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We like to do things a certain way over here in America.
Especially when it comes to smoking/cooking various meats. There are multiple regions throughout the country known for their barbecue, and I know this might be a hot take, but the best BBQ comes out of Memphis, Tennessee (shut up Kansas City, you have the Chiefs).
One of my favorite lanes in content creation is British people coming over to the beautiful United States of America and marveling at some of the more normal things that we citizens enjoy. Not too long ago, an
English lad went viral for driving a big RAM truck around and heading to a Hooter's.
As the meme states, the European mind simply couldn't comprehend:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9OGmXKCel1/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=2e6535f3-3198-498e-b5d4-c7ad73d56881
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
And in a similar vein, these two guys named Josh and Ollie (who have a YouTube channel named JOLLY, a play on a combination of their names) came to America and tried Memphis BBQ ribs for the very first time. They went to what is considered the number one place in the country for ribs, which is the iconic Bar-B-Q Shop in Memphis, Tennessee.
They went in and got set up by the shop's owner, Eric Vernon, with all of the restaurant's staples, with the most important item being their glazed ribs. The Brits first had their minds blown by the Sweet Tea that was served (greatest drink of all time in my humble opinion), and then completely lost it when all of the food was brought out.
There was just one problem... they tried to eat the ribs with a knife and fork, and The Bar-B-Q Shop owner stopped them right in their tracks when he saw what was unfolding:
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. I know you're from where you're from, but we gonna stop with the knives. You pull it apart with your hands, and listen, you take your fingers and you lift it up and you eat it."
A lesson in how-to-eat-ribs from The Bar-B-Q Shop's owner himself. Remarkable. Being able to eat with our hands was one of the main reasons why the Revolutionary War took place. Our founding fathers created this country so we could tear into pigs, cows and other various edible animals with our bare hands.
LIKE THE RED-BLOODED AMERICANS WE ARE.
So it was great and funny to see a couple of Brits not know how to go about eating ribs, and trying to use utensils to do so. Shoutout to The Bar-B-Q Shop owner, Eric Vernon, for putting a stop to the travesty right then and there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QwnEtSBZcs
