Discussion Questions
Barbecue
Student A
- What is your favorite barbecue food?
- Where do you prefer to have a barbecue?
- Do you have outdoor barbecue restaurants in your country?
- Visiting friends at their homes and having a barbecue on a weekend is popular in some cultures. Which is best for a barbecue; a restaurant or a friend’s house?
- What is the strangest barbecue you have ever eaten?
- What foods can you barbecue? Which ones are popular in your country?
- Which adjectives best describe barbecues?
- Do you usually “pig out” when you have barbecue food?
- Which are better; charcoal, wood, or gas barbecues?
- Would you like to be a barbecue restaurant owner?
Student B
- How often do you have a barbecue? Would you like it to be more or less often?
- Which meat is the most popular for a barbecue in your country?
- Is there any barbecue food that you don’t like?
- In many African and Asian countries, rat meat is often served as barbecue food. Would you eat this?
- Is it always a man’s job to do the barbecue in your country?
- Do the women in your country prepare side dishes for a barbecue?
- Whom do you like to enjoy a barbecue with?
- Beer and barbecue are like brother and sister, they go well together. Is this the same in your culture?
- What do people in your country drink at a barbecue if they don’t drink beer?
- Are you good at lighting a fire and getting it ready for a barbecue?
