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Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons ketchup
1 cup water
1/3 cup cider vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 - 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons molasses
3/4 teaspoon ground celery seed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/2 to 2 teaspoon of cayenne - optional if you like it hot, and how much depends on how hot you like it.

If you don't have molasses you can use honey it will just give it a different flavor, and you might want more of the honey than what you would use of molasses. If you don't want to use vinegar use apple juice. If you don't want to use cayenne but want it spicy, use Frank's hot sauce. If anything else strikes your fancy, just toss it in. Simmer until thick.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Awesome, thanks Serate! I have everything on that list! I'll skip the molases, though, cause I don't like the flavour much.

I'm kinda miffed that they're coming for dinner and they requested a specific meal. Never mind they claim not to do tomatoes or spicy, yet asked for BBQ. Whatever... they're his friends.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
YW Karen. I hope you like it. It never tastes the same, but then I never put the same ingredients or measurements in it. *L*

hmmm I don't know too many bbq sauces that don't have some sort of tomato in it. I'm thinking maybe his friends are my husband's brother and SIL *L*

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
BTW I don't like the molasses either so usually just put more brown sugar cuz I'm not too fond of honey either. I've also used orange juice and zest in it.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Karen, a quick and simple bbq for chicken is coca-cola!

Coca Cola Barbequed Chicken

2/3 stick oleo
1 small onion (diced)
2 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 cup ketchup
1 ½ T. of your favorite yellow mustard
¼ C. brown sugar
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 can Coca Cola
1 3 lb. chicken, or two smaller ones cut up
salt and pepper to taste

Mix oleo, onion, garlic, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and Coca Cola in large heavy sauce pan. Bring to a boil and turn heat down to simmer. Simmer for about 25 minutes stirring often. Place salted and peppered chicken pieces in a heavy casserole dish. Pour the sauce over the chicken and cook at 350 degrees for one hour (covered.) Turn the chicken after 30 minutes. Take the cover off the chicken for the last 20 minutes of baking time.

WARNING: This chicken always gets rave reviews

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I've tried cooking with cola before, Urgrace... I really don't have a very sweet tooth and I just can't get past it when I use Coke in my recipes. :-( I can almost feel the sugar zing through my blood, LOL.

What is oleo? Butter?

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
oleo = margarine

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Years ago it was called oleomargarine.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Maybe they don't have oleomargarine in Canada?

Karen, I would say that is a bit of chutzpah to request what they want for dinner. But perhaps they, or one of them, can't eat a lot of stuff.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
No problem Karen.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
That's exactly it, Juju, between the two of 'em, I had to come up with a chicken dish without cheese, eggs, milk, overly spicy, or marinara. Pretty much wipes my palette clean if you take away cheese and spices.

But I'm making Serate's BBQ sauce - which is smelling and tasting awesome as it simmers, BTW - and balls to them if it's too spicy for them, LOL. I did omit the cayenne, just to be a good hostess.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Oh, and forgot to mention... they're now an hour late...

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Oh Karen your hubby's friends ARE my inlaws!!!!!! *L* Except they'd not step foot in Canada. But you do NOT want me to go on with that story. *L*

Except their orders are not due to food sensitivities, just preferences.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Good grief, Karen! This will be their last visit, I am sure. Or certainly the last time you cook for them. The nerve!

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Next time ask them to bring take out of their choice. It's what I have started doing with my inlaws. I can't even order pizza unless all the pizzas are the way they want them cuz Heaven forbid a mushroom from my pizza might slide through the boxes and hit the beef pizza for brother in law. And his wife and daughter can't eat any pizza if they have to watch somebody eating sausage. Actually they h aven't been invited [and we have been conveniently busy the times they drive 4 hours and then call saying the are in the neighborhood] or step foot in our house since they kicked Eddie and I nicely set even tho I wanted to throw and strew their clothes everywhere their items on the front porch.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 11:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Actually, the visit went over pretty well. It was one of those, by the time 11pm came along, I was hoping they would politely excuse themselves before I had to kick them out, y'know? But she is the ex-girlfriend of his best friend from way back when, and she brought her new hubby. We haven't seen them in probably five years. It was cool to visit again, but man, I really, really hate having restrictions put on MY kitchen. I love to cook... the fact that I wasn't allowed to add the spices I wanted kinda peeved me. BUT, it was good for DH and her to reconnect, and her new hubby and I had a lot more in common than one would think. Outside of the prep nightmares, it was a good evening. I might invite them back, if I had more than six hours to prepare next time, LOL.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
I realize this is too late for your dinner Karen, but a really good BBQ chicken (without sauce)

one lime, grate the zest, quarter the lime
1 tbsp (more or less) Club House chicken spice
1 tsp coarse sea salt
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper

squeeze the lime quarters over the whole chicken
stuff the cavity with the used limes
rub outside and inside with the zest, salt, pepper and spices.

Balance the chicken on a half full can of whatever (beer, cola, clear pop, water....)
put on a pie plate

Grill over medium heat for 45-60 min...

This is so moist, tender, and delicious.

The chicken balances on the can quite easily...it slides up the cavity

A large pair of tongs holds the chicken when it is ready to come off the grill and a large fork can easily puncture the can so it can be pulled out of the chicken. (Two people needed however.)

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
Got to get back to the campground....hubby waiting for some groceries....

He knows I'm stopping at library to visit here though....he knows I can't live without my TVCH

Karen
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09-07-2004

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Oh, Y2K, I have the most fantastic beer-can chicken recipe. I love it. You're right, soooo moist! Mine is more of a spice-rubbed version, though... your more gentle, maybe Carribbean style sounds really good, too!

Serate, that BBQ sauce was out of this world! I had to omit most of the paprika and all of the cayenne to accommodate the not-spicy request, but all in all, fantastic! I think next time I'll do it with chipotle peppers with the adobo sauce, hopefully I'll get enough smokiness out of the peppers without having to add a splash of liquid smoke. But definitely worth making again. Ever use it on ribs?


And, BTW, I'm curious what exactly the story is that they won't set foot in Canada...? LOL

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
This isn't a question. This is a recipe, but it isn't special- like diet or anything...I made it up myself. Thinking summer stuff...potatoes--potato salad pasta---pasta salad

Why not rice salad....and so it goes.


2 C cooked long grain rice (brown or white)
1 or 2 tomato-seeded and chopped
1/2 C chopped Vidalla or sweet onion OR
4 or 5 green onions, sliced
2 or 3 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tsp minced garlic

Mix lightly.

3 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp-1 tbsp lemon or lime juice (plus the zest if using real fruit
salt and pepper to taste

Mix and serve.

Hubby and son raved that it was delicious and I must make it again.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Yum!! I may do that and add a bit of yellow or red pepper.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Friday, August 31, 2007 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
That sounds great, Teach! Might try that myself too.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I got some artichokes - is the best way to cook them still to just throw them ina pot of water with some oil and spices. It's been a while since I made any, LOL.

Metoo
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02-22-2005

Friday, September 07, 2007 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Metoo a private message Print Post    
Does anyone have a dinner recipe for using ricotta cheese (I'm all lasagna-ed out)?

Bbfaninwa
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07-26-2004

Friday, September 07, 2007 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbfaninwa a private message Print Post    
So I guess Manicotti is out of the question then Metoo???