On 4/7/2016 10:07 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>> On 4/7/2016 9:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 11:07:35 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 19:48:09 -0700 (PDT), "
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>>>>> On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 6:13:36 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
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>>>>>> And a grill? Do you put food on or under a grill?
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>>>>> On. A grill has the heat source UNDER the food
>>>>> whereas a broiler has the heat source ABOVE the
>>>>> food.
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>>>> In America, perhaps. Elsewhere a grill can have a heat source under or
>>>> above.
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>>> I wonder why we bother to make the distinction. Surely
>>> context would indicate whether it was in the oven or
>>> outdoors. Perhaps "broiler" started with some manufacturer's
>>> marketing materials, and we've genericized it. I googled
>>> around for information, but quickly got bogged down.
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>>> Cindy Hamilton
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>> And most of what people refer to as a grill indoors is really a griddle.
>> Shall we start on what makes a barbecue next?
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> Heh even *I* know what a barbecue is ... er I think <g>
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Words can only really be understood in the place and time they're in.
When we were in California in the late 70's, my wife and I went to a
place called "Hawaiian BBQ." I didn't know what a Hawaiian BBQ was but I
figured it could be a place that served Hawaiian style plate lunches.
There was nothing Hawaiian about the joint. It was a Korean restaurant.
Calling a Korean restaurant "Hawaiian" makes little sense unless it was
in California in the late 70's, when nobody knew what Korean food was.
My wife, of course, was happy to find a place that served her kind of food.

These days, everybody knows with Korean food is. Fewer people know what
Hawaiian BBQ is. It's what the mainlanders call a local style plate
lunch. The Hawaiians never did have anything that could be called BBQ.