Barbecue Trivia
* George Washington celebrated America’s victory in the War of Independence by hosting a giant barbecue for his soldiers.
* The hamburger was invented in the United States some time around 1900 a.d. No one knows who invented it.
* Hot dogs were originally called dachshunds.
* Meat changes color when it’s cooked as the myoglobin is broken down. This amino acid gives beef its red color. Smoke literally stains meat.
* Moist heat produces the tenderest meats.
* Fish meat is whiter than beef or chicken because fish don’t have to work as hard to resist the pull of gravity.
* Salmon’s red color comes from the things it eats, especially shrimp.
* Henry Ford, inventor of the Model T automobile, invented charcoal briquets.
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