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Today during my daily perusing of Latin American news I stumbled upon this embittering article on Yahoo News.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - One of South America's smallest countries proved on Sunday it can hold the biggest barbecue in the world.
Some 1,250 Uruguayan grillmeisters sizzled up 26,400 pounds (12,000 kilograms) of beef Sunday, beating a 2006 record set in Mexico.
"It's all so beautiful. It's a record," Guinness World Records judge Danny Girton said after the chefs, in white hats and aprons, smoked and barbecued their way into the record book with help of 6 tons of charcoal and 1,500 metal barbecue stands.
The barbecue was so big that firefighters were called in to light the grills and make sure the flames did not get out of hand. It beat the previous record of 17,600 pounds (8,000 kilograms) of beef, Girton said.
Uruguay, a ranching and farming nation, last year exported more than US$1 billion (euro630 million) in beef — its chief export.
The load of meat cooked Sunday set off swirling clouds of aromatic smoke, as 20,000 spectators devoured the cuts quickly.
Why would an article on the world’s largest barbecue embitter someone? Well it’s not because I am an animal rights activist (nor do I believe in animal cruelty) or because I have been debating on whether or not to become a vegetarian (nor is this a knock on you Dee, only coincidental).
Well, truth be told, I’m dieting. It’s no easy confession since during my younger days I held this notion that my high metabolism and regular activity would be enough to maintain this handsome physique forever. Well the metabolism is evidently slowing and the activity is becoming less regular, but my appetite is as steady as ever.
So yesterday I kicked of this diet that begins itself with a nine day first phase which allows only fruits and vegetables to be ingested. It was the imagining of the succulent aroma of that massive barbecue, the wafting scent of the mouth watering grilled beef . . . and mounds of it, that’s what made me a bit bitter.
Considering it is day two of nine I might need your prayers in the coming days.