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What happens when NYers discover the true essence of barbecue?

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SACR
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They take credit for inventing it.

Why Is Brooklyn Barbecue Taking Over The World?

To me, the essence of barbecue is taking a tough piece of meat that isn't otherwise edible, and cooking it low and slow with some combinations of herbs and spices to create something wonderful. Every region of the world has some version of barbecue, even though they may call it something different.

You can argue that man has been doing barbecue in some form or another since the cave men discovered fire.

Then you have these guys:

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When they arrived, they realized that Colombia had no hickory or post oak or mesquite. There was no kosher salt. There was no brown sugar for the rub. The beef was not even the same species. They had to improvise. For instance, my favorite cut there was the morrillo, which I have definitely not seen in Brooklyn. It's the hump of the most typical cow in Colombia. They smoke it and sell it by weight along with brisket and pork ribs.

"It was all Bos indicus with the hump and the floppy ears, a tropical breed of cattle called zebu with no intramuscular fatexcept in the hump, which is why we chose to use the hump instead of brisket. It was a BBQ guys wet dream: spider-webbed with fat, compact, and honestly the best cut to make beef BBQ with I've ever seen."

Are we really supposed to believe that in the whole history of Colombia, no one has ever tried slow-smoking the hump of a zebu? Have these guys ever tried picada?

The pretentiousness is off the charts.
John Francis Donaghy
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That article was hashed out on this board months ago.
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Link?

A search for Brooklyn in the last year only turns up Beer Thread references.
schmendeler
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The article is a year old
SACR
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I've done multiple searches, I'm not finding a previous thread.

John Francis Donaghy
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https://texags.com/forums/12/topics/2937336

And here are articles from other major websites and publication that covered the fallout as well. It was squarely in the national (and even some international) spotlight for a few days last year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/food/wp/2018/03/05/vice-claimed-brooklyn-barbecue-was-world-famous-now-it-is-in-the-worst-way-possible/

https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/restaurants/bbq/article203528379.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/05/brooklyn-bbq-no-its-not-taking-over-world-stuff-however-real-deal/394845002/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/brooklyn-barbecue-munchies-photo/

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/03/07/brooklyn-barbecue-taking-world-bless-hearts

https://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article203498634.html

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/03/05/politics/cruz-cornyn-slam-brooklyn-bbq/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Even the Brits got in on the action.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/fe119b63-7571-4111-9923-85b8acd3c337
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In fairness to you... I've never had luck finding anything with the search feature either. Maybe there's some trick to it I haven't figured out yet.
biobioprof
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SpiderDude said:

In fairness to you... I've never had luck finding anything with the search feature either. Maybe there's some trick to it I haven't figured out yet.
I use google and include "site:texags.com"
SACR
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Bless you, sir.
SACR
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SpiderDude said:

In fairness to you... I've never had luck finding anything with the search feature either. Maybe there's some trick to it I haven't figured out yet.


The problem here is that the thread in question was on the General board. Forum specific search only works if you know the correct forum.
investorAg83
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SACR said:

SpiderDude said:

In fairness to you... I've never had luck finding anything with the search feature either. Maybe there's some trick to it I haven't figured out yet.


The problem here is that the thread in question was on the General board. Forum specific search only works if you know the correct forum.


It's normal search code and has been discussed on this forum.

'+Brooklyn +bbq' will show every link that has both Brooklyn and bbq in the thread.

https://texags.com/forums/67/topics/2937150/replies/51347117#51347117
hph6203
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Pretty sure the search function on this site limits results to threads/posts that occurred within the last year. Using google and limiting results to Texags works way better than using the built in search.
schmendeler
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That's only if you don't pay
investorAg83
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hph6203 said:

Pretty sure the search function on this site limits results to threads/posts that occurred within the last year. Using google and limiting results to Texags works way better than using the built in search.


Break open those purse strings, grandma...
SACR
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I searched for 'Brooklyn' in Food and Spirits forum only, starting on March 4, 2008, and the thread didn't come up.
hph6203
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The only benefit from paying I'd get is more emojis that I don't care about and I can use google to search the site just as easily and with better results. It's not a lot, just don't see the point.
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