FAIQ # 16: Do You Have Barbecue in Ireland?
Q. Do You Have BBQ in Ireland?
A. Whenever I am asked this question I think of Bewleys.
Particularly of Bewleys in Westmoreland Street.
Of 1983 and how scruffy the staff were, and what a great idea it was that those big seats could be moved spontaneously to form booths wherever. And how special it was to get a seat in one.
No, we don’t have BBQ in Ireland, but Irish people invariably not knowing what it is, tend to answer yes.
If an Irish person starts talking about Eddie Rocket’s, Starvin’ Marvin’s, or other silly pseudo American monikers, or worse starts talking of Mongolian or Chinese, well you could ignore them, or you could kick them wherever their brisket is smoked.
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Eolaí gan Fhéile:
Ah yes. Yet another reason to love Ireland.
Kansas BBQ might taste great, but is outweighed by the guilt factor of eating enough at one sitting (standing!?) to feed the offspring of the overly fertile Mr. & Mrs. Connors (you know them) for a month of Sundays. Oh, and probably some KC Masterpiece sauce left over for Mr. Connors to mix in with his dodgy tarmac.
Hard to refute your words Primal, though I don’t know if I’d single out BBQ over any other style of eating out in KC.
A ‘month of Sundays’ suggests you’re overly familiar with the size of the servings in town, however the “all the Sundays forever” size servings of the “all-you-can-eat” buffets would have an even bigger guilt factor than BBQ places, not that I notice too many people feeling guilty. And of course there’s nothing there left over to help you with the tarmac.