{"id":25157,"date":"2018-05-24T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25157"},"modified":"2018-05-24T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:27:27","slug":"bbqs-and-berries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/bbqs-and-berries\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent Food Weekend Includes BBQs and Berries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/gardstrawb.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/garden-grove-strawberry-festival.html\">Garden Grove Strawberry Festival<\/a>\u00a0always on Memorial Weekend<\/p>\n<h2>BBQ?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Steven Raichlen&#8217;s Project Smoke marathon begins Saturday, May 26 on Create TV.<\/li>\n<li>Big Bear Lake Chill &amp; Grill <a href=\"http:\/\/seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-BBQ-cookoffs.html\">BBQ Competition<\/a> May 26, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Carcinogens in BBQ smoke are absorbed more by skin than lungs, says an Environmental Science &amp; Technology report. BBQ smoke&#8217;s polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can cause DNA mutations, respiratory disease, and even lung cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Live near a bonfire beach? Concerned Huntington Beach residents experiencing offensive hydrogen sulfide releases from local oil field operations this week, are also being bombarded with smoke from Huntington City and State beach firepits. The smoke created by millions of visitors&#8217; beach bonfires and BBQs blows into thousands of nearby homes &#8212; Memorial Weekend and all summer long.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/bbq-events\/\">Woodshed<\/a> in Orange, Calif. sells dozens of types of woods for smoking foods, but you can also find reasonable prices online for several popular woods at WebstaurantStore.<\/li>\n<li>Did you know your BBQ smoke can rid you of wasp nests located in the neighbor&#8217;s nearby eaves? Smoke bothers wasps and sometimes the pests will pack it up and leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-strawberry-festivals.html\">Strawberry Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anderson&#8217;s Happy Valley Strawberry Festival May 26-27, with famous generous servings of sweet fresh strawberries, ice cream &amp; shortcake.<\/li>\n<li>Arroyo Grande Strawberry Festival May 26-27 always on Memorial Weekend and free admission.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/garden-grove-strawberry-festival.html\">Garden Grove Strawberry Festival<\/a>\u00a0May 25-28, free admission and parade with Mickey Mouse and teen celebs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/vista-strawberry-festival.html\">Vista Strawberry Festival<\/a> May 27 with 100,000 attendance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/may-food.html\">Food Festivals<\/a> For Pleasure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>McCloud Mushroom Festival May 25-27<\/li>\n<li>Manchester Redwood Coast Volunteer Firefighters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/point-arena-hog-lamb-bbq.html\">Hog &amp; Lamb Bar-B-Q<\/a>\u00a0May 27<\/li>\n<li>Morgan Hill\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/morgan-hill-mushroom-mardigras.html\">Mushroom Mardi Gras<\/a>\u00a0May 26-27<\/li>\n<li>Northridge &#8211; Valley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/food-festivals-greek.html\">Greek Festival<\/a>\u00a0May 26-28<\/li>\n<li>Novato &#8211; Marin Greek Festival May 25-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Garden Grove Strawberry Festival\u00a0always on Memorial Weekend BBQ? Steven Raichlen&#8217;s Project Smoke marathon begins Saturday, May 26 on Create TV. Big Bear Lake Chill &amp; Grill BBQ Competition May 26, 2018. Carcinogens in BBQ smoke are absorbed more by skin than lungs, says an Environmental Science &amp; Technology report. 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