What one food is essential to a good barbecue?

It's official! Summer is here. And for the next couple of months there likely will be barbecues, cookouts and picnics on many of our social calendars. Other than whatever meat is being grilled, what is it that you consider a "must have" when you dining al fresco?

Maybe you have a hankering to crank up some home-made ice cream, or your sliced-fresh, home-grown tomatoes are everyone's fave.

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What one food (other than whatever meat is being grilled) is essential to a good barbecue?

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