Watermelon BBQ Sauce

I love the taste of watermelon. But, when I came across this one, even I was caught off speed a bit.
It’s surprisingly good!
Watermelon BBQ Sauce
Ingredients:
1  6 pound chunk of seedless watermelon
8 oz tomato paste
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp garlic powder
2 cups firmy packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sherry (optional)
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp liquid smoke
Directions:
Cut [...]

Summer Chicken Salad

I don’t know about where you are from, but it is so hot and sticky here that it’s time for something cool.
Summer Chicken Salad
Ingredients:
2 pounds of chicken breasts
2 ribs celery, cut in chunks
2 chicken bouillon cubes
2  3 ounce cans of chunk chicken; shredded fine
2 tbsp pickle relish
2 tbsp onion, diced fine
2/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sour [...]

Shoot ‘Em

Got that pesky possum living under the porch and knocking over your trash cans?
Well, fetch the ol’ 22 caliber and whack him in the head bone.
Believe or not Ollie has a recipe for a meat that’s hard to beat.
Baked Possum
Ingredients:
1 large possum, skinned, dressed and washed (don’t forget the 22 Cal. slugs)
1 quart [...]

Terri’s Red Beet Eggs

Ollie’s wife works with a girl named Terri. She has an obsession with Pickled Red Beet Eggs.
They are a regional favorite, but she has a fast recipe that keeps her well supplied.
Terri’s Red Beet Eggs 
Ingredients: 
4 cups white vinegar
2 cups white sugar
2 tsp salt
2 dozen hard boiled eggs, peeled
2 large cans sliced beets with juice
Direction:
In a [...]

Todays Fun Food

Ollie loves the Renaissance Fair that is held each year. They always have a variety of foods that you just don’t see from your typical restaurant. Hot Mauve Cider, smoked turkey legs, that you eat, holding the bone, bread bowls with soups, and my most unusual favorite…….Fried Dill Pickles.
With Halloween coming up, this is [...]

Hot Dog, That’s Good Sauce!

Many moons ago, a very young Ollie did his turn working in a small regional chain called Twin Kiss. A couple of famous things were to be found there; homemade root beer in frozen mugs, the famous Twin Swirl ice cream cone and foot long chili dogs with this following sauce recipe.
 Twin Kiss Chili Hot [...]

Funana Pops

Time for a recipe that is fun to make and eat, while slipping that elusive fruit and vitamins into the junk food eating kid’s.
This is even something they’ll have fun helping with.
Ollies Fall Fair Funana Pops
Ingredients:
2 medium bananas, peeled and halved crosswise
1/4 cup crisp rice cerial
1 tbsp toasted chopped coconut
1 tbsp finely chopped [...]