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Posted on 05/16/2025 5:38:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY
Each year on May 16 we celebrate National Barbecue Day. Whether you grill at home or grab some takeout, you will find Americans across the country enjoying an assortment of mouthwatering barbeque (BBQ) flavors and sauces.
#NationalBarbecueDay
In the world of barbecue, grillers decide how to cook their barbeque. Whether they choose charcoal, wood charcoal, wood, gas or slow cooking, they consider themselves the culinary expert of barbeque. Traditionally, Americans have four types of BBQ regions:
1. Kansas City - A variety of beef and pork cuts are slow cooked with a tomato and molasses-based sauce.
2. Carolina - Slow-roasted pork is cooked with a sauce with a vinegar and ketchup base combination.
3. Memphis - Dry rub pork is cooked low and slow absorbing the smokey, BBQ flavors.
4. Texas - Beef is slow-cooked in smoker grills and topped a with smoky, dry rub.
Everyone has their own homemade BBQ recipe. However, many recipes include the same ingredients. Ketchup, mustard and Worcestershire, brown sugar, soy and molasses are common ingredients in BBQ sauce. A combination onion, smoked paprika, ground cumin, crushed red pepper and turmeric are often found in the best dry rub recipes. Perfecting your own sauce or rub by experimenting.
When it comes to completing a delicious BBQ, the sides you serve are just as important. Potatoes and baked beans with bacon are considered staples of barbecue flavors. Ideally, a good coleslaw will pair well with a shredded bbq pork and make the perfect sandwich. However, a creamy macaroni and cheese dish is a perfect combination with dry or wet BBQ. Corn on the cob is another favorite side, many grilling it directly with husk on then removing it before eating. Obviously, no barbeque meal would be complete if you didn't add a slice of watermelon for a light, cook dessert after a big meal.
WAYS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION
Visit your favorite bbq restaurant.
Grill your own BBQ.
Experiment with your own BBQ sauce or rub.
Share your BBQ adventures using #NationalBBQDay and #NationalBarbecueDay on social media.
NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY HISTORY
Traditional barbeque methods involved digging a hole, placing meat over a pot and covering the hole with leaves. The meat was slow-cooked with the pot catching the juice from the meat, later to be used as a broth.
Some historians suggest barbeque can be found with early Caribbean tribes. However, the first historical notation of barbeque can be traced back to the island of Hispaniola. There is proof Christopher Columbus observed indigenous tribes of Hispaniola cooking meat above an open flame. Years later, Spanish explorers would name the process barbacoa, or barbeque, after their encounters with the tribes.
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Notable Birthdays for May 16
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894) - Founder of the first Kindergarten in the U.S.
Charles F. Brannock (1903-1992) - inventor and manufacturer of the device that measures a foot for shoe fitting (Brannock Device).
Henry Fonda (1905-1982) - Critically acclaimed actor whose career spanned nearly 6 decades.
Władziu Valentino Liberace (1919-1987) - Famous musician more recognized under the name Liberace.
Nancy Roman (1925-2018) - Astronomer and a founder of Civilian Space Program.
Yvonne Craig (1937-2015) - Actress best remembered her role as Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) in the t.v. series Batman.
Danny Trejo (1944-Still Living) - Actor with credits in Runaway Train (1985), Reindeer Games (2000), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and the Spy Kids movies (2001/2003).
Krist Novoselic (1965-Still Living) - Musician and co-founder of the rock band Nirvana.
Janet Jackson (1966-Still Living) - Musician and actress.
Memorable Events for May 16
1866 - Congress establishes the nickel coin.
1876 - Pharmacist Charles E. Hires presents Hires Root Beer for the first time.
1891 - The Geo. A. Hormel & Co. (later Hormel Foods Corporation) is established.
1927 - The Supreme Court rules bootleggers must pay income tax.
1929 - The first Academy Awards ceremony is held.
1939 - Food stamps are issued for the first time in Rochester, NY,
2019 - A DNA study published in Current Biology shows bedbugs are 115 million years old and have outlived dinosaurs.
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BBQ PING!.........................
“WAYS TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION”
#1. Prepare ribs
#2. Fire up the Traeger!
There’s not just one type of Texas BBQ. Huge state, multiple techniques/flavors.
Beef is not BBQ, it’s smoked beef. While delicious, it’s not BBQ. BBQ is a type of meat that comes from an animal that prances about in the woods in a top hat, a tux and a monocle.
BBQ is a way of cooking ... not a cut of meat from a particular animal.
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