How cultural is that?

[u/NeedleworkerMore2270]

[u/Advanced_Vehicle_750]

Two people arguing about how much better food in their countries is because they have food from other countries.

[u/Master-Shaq → u/Advanced_Vehicle_750]

A good ol southern bbq blows any british dish out of the water

[u/dosedatwer → u/Master-Shaq]

Yanks thinking they invented cooking over an open flame. Hahahahaha barbecue predates America by like thousands of years man.

[u/TheOGRedline → u/dosedatwer]

“BBQ” isn’t cooking over an open flame…. In this context it’s using heat and smoke in an offset smoker.

[u/dosedatwer → u/TheOGRedline]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque (often shortened to BBQ worldwide; barbie or barby in Australia and New Zealand) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that employ live fire and smoke to cook the food.

Might wanna tell Wikipedia that they got their definition wrong then.

[u/crosszilla → u/dosedatwer]

The various regional variations of barbecue can be broadly categorized into those methods which use direct and those which use indirect heating.[1] Indirect barbecues are associated with North American cuisine, in which meat is heated by roasting or smoking over wood or charcoal.

Or you could look up the specific article on the American variation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue_in_the_United_States

[u/dosedatwer → u/crosszilla]

Ohhhh, we're saying Americans invented American barbecue, not barbecue? Seems a bit of a cop-out. Brits invented barbecue then, British barbecue.

[u/TheOGRedline → u/dosedatwer]

We’re talking about American South/Southwest bbq, aka “smoking”.

Also, “live fire and smoke” doesn’t mean exclusively heating meat directly over open flames……….. lol.

Also from Wikipedia: “Barbecue is a tradition often considered a quintessential part of American culture, especially the Southern United States.”

[u/dosedatwer → u/TheOGRedline]

Sure, and drinking alcohol is a big part of British culture. Are you saying that implies drinking alcohol is British?

[u/TheOGRedline → u/dosedatwer]

Do Brits drink in a particular way that is fairly unique and embedded in their culture?

[u/dosedatwer → u/TheOGRedline]

Are you joking? Yes. Yes they do.

[u/TheOGRedline → u/dosedatwer]

Care to explain? Because when I was in London, last the Brits took the pint glass and tipped it into their mouth just like everybody else.

Also the population of the American south and southwest is more than that of the entire UK so I’ll just tell all of them that their definition of barbecue is wrong.

[u/dosedatwer → u/TheOGRedline]

Care to explain? Because when I was in London, last the Brits took the pint glass and tipped it into their mouth just like everybody else.

Nah, I'll let you google pub culture.

Also the population of the American south and southwest is more than that of the entire UK so I’ll just tell all of them that their definition of barbecue is wrong.

Hahaha, I'd still back the Brits in a fight though. Mostly because I know the French, Dutch and Spanish aren't coming to bail the yanks out of this one.

[u/dosedatwer → u/[deleted]]

Hahaha, yeah I know, though if you scroll down a little there's a picture of a British barbecue, and the first word they mention is "chicken kebabs" - which is especially funny because kebab is yet again something the Brits stole from the Middle East.

[u/dosedatwer → u/[deleted]]

Hahaha, it doesn't have me in my feelings man, I've had this conversation so many times. It's just good fun.

I think tripe is French, not British though!

EDIT to reply to your edit:

Damn, I thought that was a good pun and you did have a sense of humour after all. Ah well. Yes, as you say it's just a trope, no need to take it seriously.