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Missouri Barbecue

by | Feb 21, 2024 | Art, Guns and Culture, Frontier Fare

  The word “barbecue” in frontier Missouri was used to describe how meat is cooked and not a food category. In 1899 The Miller County Autogram reported, “To barbecue meat is to roast it whole, generally in the open air.” As late as 1947 a Missouri cookbook noted the definition of barbecu


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