From barbycu to barbecue : the untold history of an American tradition / Joseph R. Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Joseph R. (Joseph Ray), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barbecuing--United States--History.

Barbecuing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The origin story of barbecue is a popular topic with a ravenous audience, but commonly held understandings of barbecue are often plagued by half-truths and misconceptions. From Barbycu to Barbecue offers a fresh new look at the story of southern barbecuing. Award winning barbecue cook Joseph R. Haynes sets out to correct one of the most common barbecue myths, the "Caribbean Origins Theory," which holds that the original southern barbecuing technique was imported from the Caribbean to what is today the American South. Rather, Haynes argues, the southern whole carcass barbecuing technique that came to define the American tradition developed via direct and indirect collaboration between Native Americans, Europeans, and free and enslaved people of African descent during the seventeenth century. Haynes's barbycu-to-barbecue history analyzes historical sources throughout the Americas that show that the southern barbecuing technique is as unique to the United States as jerked hog is to Jamaica and barbacoa is to Mexico. A recipe in each chapter provides a contemporary interpretation of a historical technique."--Publisher website.

Contents:

Cover

FROM BARBYCU TO BARBECUE

Title

Copyright

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE HERNANDO'S BARBACOA Spanish Explorers and Outdoor Cooking in Latin America

TWO HERBERT'S PATTA The Birth of Jamaican Jerk

THREE JEAN-BAPTISTE'S BOUCAN A Seventeen-Century "Buccaneer" Picnic

FOUR BEAUCHAMP'S BARBECADO Native American Food Preservation

FIVE RICHARD'S BARBYCU The English Word Barbecue

SIX GEORGE'S BARBICUE The Beginnings of Southern Barbecue

SEVEN JUBA'S 'CUE The Original Southern Barbecue

EIGHT NED'S BARBACUE Transatlantic Misunderstandings

NINE SAM'S BARBECUE Uncle Sam's Barbecue Tradition

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Haynes, Joseph R. From Barbycu to Barbecue

ISBN:

9781643363929

OCLC:

1378389958