Monday, April 20, 2015

Q as in Barbeque

Many people think barbecuing is cooking meat or vegetables over the flames of a gas grill or a charcoal fire.

Here, it is roasted pork, beef or chicken with a seasoned sauce. Roasting over a wood fire imparts a great flavor, but most cook the meat in a conventional oven.

The smell of meat roasting is always better than the actual eating. Like many, I got to have a little barbeque sauce.

There are vinegar based sauces and tomato-based sauces. My favorite is Jamaican Barbeque sauce which has a little of both.  My mom found this recipe in an article by Dear Abby around 1970? Who would have thought someone from Iowa knew the perfect sauce?

Blend together

1 1/2 cups cider vinegar               1 cup catsup                          4 tsp of lemon juice
2 tsp of brown sugar                    1/2 cup tomato puree            3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3/4 tsp salt                                    1 tsp garlic powder               1 tablespoon of prepared mustard
1 tablespoon of liquid smoke       1 tsp cayenne pepper

Refrigerate until ready to use. Heat sauce to use on pork chops, meat loaf, hamburger, brisket or roasted meats.




6 comments:

  1. Yes, barbeque is a noun and a verb! Your recipe sounds good. I've never added liquid smoke before, but that would really enhance the barbequiness of the meat. Good idea!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Been quite a while since I ate anything off the bbq.

    ReplyDelete
  3. We call cooking out, grilling and like you, barbeque usually happens in the kitchen.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Oh yes! > *The smell of meat roasting is always better than the actual eating. The recipe looks good, Ann. Thanks for sharing.
    *Shantala @ ShanayaTales*

    ReplyDelete
  5. It is very useful and informative. Thank you for sharing

    ReplyDelete

Your thoughts.

Being Swampwise

 The small gray dog in the large dog bed is my mother's former dog. She now is mine and has joined my two primary dogs. The large black ...