I was planning on barbecuing the food for dinner tonight - the food for breaking the fast of the 17th of Tammuz.
The barbecue was just going to be a method of cooking - not a celebratory meal like a birthday or graduation party.
Then I had this thought, that perhaps it is inappropriate. When people, especially Haredim, have gotten "caught" barbecueing on Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) or Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah), society cries out in shock and rage that these people are so insensitive and are doing something fun and celebratory on such a sorrowful day. Perhaps, if society considers it inappropriate on those days, how much more so should it be considered inappropriate today.
Or maybe it is just another method of cooking. Maybe not turning it into a picnic or party makes it ok.
I did an informal and unscientific survey on Twitter, and respondents initially seem to think it is ok, though after then comparing it to Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron BBQs, nobody really rebutted the comparison very well...
So, my informal survey continues here - what do you think about barbecueing the food for breaking the fast?