October 13, 2009

For many, many years when Emily and Gene lived in Pineville and Middlesboro, different organizations would call on him to Barbecue for their company or organization picnic or other affairs.  Gene had cinder blocks grates and would use just enough to make the right size for the number of chickens that he would be B-B-Q ing.  Gene's B-B-Q Sauce and his technique was legendary!  Of course, Mom was often in the kitchen helping him put together the recipe for the barbecue sauce.  They took a recipe that came from the Kentucky Extension Service and made it their own.  This version of the recipe was found on one of his many notepads. Just behind that was a list of "What Gardens Need", and just behind that the beginning of a poem. 

Here's the recipe; it's great, and you'll think of Gene when you try it. Perhaps the left column is the original recipe, and on the right are the amounts that Gene and Emily used to make that B-B-Q Sauce he was so well known for.

Kentucky Style
Chicken B-B-Q Sauce

21/2 C water                            5 C
1 TBSP Sugar                            2 T
21/2 tsp Black Pepper               5 t
2 TBSP Butter                           4 T
1/4 C Vinegar                             1/2 C
21/2 tsp Salt                             5 t
1/2 tsp red pepper                      1/2 t
2 TBSP Worchesteshire Sauce     4 T
1/4 Onion                                    1/2 O
1 tsp powdered mustard               omit
2 tsp chili powder                       4 t
1/2 tsp tabasco sauce                  1/2 t
1 bud gardic pressed or minced    1

Bring to a rolling boil.