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> old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh Why is it a bad idea? The newspaper thing is common in Oz, and a quick Google
by nikatwork 10y ago
> old newspapers... which of course we know today it's not such a great idea, heh
Why is it a bad idea? The newspaper thing is common in Oz, and a quick Google turned up nothing.
- mattashii 10y agoThe ink in newspapers is often 'not good' to 'bad' for your health, which makes rubbing it onto your cookwares a slightly dubious choice.
- ageofwant 10y agoThat used to be true, these days most newspaper inks are soy based, so its probably safe.
- yeowMeng 10y agoBut metaphorically, do you want the ink of news running through your blood... Maybe!
- croon 10y agoMy favorite vector for consuming the news!
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWhy use paper as a moderator? I go with direct ink IV, to cut out the middleman.
- hiddenkrypt 10y agoAh, so this is why print is dying as a medium.
- dguaraglia 10y agoGotta say, nothing beats the smell of burning newspaper when you first start making a barbecue. I feel better about the ink being soy based now.
- nazgul17 10y agoNot even bacon drops falling on the embers?
- dguaraglia 10y agoWhat mattashii said: newspaper ink has (or at least used to have) lots of lead. I'm not sure how bad it is, but I'd imagine that long-term you might want to avoid it. Specially when something as easy to find as a potato or a bunch of leaves will do the same job without the risk :)
- aaron695 10y ago> but I'd imagine that long-term you might want to avoid it. It's safe now. People use it for compost all the time. The real danger from a BBQ is smoke.
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- wavefunction 10y agoThe whole point of barbecue is indirect cooking with smoke. Unless y'all mean grilling when you say BBQ.
- riffraff 10y agois this for real ? I've always meant grilling and assumed anyone else meant the same :( EDIT: might be a linguistic issue, wikipedia has different meanings of BBQ in different languages.
- afarrell 10y agoYea, if you hear "BBQ" and think "grilling", then you might be missing out on the phenomenon that is real southern BBQ, which is a significantly different culinary phenomenon. Growing up in the northeast US, I didn't learn about the existence of BBQ until I was 23.
- jeremy7600 10y agoSadly this was the case for me until Dinosaur BBQ made their way into the local scene. Now I smoke my own pork shoulders, ribs and chicken. And its much cheaper this way :)
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 10y agoI heard if you eat enough you will start to lean to the left.