and in my family, a barbecue was a particular sandwich, usually in a hamburger bun, which was a ground beef/ketchup mix. in other parts of the country, they were called "taverns", "made-rights", or "sloppy joes".
And sometimes just within a few miles. I live in an urban setting, but visited a friend about 130
miles away who invited me to the local bar & grill for "taverns". I was lost. It was a small town
of 900+ folks, and they all laughed, to my expense. But good for the soul. To me a tavern is a
"bar", "pub", etc. The "tavern" turned out to be a good old-fashioned sloppy joe. At the church that
Sunday, the pastor asked the ladies to bring "bars", and I thought "here we go again", without knowing
that 'bars" are cake cut into rectangular pieces. Lots of fun.
