that when people are | | | | company around, and second, exactly because a |
| asked to state their favorite outdoor | | | | large number of people gather at a specific |
| activity, they seem reluctant to say | | | | location and have to stay there for a certain |
| "barbecue" since it is actually based on food | | | | amount of time (while the food is cooking), |
| preparation and does not necessarily involve | | | | other outdoor activities are usually surface. |
| any type of exercise. Well, one stop feeling | | | | For example, how many times have you been |
| guilty of barbecue. Especially if you come | | | | invited to play a friendly Frisbee match |
| from the Southern or Midwest U.S. States, you | | | | while waiting for the meat to be properly |
| should be proud of participating in one of | | | | cooked? Well, you can see now my point. |
| the most important social outdoor activities | | | | Regardless of the original purpose of one's |
| of our time. | | | | visit to a barbecue place, the barbecue |
| | | | outdoor experience can become one of those |
| Since the heating process is not direct, | | | | times you nostalgically remember during the |
| barbecue is different from grilling, which is | | | | winter weekends. Having fun and eating fresh |
| almost always a fast process over high heat. | | | | is always a good excuse to get involved with |
| Barbecue experts strongly support that since | | | | a barbecue event. Remember to add some |
| the process used is always slow -indirect | | | | exercise to these fun times and you can now |
| heat and/or hot smoke are applied to cook the | | | | have it all except that annoying guilt part! |