2009 Grilling Guide from The Charleston - Huntington West Virginia News Leader

Grilling Trivia Quiz
Test Your Knowledge of Grilling and Barbecuing

For generations, people have been discovering the thrill of using their outdoor grills. Once a favorite pastime, this age-old cooking technique is now at the heart of the American cultural cuisine. And grilling fresh pork leads the way to preparing tasty, versatile and nutritious meal options.

For grilling enthusiasts, here's a quick quiz to test grilling and barbecuing trivia knowledge.

1. When was grilling first discovered as a method of cooking?
a.) About 27,000 years ago when, according to paleontologists, man discovered fire - cooking food over fire naturally followed that discovery.
b.) In 1951, when George Stephen, of Weber Brothers, Metal Works, developed the first kettle-covered charcoal grill.
c.) In the late 1970s, as consumers were looking for a more healthy cooking style.

2. What was Louis Armstrong referring to when he recorded "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" in 1927?
a.) Strutting around the New Orleans World's Fair barbecue festival.
b.) Walking with a sexy lady. According to the Dictionary of American Slang, the term barbecue means "sexually attractive young woman."
c.) A newly developed tangy red sauce called "barbecue."

3. What is the most popular grill used today?
a.) The charcoal grill.
b.) The gas grill.
c.) The electric grill.

4. What's the traditional grilled food at a Hawaiian luau?
a.) Grilled pineapple slices.
b.) Grill poi.
c.) A whole hog, roasted to perfection by digging a pit in the earth, filled with hardwood and a slow fire of hot coals.

5. What's the leanest grilled cut of pork?
a.) Ribs.
b.) Tenderloin.
c.) Butt.

6. Where did the first outdoor "barbecue" feast take place?
a.) In Dallas, Texas, where Lyndon B. Johnson held an inaugural "barbecue."
b.) In New Orleans at the first Mardi Gras.
c.) In Alexandria, Virginia, where George Washington spent three entire days feasting on pork in 1769.

7. What does the term "pig pickin'" mean?
a.) In 16th century Europe, pig pickin' was a practice among the affluent population where a hog would be butchered, the desirable parts set aside for eating and the remains tossed to the peasants for picking.
b.) A gathering of people, originally for political purposes, where a whole hog is barbecued and laid out for guests to pull apart, hence the term "pulled pork."
c.) Someone who "picks" at food.

8. Where did the term "barbecue" originate?
a.) From Jacque de Barbecuet, the French-born inventor of the barbecue grill as we know it today.
b.) In colonial times, when the grilled dinners were often served at local bars.
c.) From the Mayas who cooked over a "barbacoa," meaning a lattice of thin green sticks suspended over an open fire.

9. What does grilling pork over "direct heat" mean?
a.) Placing the pork directly into the flames.
b.) Arranging the hot coals in an even bed on the fire grate of the grill and placing the pork above the heat source.
c.) Rotating the pork on a spit over open flames.

10. In recent times, which two presidents held large barbecue events during their campaigns?
a.) John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
b.) Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter.
c.) Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.

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