On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:45:57 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 19:10 10 Feb 2019, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 2/10/2019 12:18 PM, Pamela wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I agree. A barbeque can be fun but it rarely produces better food than
>>> cooked indoors.
>>>
>>
>> Better is just opinion. Both can produce excellent food and they are
>> different.
>
>Many people enjoy a BBQ but, in my experience, they are fooling themselves
>if they think they're getting better tasting food.
>
>Maybe the event, the commotion, the smoke, the inevitable alcohol, the
>socialising, perhaps a pool, the outdoors air, etc takes their mind off
>the sometimes indifferent, and perhaps not well cooked, food.
>
>I have had some good BBQs but the taste of the same food would very often be
>better, in absolute terms, cooked in a kitchen.
>
>No one would say the actual food at a picnic is better than at a dining
>table but the event and its setting probably compensates. Same for a BBQ.

I must agree. Most who host outdoor BBQs turn out crap... no better
than an upstate NY churchy FEED. Most times the main event is cheap
bologna sandwiches on white bread with yallow mustard.