Subj : Life was: Bits & Bobs
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jan 23 2025 05:08:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> I don't know about that first hand. Never raised a child of my own.
DD> Did raise a girl. Must have done an OK job as I got invited to her
DD> wedding and her birtg father was told, rather pointedly, to stay away.
RH> You don't have to have been the biological parent to be a good/great
RH> parent.
DD> Guess not. It's pretty much a matter of not being selfish and sharing
DD> your life with the child.
RH> With all the ups and downs that go with it. We've got 2 grand kids
RH> graduating 8th grade this year. Time was, they would end their
RH> schooling there and go to work. Now they're both going to high school
RH> and (maybe) college or a tech school. We'll be there to share the
RH> occasion with them.
I ditched high school to join the Navy. After my enlistment was over I
worked at various things until the local community college opened - so,
I signed up for classes and continued to work. Helped comvert the student
newspaper to a real (tabloid sized) newspaper from an 8 1/2 X 14 folded
sheet. We sold advertising to defray the costs of printing, etc. Went for
a year and one quarter. Didn't sign up for classes in the winter quarter.
The dean of students called me about signing up for classes and was taken
aback when I told him they didn't have any courses I wished to take. He
said "But you don't have your degree." So I explained to him I was not at
all interested in a degree. That I had come to the school to learn. Don't
know if he ever "got it".
DD> The Boy Sprout root beer is bottled in old wine bottles and corked,
DD> noy capped. And it has to be refrigerated lest it "blow its cork".
RH> We kept it in the unheaed or cooled cellar, only bringing up bottles
RH> to be used with a meal. I can recall a few blow outs, but not many. I
RH> think part of it was that my folks usually made root beer in the
RH> winter.
DD> Did your folks use caps or corks? When I messed about with brewing my
DD> own beer I used a capping tool and never had a problem. Some of my
DD> friends/acquaintances who used their own method of capping had the
DD> occasional "blow its cork" episode. Especially during the dog days of
DD> summer.
RH> My parents had a capping tool. Put the cap on the bottle and lower the
RH> tool around the cap, sealing it. Tool was sort of like a drill
RH> press--pull a lever to lower the mechanism that crimped/sealed the cap.
Sounds like mine. The hard part was finding bottles. The brewing and
soft drinks industries were moving from deposit bolltes to single use
throwaway containers - which do not re-cap successfully.
DD> 8<----- SHIFT ----->8
RH> So make what you like and leave the other sauces to the folks that like
RH> them. For the most part, I don't do any sauce on my meat but eastern NC
RH> style pulled pork usually gets a bit more of the vinegar "mop" added to
RH> my serving.
DD> I don't generally care for my meat swimming in sauce. And if I'm doing
DD> BBQ at home on my grill I usually wind up with the "mop" sauce
DD> caramelised on the meat. Which is sort of my defense against "too
DD> sweet" BBQ sauces.
DD> This is very close to Popeye's "Blazin' Heifer" sauce. Benson "Popeye"
DD> Jones was Springfield's best, most popular BBQ joint owner/pitmaster.
DD> The Blazin' Heifer was a dipping sauce rather than a mop.
DD> Title: Red's Backwoods Bbq Sauce
DD> Categories: Sauces, Bbq, Chilies, Herbs
DD> Yield: 5 Quarts
RH> It looks a bit "warm" for me but Steve might enjoy it. He usually
RH> sauces his bbq, both beef and pork.
Diff'rent stroked for diff'rent folks.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Root Beer Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Categories: Five, Pork, Bbq, Breads
Yield: 12 servings
4 lb Boneless pork shoulder butt
- roast
12 oz Root beer or cola
18 oz Bottle BBQ sauce
12 Kaiser rolls; split
Place roast in a 4 or 5 qt. slow cooker. Add root beer;
cook, covered, on low until meat is tender, 8-10 hours.
Remove roast; cool slightly. Discard cooking juices.
Shred pork with two forks; return to slow cooker. Stir
in barbecue sauce. Cook, covered, until heated through,
about 30 minutes. Serve on rolls.
Carolyn Palm, Radcliff, Kentucky
Makes: 12 servings
RECIPE FROM:
https://www.tasteofhome.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
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This sauce would be good on that pork ...
MMMMM---- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Root Beer BBQ Sauce
Categories: Sauces, Vegetables, Herbs
Yield: 8 cups
8 c Root beer
4 c Ketchup
1 c Brown sugar
1/4 c Apple cider vinegar
4 ts Fresh cracked black pepper
2 1/2 ts Ground ginger
2 1/2 ts Kosher salt
Recipe courtesy of Food Fix
Boil the root beer in an 8-quart saucepot over high heat
until reduced by half, about 15 minutes.
Lower the heat to a medium-low and add the ketchup,
brown sugar, cider vinegar, pepper, ground ginger and
salt. Simmer, stirring frequently, until the sauce
reaches the desired thickness, another 5 to 10 minutes.
Chill in the refrigerator until fully cooled.
COOK'S NOTE: Reduce the sauce to your desired thickness,
but understand that the more you reduce the sauce, the
more intense the flavor will be.
RECIPE FROM:
https://www.foodnetwork.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
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