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[Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>]

on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 04:53:25PM -0400, Joe Komenda wrote:
> A BBQ war?
> 
>     What ever do you mean?
> 
>         Perchance that in the South,
>     the noun is properly applied
>         to a vinegar-based pork product,
>     and in other locales,
>         it is applied to the grilling device itself?
> 
>     Whereas, the *verb* BBQ,
>        is unknown hereabouts,
>     and in all other locales,
>         means application of any food
>     in tomato-based sauce
>         to a grill?
> 
>     What could be clearer? Except,
>         that those who *prefer*
>     the tomato-based sauce,
>         and use the term as a verb
>     are egg-suckin' heathen...

Bar-be-QUE, Hai-KU. Coincidence?

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