Pirate Theme Party

Do you want to be a Buccaneer for your next pirate theme party? Ever wonder where the term Buccaneer came from? Buccaneers were originally French settlers on the Caribbean islands. They traveled the islands and poached all kinds of meat, including pigs, chickens and cattle. The roasted the meat over wood planks, a process that was called Barbioca. The learned this method from the locals on the island, and the English pronounced the word Buccaneer. Thus, these people were Buccaneers, or those that barbioca. Barbioca is strangely similar to the modern term, barbecue, and in fact, the word barbecue comes directly from the term barbioca. The next time you’re grilling some meet at your pirate theme party, you can officially consider yourself a Buccaneer. When the Buccaneers were driven from the island by the Spaniards, they turned to piracy. They became quite a notorious bunch, and were a constant thorn in the Spaniards side. They raided island after island, looting and taking what they needed. They never let go of the cooking methods they learned from the locals. When the Spaniards referred to them as Buccaneers, they meant the men that barbecue! So quite literally, the men who pirated were also the men who always barbecued!