OK Gang...

In all humbleness, humility, friendliness, and my usual aggression, I offer
up this still on-going recipe for "Dog Bites." DBs are quite ordinary while
still being different. Now then, some may not understand Gus writing that
way, but what the heck...

Put this in your thoughts...

A little bit of crust down below. A little bit of crust up above. A small
amount of "dough" baked in between that holds some high-flavored meat and
other stuff... all baked together to form what looks like some sort of
biscuit. You can eat 'em as-is, hot or cold, or you can lay BBQ sauce (of
the proper kind) onto them and gulp 'em down that way, too.

One of the nice things about a "Dog Bite" is that the kind we are dealing
with here are bites in which YOU do the biting, and if you use the right
kinds of spices, etc., they may bite back some, too.

OK... what kind of meat is in there?

Well, you can use just about any kind of meat that you favor... like some
leftover BBQ brisket, or some ground beef or ground turkey, or whatever
tickles your fancy. If you use raw ground meat, you will want to cook it up
so that the fat and runny stuff can be separated from what you put into your
"Dog Bites." You can use ground stuff or you can use chunks. Your choice.

Here is how I made mine today (and understand that I may do it some
differently tomorrow...).

2 pounds of ground turley
1/2 a big (BIG) onion, chopped
8 slices of jalapeno jack cheese
lots (LOTS) of ground parmesan cheese
3 TBLS wet mustard
3 TBLS pickle relish
3 TBLS Redneck Rub (SM) spice mix (read also as salt, pepper, spices, etc.)
A big handful of "Craisins" (dried, sweet cranberries)

Mix these all together in a big pan and cook the lot together until the meat
is done and the cheese is melted and mixed in nicely. If you use pre-cooked
BBQ, this will not take long. For raw chopped meat, it takes a while
longer.

A big piece of Polish Sausage (you can use any sausage or hot dog) per
"Bite"

Next, take about 6 cups of "Bisquick" or the equivalent and about the same
amount of milk and mix them together to make a more or less "runny" sort of
dough, much like for pancakes.

Put one TBLS of that dough into each biscuit form (I like the "bigger"
toss-away aluminum biscuit forms that you can stick into a biscuit tray for
baking) and lay one piece of sausage on top of the dough.

Then put 1-1/2 to 2 TBLS (preferably 2 if it fits OK) of the cooked (and
drained if necessary) meat, cheese, and spice mixture on top of the sausage
piece.

Cover that with about 2 TBLS of the biscuit dough.

Have the oven going at 450 degrees. (Nothing wrong with doing this in your
smoker if you can get the temp high enough, but don't put this stuff right
over the coals!)

Bake 'em for 35 or so minutes (30-40) depending on where you live and how
you take temperatures...

Makes 30 "Dog Bites"

Sure are tasty when you lay in the spices and use some good BBQ sauce on 'em
later. I had one later on so I had to re-warm it in the microwave dealie...
sure was good even then.

And, I truly do hope that everyone is fully at peace with themselves and
with the world on this hallowed evening right before "All Saints Day."
Never did meet up with a single saint yet all these years... but I keep on
hoping!

Best to all,
Gus Kilthau
http://www.academycentral.org