Brisket prices soar on growing appetite for barbecue

CBS News ^ | August 3, 2019 | Sarah Min

[Rebelbase]

BBQ puritans need to have their faith shaken from time to time. The first reported BBQ was made by SE coastal indians.

There was not a pig in sight at the time.

[Rebelbase]

Grocery store briskets are obscenely priced. The big warehouse outlets and walmart have the most affordable ones.

[ro_dreaming]

Uhm, Brisket in Texas (like the article mentions) IS BBQ. When we turn in meat for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo BBQ Cookoff over the past 25 years, it’s been brisket and ribs (beef). They changed the rules two years ago to allow more than 1 meat entry per space, so we can do brisket, ribs & chicken now.

We do pulled pork, too, just not for competition.

[Conan the Librarian]

BBQs are animals, not, a way of cooking meat.

They are pink, porcine looking creatures that walk about on two legs with a top hat, a walking stick and sometimes a Tux.

While smiling a lot, they can be rather fierce, specially if they have been eating lots of peppers, vinegar, mustard, or other hot spices.

If you should fear confrontation from a BBQ, one should have a fork and plate ready, with a loaf of bread, Brunswick Stew or rice hash, and a large Sweetened Iced Tea. Armed thus, the BBQ will vanish pretty quick.