This week, Slate is featuring a five-part series on BBQ. Deputy Editor David Plotz is traveling the nation, experiencing BBQ culture. Today's article is here. The following are a couple of passages from the article:
"This is fast-food nation, but barbecue is America's own slow food. It is impossible to barbecue well quickly. It is also difficult to barbecue alone. And it is no fun to barbecue without alcohol—all of which make barbecuing one of the most sociable hobbies imaginable."
"Every state in the South—and some in the Midwest—thinks its barbecue is the first, most authentic, and best in the nation. If you want to see hatred, just put a Texan and a North Carolinian in a room and ask them who makes more righteous barbecue."
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