BBQ in the time of coronavirus
Michael Showers is the Executive Chef at High West Distillery in Park City, Utah and delivers advice on how to barbecue and stay connected during the coronavirus pandemic. Showers reveals his top tips and biggest mistakes to avoid while barbecuing.
미국. Senate candidate 에 노스 캐롤라이나 sparked a controversy of sorts this week with a tweet in which he appeared to conflate barbecuing with grilling, an apparent no-no in the Tar Heel state.
“There’s nothing better than BBQ—except for winning this Senate seat, 물론이야,” Democrat Cal Cunningham tweeted Monday — along with a photo of himself in front of a backyard grill. He also appeared to be selling campaign aprons saying “Ambassador for North Carolina BBQ.”
Cunnigham is running against Republican incumbent U.S. 이것의. 톰 틸리 스, who has held the seat since January 2015.
One Twitter critic wrote, “Fun fact: Carolina bbq means whole hog. You’re grilling bro. Not even close to the same thing.”
“He’s grilling over gas? Is there time to get my absentee ballot back?” another joked.
Even the media was thrown into a tizzy over the food faux pas.
Incumbent U.S. 이것의. 톰 틸리 스, 공화당 원, 왼쪽, faces a challenge from Democrat Cal Cunningham.
“Sir. Respectfully, unless there is a hog hiding in that gas grill, the only BBQ in this photo is written on your apron. #blasphemy,” Associated Press political reporter Meg Kinnard 트윗.
The North Carolina Republican Party also called the tweet a “scandal.”
Cunningham, 47, a North Carolina native, told the News & Observer in Raleigh that “No self-respecting son of Lexington would ever” mix up barbecuing and grilling. He said the burger and hotdog buns were just for show to help sell the aprons.
“I’ve probably been eating Lexington barbecue since before I had teeth,” he told the 뉴스 & 관찰자. “Barbecue is a deep part of our culture. … North Carolina barbecue is something I love very much.”
이것의. THOM TILLIS SAYS NORTH CAROLINA’S MAIL-IN VOTING CHANGES POSE ‘GRAVE CONCERNS’
Tillis, 그 동안에, appeared to seize the moment, tweeting “Did somebody say North Carolina BBQ?” while holding up his takeout from Parker’s Barbecue restaurant.
이기는 하지만, the News & Observer pointed out that Tillis, who has been running behind his challenger, 에 2014 referred to “Surf n turf: cedar plank salmon and tenderloin steaks” as a “backyard BBQ.”
It could take days to find out if the fallout from BBQ-gate has any effect on the polls.
