Summer is finally here with June set to be the hottest month on record. This can only mean one thing its barbecue time.
This is the time when millions of men, take charge and cook the food.
Men that would not normally be seen dead cooking take it upon them selves to cook, beef, chicken, pork and lamb for family and friends.
Why, simple its history and a mans birthright! Before the lynching starts let me explain.
To offer an explanation of why women can not and should not be allowed near a barbecue, we need to delve into the origins of the Barbecue.
Some sources say it was in the 1800s when the man who invented barbecue turned up on the scene. It was a cowboy who slow cooked his tough and sinewy meat over burning charcoals to tenderize it. Cowboys then were rationed with the lesser quality beef parts. However, they also got beef and pork ribs from time to time. But in particular, who invented the barbecue? Is there a specific cowboy name? No one knows. What is sure is that America has a long history of grill or roast cooking.
The Taino Indians
Experts say it is quite likely that the Taino Indians were the ones who invented the barbecue. They were natives living in the Bahamas. They hunted animals for food and cooked them in various ways. Among them is called “barbacoa” in the native dialect. It is done by smoking meat using a specific utensil where meat is placed while being grilled or roasted on fire. Indeed, the Tainos were likely to be the people who invented the barbecue.
So you see ladies, barbecuing meat is a man thing, handed down from the rough and tumble days of The American mid west, when men were men and women knew that cooking meat on a barbecue was the job of a man.
So ladies hands off the barbecue this Summer, Barbecues are for men. Not for the Birds
Stick to something else!
