It's June. Nice weather arrived /(has arrived). And along with it, thoughts of barbecues. Are you thinking / Do you think of having one? Have you ever 2. wondered about the origin of the term? According to Jeff Smith, author of The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American, the term barbecue is not strictly an American one, but only Americans ".. . barbecue / are barbecuing. 3. The rest of the world simply cooks / is cooking meals over a fire." People dispute / are disputing the origin of the name. Smith continues / is continuing: "Some researchers claim / are claiming that the 6. 7. word comes / is coming from Spanish and Haitian origins, and barbaco 8. refers / is referring to a framework of sticks set upon posts." In the past, 9. people used / were using this rack roast meat or simply dry it. Other 10. researchers believe / are believing that the origin of the term is the French 11. phrase barbe à queue, which means / is meaning "from whisker (barbe) to 12. tail (queue)." In the eighteenth century, people roasted / have roasted whole 13 animals outdoors as well as indoors. Native Americans, too, used this method of cooking outdoors. Whatever the origin of the term, a barbecue is / has been now not only a means of cooking, but an event. According to 14. Smith, by 1733 the process had become / had been becoming a party. People 15. stood / have stood around the fire and drank / had drunk until the food 16. 17. was / had been ready. That, with the addition of barbecue sauce, 18. sounds / is sounding pretty much like what a barbecue is / has been today. 19. 20. Source: Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987).

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