Recipe
for a Southern Barbeque
(B.J. Robinson's Special Recipe)
I’m
from the South and my husband is from the North, so I was used to Southern
barbeques. What he called barbeque was simply plain grilled to me, so we had to
mess our differences. He grills his with no sauce, and I use Kraft honey
barbeque sauce on mine. He enjoys steaks and burgers. I enjoy those, but I also
enjoy hot dogs and chicken legs as well as boneless lemon-pepper chicken
breasts, which he doesn’t like. I like to make homemade potato salad, but he
doesn’t eat it. He opts for a baked potato. That’s okay. I have leftover potato
salad, and the flavor goes through it, and it’s even better the next day.
In
the South, we use barbeque sauce. I thought since this book was a book about
the North and South, and the characters enjoyed barbecues and fish, I provide a
southern barbeque. The northern one is easy. Just put it on the grill plain, at
least my husband’s version.
Step
1: Grill the meat until lightly browned and sauce. Some put sauce on it while
it is raw. I do. He waits. It works either way. I like mine not burnt, but dark
and a little black won’t hurt me.
You
can also barbeque fish or shrimp. Love them both.
Step
2: The Potato Salad:
Peel,
wash, and clean about three pounds of potatoes or use a five-pound bag if you
have someone else to help you eat the salad. Boil potatoes and three eggs. Peel
eggs and chop. Dice pickles, olives, green onions, and use about one teaspoon
mustard, if you like it. Leave out the onions if you don’t care for them. Some
people do not use the mustard in the potato salad and use only mayo. I like
both. If you like, you can use spicy mustard. I usually use the yellow.
Mix
and include the mayo to taste. Season with salt, pepper, or seasonings you
enjoy. Tip: If you refrigerate the potato salad and let it get cold, and you
have used the green onions, you will find the flavor goes through it more. You
will need to refrigerate it regardless to keep it from spoiling, but some
people like to eat it while it’s fresh and hot. I enjoy mine cold.
To
me, a barbeque is not one without potato salad. I have discovered I also enjoy
the Amish potato salad and if I don’t have time to make my own, I will buy a
container of it from Publix, but I still like my homemade the best.
The
neat thing is you can make the potato salad to suit your tastes by putting in
or leaving out what you please. If you’ve never tried a southern barbeque, you
might find you like it. However, my husband still doesn’t eat potato salad and
will put no sauce on his meat. He wants it just plain grilled. We used to enjoy
this potato-salad recipe for family gatherings of any type. It goes well with
many dishes besides barbecue. Fried chicken and potato salad is a given. It
goes well with beef stew. For the Fourth of July, we always had barbeque and
potato salad. Enjoy.
The Belle and the Officer - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
Alice held the cold metal key in her palm. She'd keep it on her until her beloved returned. He didn't have to tell her to visit and remember him. Memories fought each other in her mind. Visions of them on picnics, at family barbecues, fishing in the great Mississippi River that ran behind their homes. He didn't have to tell her to remember. How could she ever forget?
Lonnie was the love of Alice's life but there was a war going on and he had decided to defend the South. He promised her that it would be a short war and over in no time, then they could announce their engagement, be married and love forever in the home he had built for her. 'Oh please let that be true, she prayed.'
To pass the time and be of help Alice worked in the hospital that housed the southern boys who were wounded. She became the light in the eyes of some of the patients giving them hope and encouraging them to hang on and get well so they can go home to their own families. Then came a Union Colonel named Bert Russell with his own wounded and needing a place for them to be care for.
As Alice got to know Colonel Russell, she couldn't help but feel a slight tingle in her heart but how could that be when she loved Lonnie. So when Lonnie shows up in the hospital in a Union uniform instead of a Rebel, Alice found her whole life about to change.
This is a beautiful love story as well as a story in history. The feelings Lonnie had for Alice as well as the feelings Bert developed for her had me cheering both on and wanting more. The outcome will leave you wanting more too.