Iraqi "Brisket"

I'm from Texas. Specifically I'm from central Texas. They have barbeque there. Lots of barbeque. After high-school football and huntin', its probably the most hotly debated topic. I miss my barbeque.


Recently I saw that our dining hall had "Texas Bar-B-Q Brisket". I thought, "If I can convince myself to live in the Iraqi desert for 12 months, I can handle their version of brisket."

I did, but it was a very...um...interesting experience. It was kind of like, and I have to admit that I have no hard evidence of this, they freeze dried the "meat" for several years, re-constituted it, and soaked in some sort of smokey-ish ketchup stuff. As a meat dish it was passable, but as for "brisket" it was a hangin' offense that no Texas jury would have found me guilty of.

As for their "fuhheetuzz", well, they'd be hung, then shot. They should just stick to the dining hall favorites of "Swiss Steak", "Meatloaf", "Beef N Noodles", etc.

Actually the food here is pretty good. They just don't get the regional US dishes down well.