“Food tastes better when cooked outdoors” is a popular saying of with no specific authorship. “Everything tastes better cooked outdoors!” was cited in print in 1941. “Every Scout knows that good food tastes better cooked outdoors” was cited in 1949. “Food tastes better when it’s cooked outdoors” was cited in 1953.
“Meat tastes better cooked outdoors” was cited in print in 1956 in an advertisement for a barbecue ensemble.
14 August 1941, The Journal (West Bend, IA), “Household News” by Lynn Chambers, pg. 7, col. 1:
Everything tastes better cooked outdoors!
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July 1949, Boys’ Life, pg. 4:
Every Scout knows that good food tastes better cooked outdoors and here’s a tip for you.
22 May 1953, Albuquerque (NM) Journal, pg. 12, col. 5 ad:
Food tastes better when it’s cooked outdoors.
(Modern.—ed.)
16 May 1955, Dallas (TX) Morning News, pt. 2, pg. 12 , col. 1 ad:
Food tastes better cooked outdoors.
(A. harris & Co.—ed.)
10 April 1956, The Oregonian (Portland, OR), pg. 7 ad:
Meat Tastes Better Cooked Outdoors
Complete Barbecue Ensemble
(Montgomery Ward.—ed.)
23 May 1956, Rockford (IL) Register-Republic, pg. B3, col. 2 ad:
food tastes better…
cooked outdoors…try it!
(Montgomery Ward.—ed.)
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The Reader’s Digest
Volume 121, Issue 2
1982
Pg. 64:
Everything tastes better cooked outdoors.
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The Hidden Life of Humans:
A Novel
By Erika Ritter
Toronto: Key Porter Books
2009, ©1997
Pg. 142:
Not only does everything taste better eaten outdoors, it tastes better cooked outdoors, too.
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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