As the weather heats up and we shed more and more clothes we are reminded of why we spent the last few months crash dieting. We cut our portions and spend hours at the gym to ensure we look hot in a bathing suit and super thin at all of our summer events. Tell me why then after months of starving ourselves we think it is ok to gorge at the season's best events, bbqs.
I love a good hamburger. It's the first thing I think to eat at a bbq. Medium rare with lettuce, tomato, and a ton of ketchup, what could be bad? I'll eat all the other good stuff too, corn, peppers, coleslaw and such, but you will never catch me eating a hot dog. There was once a time when I enjoyed them. But have you ever burped after eating one? Not good. Never again.
Anyway, here is what confuses me about the etiquette of bbq dining: why do we allow ourselves to eat a hamburger and a hotdog? I know, this is probably something you've never thought of or don't really care about. But, it is worthy of questioning at least once.
Put it this way, when you go to a restaurant and order a hamburger, do you ask the waiter for a hotdog as well? Of course you don't because that would be weird. You may ask for a side of veggies and even french fries, but eating a hot dog would be like eating another dinner. So why then when we are at a bbq do we think it's normal to eat both hamburger and hotdog?
I like a bbq as much as the next person, but I also like not having to go up a size in pants when I'm done eating. Trust me, there will be more than one bbq this summer, you can switch off between hamburger and hotdog at each one you attend. Just don't double fist it, it never ends good.
