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Blaze (he/him) @piefed.zip

3d ago

Europeans, how popular are barbecues in summer where you live?

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Not exactly barbecue, but eating meat cooked on coals somewhere outside is pretty popular in my corner of eastern europe.
- Sounds exactly like barbecue!
- Nothing to do with a barbecue
  
  No? You may have to explain the term "barbecue" then, I fear.
  
  uhhhhh… is this a joke?

Very popular!
Germany/Switzerland
- German here:
  Spring / Autumn: 1 x month
  Summer: 1-2 x week
  Winter: 0
  
  What? You don't partake in Wintergrillen? You're really missing out.
- I second this
  
  I third this.

Poland: fairly popular both as means of preparing food and as a social event. If it is a social event they are much smaller than in the US or Canada on average.

Quite.
South of France.
- Should we introduce a distinction on public/private space barbecue ?

If by barbecue you mean grilling, it's very popular in the summer up here in Norway. If you mean actual barbecue, then not so much - It takes too long. The only one I know here who does actual barbecue here is a Texan immigrant.

Depends what your definition of common is, I live in Amsterdam and I'd say in summer people BBQ like once a month, depending on if you have space etc.
In summer I'd sometimes have a Braai (South African style BBQ) multiple times a week, it's a big part of my culture. But on average like once a week 🤷‍♂️
Back home in South Africa some people braai multiple times a week on average

Very Cyprus

can we bring up the assumption that BBQ is an "American thing"?
cooking stuff on a fire outside is the most ancient and universal form of cooking.
yhea, different places have their own variations, but asking a question like "do [non Americans] do [something universal]" is painfully stupid.
- The assumption is that the majority of people on Lemmy are from the US.
  This space is too discuss between Europeans.

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