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Which brings me to this other question: WHY does people in the US do barbecues with hot dogs and hamburgers? What's wrong with real cuts of meat?
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What are you talking about? Hot dogs and hamburgers are real meat.

You ever tried eating two footlong hotdogs?

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Well, arguably they're real meat.

It's not that we "barbecue" the hot dogs and burgers. BBQing implies the use of BBQ sauce. We do cook them on grills because they just taste better. Why not cook them in such a way that you get the best possible taste? How do you cook them?
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Well, arguably they're real meat.

It's not that we "barbecue" the hot dogs and burgers. BBQing implies the use of BBQ sauce. We do cook them on grills because they just taste better. Why not cook them in such a way that you get the best possible taste? How do you cook them?


No, that's not what I mean. I mean, why make a bbq with burgers, and not with real cuts of meat.
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Well, sometimes we do, but we mostly use other meats because decent cuts of meat are typically more expensive than hamburger.

The thing, as far as I know, most used with BBQ sauce around here is actually ribs.

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
No, that's not what I mean. I mean, why make a bbq with burgers, and not with real cuts of meat.


Maybe I'm just not understanding you right now, but how do you make a bbq with burgers? I mean, we do use real cuts of meat as well. Just not all the time. Are you asking why we have burgers at all? I'm at a loss right now.
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Yes, why you have burgers at all - and I assumed it was mostly burgers (see? bad US steriotype).
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Burgers rule, of course. Why esle would we eat them?

My dad and my grandmother, man. They make burgers better than any restaurant.

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Yes, why you have burgers at all - and I assumed it was mostly burgers (see? bad US steriotype).


Oh. Dunno. Steaks just don't work on a bun, I suppose. We wanted to create something simple and handheld and akin to sandwiches and using ground beef seemed to work I suppose. According to Wikipedia, some guy in Wisconsin was trying to sell meatballs at a county or state fair but nobody was buying them because they were too difficult to eat. So he flattened them and put them on a bun. Explains why we use ground beef and how it evolved.
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I think this is more of a cultural thing. Like, over here, it would be almost offensive to do a bbq with burgers, and we don't eat the meat on buns, but on a plate (or cutted into little pieces, eating it with a toothpick or a fork), usually with some salad or white rice, and of course beer. Burgers are sold merely at places like mcdonalds or burger king, kinda rare to find it anywhere else. There are frozen burgers you could fry up at home, but it's usually served at a lunch or dinner, never at a bbq itself.
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You make it sound like BBQs are formal events. Are they? Here, they are one of the least formal get togethers we know. People just gather around at someone's house, wearing incredibly comfortable (even lazy) clothes and talk while sitting in lawn chairs, watching TV, or playing some game in the backyard.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
You make it sound like BBQs are formal events. Are they? Here, they are one of the least formal get togethers we know. People just gather around at someone's house, wearing incredibly comfortable (even lazy) clothes and talk while sitting in lawn chairs, watching TV, or playing some game in the backyard.


No, no, they are quite informal, the way you described, or even more informal than you described. It's just that if you had burgers in a bqq here, it would look like having carrots for a bbq, get it? Would be ridiculous.
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Actually, no I don't get it. We typically grill up all sorts of things at the same time here. Ribs, burgers, steaks, hot dogs, veggies, potatoes. My grill can be covered with any number of things at a given time, space permitting. And none of them are really "bad." Steaks are looked at as the creme de la creme, per se. But nobody really scoffs at burgers and dogs and, if they do, we tell them to cook their own damn grub. Then everybody laughs and the person feels like a dipshit.
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I see. Well, let's just forget about this whole thing, as I feel like it has been an amazing mix of cultural diferences, country steriotype and language barriers.
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Hey, Warbler, are you going to make your themesong "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap?"
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Hey, Warbler, are you going to make your themesong "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap?"

no. I was thinking of using the Godfather themesong.

Ric, if you still want the job of IT Manager, its yours.

And for the record, I cook steaks on our grill often.
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Yay, I got a IT job at a hitmen's almost-illegal company! That's my dream coming true!

Now, I took the liberty of deploying a nice CRM system which will keep track of your costumers, along with how much the owe you. So you'll be able to know the good customers, the customers you might want to make an offer they cannot refuse, the customers you need to cut out the thumbs, the customers in need for a good Kiss of Death, and those customers we might need to wack and bury in the desert. As every muder-associated company (such as the mafia and the hitmen) knows, it is more expensive to bring new customers into the company than wacking those who don't pay in time...

You'll be able to access all those information in a easy user-friendly web-oriented interface!
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I am pleased .

I still need legal council and hitmen/assassins. Anyone care to apply?
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I can be hired to assassinate you if you really want me to.

But I warn you, my sui-sassinations aren't cheap.

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can I hire you to assassinate yourself?
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No. That would violate my Prime Directive.

I'm not allowed to take a contract that would lose me money.

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