Let’s have a barbecue party! It is time to grill meat, chicken, and seafood. The smell of the grills in my friend’s back yard makes me feel hungry, and I cannot wait to eat. In the past, I did not have many ideas about the BBQ except grilled meat and chicken. But when I looked for BBQ from other countries, I was shocked! I found that every BBQ tastes different depending on the special kinds of meat, fresh ingredients, and particular kinds of sauce. I will explain the BBQ information depending on my experiences, what I see, and some information from my dad.
Like any usual day, my uncle was starting to make his own BBQ recipes, and he made us try them. I remember my happy time, when I was around my family. One day, I went to the Alrames beach with my uncles, my aunts, and my brothers. My uncle started to put the coal in a rectangular grill, and then he ignited fire in it. My uncle opened his meat and chicken recipe that he had already made the day before. Then he put some of them in the rotisserie to grill in a middle level of coal fire. After fifteen minutes, the BBQ was ready to eat. When I tasted my uncle’s BBQ, I recognized that it was very delicious and I could not stop eating it. My uncle’s recipes are secret and I cannot find any BBQ that tastes as good as my uncle’s BBQ.
Before I came to the United States of America, my mom invited our whole family and relatives to eat dinner and celebrate my little cousin’s birthday. My dad ordered grilled meats, hummus, grape leaves, and tabbouleh from Alsahel Grilled, which is my favorite BBQ restaurant in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. Grape leaves are grape leaves stuffed with a specific recipe that includes rice, tomatoes, parsley, coriander, lemon, and spices. Tabbouleh is a green salad that i...
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... has a different meaning for each person. As humans we cannot live without eating BBQ with people that we love. BBQ is like a tranquilizer when we have a stressful time or when we have pressures of everyday life. As students, we have many stresses in our lives especially when we do not have enough time to sleep. For that reason, sometimes student go to a BBQ restaurant to eat with their friends to forget about their stressful times.
In conclusion, there is no specific time to have a BBQ party with family and friends. The meaning of BBQ is different from place to place and from person to person depending on the memories or feelings. My experiences, my observations, and my dad’s information about BBQ helped me to discuss the BBQ in detail.
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As I finished eating, I heard the horn of my uncle’s car outside of my house, they seemed happy and ready to go. We all left at the same time, heading to my grandparent’s ranch. Once we get there, my cousins and I rushed to my grandfather’s fruit trees. He had apple trees, orange trees, lime trees, among others delicious fruits. As the time passed, lunch time came and everybody was called to eat. One of my uncles knows how to cook, and since he was in charge of the meat, he knew what to do to make it better. I remember the taste of that meat, it was delicious and everyone love
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