I think you may have misunderstood my point- BBQ seems to have been around everywhere, and for a long time. Slaves were already BBQ'ing the cheap/scrap/trash cuts before those immigrants made it to and started BBQ'ing in central TX. AFAIK Cohinillo is pretty hot and fast, cooked in a pot, and not usually heavily smoked, right?Even Central TX BBQ has its origins in slaves?
What about whole hog? Didn't the Germans in the Carolinas come from a tradition of roasting whole pigs (spanferkel) or individual cuts (mutzbraten)? Did the Spanish have cohinillo before arriving in the new world?
I think you may have misunderstood my point- BBQ seems to have been around everywhere, and for a long time. Slaves were already BBQ'ing the cheap/scrap/trash cuts before those immigrants made it to and started BBQ'ing in central TX. AFAIK Cohinillo is pretty hot and fast, cooked in a pot, and not usually heavily smoked, right?
Even Central TX BBQ has its origins in slaves?
Texas bbq wasnt invented in a cultural vacuum.
It was home to the Karankawa, the Spanish (who brought the first slaves in the mid 1500s) and the French. Each influencing the culinary traditions.
Also in the 1500s, the Spanish were in the Philippines. Natives were roasting whole pigs there too.
The first Germans didnt arrive in North America till the early 1600s (Jamestown)
Corn tortillas and tomato-based sauces were definitely not invented by Europeans!
At least Nordic Europeans were smoking fish to preserve them a while before American slaves were BBQ'ing. Spending 16+hrs smoking a brisket to make it edible might have seemed like too much work, though- have no idea.I see. Not sure about Cochnillo.
Did they borrow the idea from slaves or did they figure it out on their own ? It seems simple enough in a warm environment to smoke the leftovers/
At least Nordic Europeans were smoking fish to preserve them a while before American slaves were BBQ'ing. Spending 16+hrs smoking a brisket to make it edible might have seemed like too much work, though- have no idea.
So did the Germans have their own tradition or contributions
Yes, there are. Again I am not saying slaves invented BBQ, I am saying that American BBQ as we know it/have today was pretty much started by slaves.Aren't there other traditions in Europe of roasting animals? I think Sardinia has su porceddu which looks similar to whole hog bbq. Could be wrong though.
Yes, there are. Again I am not saying slaves invented BBQ, I am saying that American BBQ as we know it/have today was pretty much started by slaves.
Cajun whole pig/cochon WAS slave and poor people American BBQ/BBQ "as we know today".
..huh? Slaves pretty much started American BBQ as we have today, i.e. the flavor profile. How would beef, brisket, sausages, mustard necessarily be contributions from Europeans? There were African Cajuns from Creoles, and white Cajuns had slaves. Your question has been answered: "yes."
Many believe the word Barbeque comes from the word "barbacoa", the smoke house used by the peaceful Taino indians that lived mostly in the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic/ Haiti), Jamaica & Puerto Rico. The Mexican culture adopted this spanish word to denote their style of cooking in a hole in the ground but is more like baking protein rather than what we call barbeque in our country. But that's just the word, the use of smoke to cook and preserve foods has most likely been a global activity for thousands of years. We don't know who was the first human to barbeque their food.