New Year's Day Eileen sent me two e-mails. She wrote:
It's
driving me crazy! It's got pieces of something in it. Onions????
Peppers????? Healthy you said. Dr. Pepper??? Apples????
Pineapple?????
I didn't respond, because I wanted to tease her. Then later
in the afternoon Eileen sent me another e-mail and she was sounding sort of
desperate. This time she wrote:
I
want you to tell me if I hit on one ingredient! Cherries? Ginger?
Peaches? Mango? All healthy! Honey? Apple cider
vinegar? Surely tomatoes - purée, paste, sauce, petit diced!!!!
Just tell me, is it Texas style, Carolina style, Memphis style? Or
is it unique?
I
did read your blog & I do appreciate getting a batch of BBQ sauce for my
birthday! But my mouth is watering for BBQ sauce this very minute!
Once again I didn't respond. So yesterday morning Eileen wrote me again and she asked:
Nancy,
is one of these healthy BBQ sauce recipes similar to The Secret One? If
so, which one???
As I was checking out the above site, I was still chuckling about
Eileen's obsession with Jim's executive chef friend's secret BBQ sauce, when Jim called
me. He told me that he and Kris weren't going to make it out, because of the
lousy weather. "Jim thanks for calling me. I don't blame y'all for not
wanting to come out in this kind of sorry weather. But listen, we need to talk
about Eileen. She's frantic and trying to figure out the late, great Chef Claude's BBQ sauce
recipe." Then Jim and I started laughing about Eileen's preoccupation with the BBQ sauce recipe. Then we had a long
discussion about it and made a plan. And that's for us to know and for no one
else—especially Eileen.
Before Jim and I adios-ed each other, I laughed and said, "Oh my goodness, Jim. I just realized that Eileen is really going to wind up, at the Funny Farm, making pretty potholders, when she finds out that we use Chef Claude's Secret BBQ Dry Rub recipe, before we even cook the meat!"
After we had stopped laughing, Jim quickly quipped, "I don't think we should rub that in..."
That's about it for tonight, because I am fixin' to go play my guitar and then once again watch Fried Green Tomatoes, which is one of my favorite movies and my favorite part is when they serve up the BBQ evidence.
Y'all have a great evening!
6 comments:
Nancy, I think your friend Eileen covered all my guesses. I was going to add agave, oatmeal, chopped kale and mung bean sprouts. Just kidding, but trying to cover the healthy aspect of the sauce! It's those bits of things that I see that are driving me crazy!
Was that "rub that in" comment a clue??
Enjoy your day and I'm wishing you sunshine!
Hi Mary! Those bits of things are a really big part of the delicious, secret BBQ sauce recipe. Too bad I can't tell you or Eileen what they are!
Thanks for wishing the sunshine, because it worked! It's another sunshiny day at the rescue ranch and all is good! (Knock-on-wood, of course.)
Nancy, poor Mary! I guess she'll not even get any sauce to taste! Don't worry Mary, I'll let you know after I taste it
Hi Eileen! Thanks for being such a good sport about us teasing you about the secret BBQ sauce recipe. I feel sorry for Mary, too. Since you're feeling so sorry for her maybe Jim and I should send her your secret bbq sauce sampling instead? Mary would love it and then all of us would feel better, because we'd be taking the higher road. Right?
P.S. Mary, please send me your address again!
Nancy, Don't send me any! I'm very anxious to taste it, but I plan on doing that when I come out to walk your dogs. This is on my bucket list and I don't want anything to make it any easier! LOL.
I'll even bring some more of my hot sauce and preserves. This coming year I'll even have fig preserves if my fig tree doesn't freeze to death again this year.
I'm thinking the healthy sauce is made from applesauce, tomatoes and honey with some kind of flaky stuff in it. It's keeping me awake nights.
Let's look to the future!
Are you sure you don't want us to send you Eileen's sample serving, Mary? I'm sure Eileen would love for us to send you her BBQ sauce.
Tony and I are looking forward to your next visit and I can't wait for you to meet all of our great friends aka volunteers.
I have a suggestion for you since the secret BBQ sauce recipe's ingredients are keep you awake at nights. Maybe you should "hit" the sauce an hour before bed time. : )
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