On Jun 9, 11:45*am, Paul McNoob > wrote:
> On Jun 9, 10:18*am, (Phred) wrote:
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> > In article >, Paul the Q noob > wrote:
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> > >I am currently searchin' the 'net for some homemade bbq sauce recipes,
> > >and found some that use catsup. I don't wanna use anything like catsup
> > >because I want to do this all from scratch. (especially to cut out all
> > >that high fructose corn syrup crap for my 1 year old)
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> > >In place of catsup, do I use tomato paste or dilute the tomato paste
> > >with something like water?
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> > >In the meantime, if anyone has any delicious yet simple bbq sauce
> > >recipes I'd appreciate it. I'll follow up with any I find for
> > >thoughts.
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> > Here's one from an Oz site, listed here without prejudice. :-)
> > (And without any useful comment from me for that matter!)
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> > <http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Barbeque-Sauce-L518.html>
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> > The instant coffee is certainly from left field! *YMMV.
> > Also, I perhaps you could use less sugar if you're so inclined?
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> > Cheers, Phred.
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> Thanks.
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> Maybe my question should be: how do you go about making BBQ sauce from
> scratch?
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> I'd like to make a big ol' batch, so I can keep it in the back of the
> fridge for weeks.
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> I'm figuring you need to start off with tomato paste, or stewed
> tomatoes, or something along those lines, right?
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> Then from there you add things like molasses (or white/brown sugar),
> worcestershire sauce, onion, maybe peppers, maybe garlic.
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> I know I don't want to make pasta sauce so I have to be careful there
> isn't too much tomato.
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> I'm just looking for a place to start, rather than an exact recipe.
> That way I can experiment.
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Ah, I think I found what I'm looking for:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2001125_sauc...paign=yssp_art

Does this sound like the basic way to start making BBQ sauce?