| Many people ask the question "Which is better? | | | | While sugar is not necessarily healthy high fructose |
| Store bought or home made barbeque sauce?" It | | | | corn syrup is even less so. It is a sugar substitute |
| really comes down to what your personal preference | | | | that is a low grade quality food. The human body is |
| is but if the run of the mill taste of the bbq sauce | | | | actually unable to metabolize and break it down so |
| found on grocery store shelves just doesn't cut it | | | | when it gets to your liver it is almost always instantly |
| then creating your own secret sauce can be part of | | | | turned into fat. |
| the grilling fun. | | | | There is an easy way around this problem, make |
| Let's face it, using the right or wrong kind of | | | | your own barbecue sauce. Nobody is saying that |
| barbecue sauce can make or break your barbecue. | | | | barbecue sauce is the healthiest of food products, |
| The flavor of your meat, poultry or pork will live or | | | | but by making your own recipes you can cut out |
| die by the sauce that you choose. Barbecue sauce | | | | some of the processed foods such as high fructose |
| provides that extra kick that barbecue is known for | | | | corn syrup. The way real barbecue sauce is made is |
| and with the right kind of sauce any dish you prepare | | | | with natural cane sugar or brown sugar. There are |
| will taste that much better. | | | | also hundreds of spices and herbs readily available as |
| Let's look at store bought barbecue sauce for a | | | | well as other ingredients that if combined right can |
| moment. We've all seen the bottles lining the shelves. | | | | make a tasty sauce that will have friends and family |
| They come in different flavors and colors, in small | | | | asking you for your secret recipe. |
| bottles and large bottles, but are they really the best | | | | You start with a basic sauce and add to it from |
| choice for the ultimate in barbecue tastiness? It | | | | there. A base sauce consists of melted butter, sugar |
| seems that most people are satisfied by what they | | | | and small portions of chili powder, salt, and black |
| offer, otherwise they wouldn't buy them. But for | | | | pepper. Once you have a basic foundation sauce |
| most people it's probably just a matter of | | | | made you can add some tomato paste, |
| convenience. What most consumers don't realize is | | | | Worcestershire sauce, maybe some onion powder. |
| that barbecue sauce bought at the local grocery | | | | Mixing these basic ingredients in different amounts |
| store is nothing more then a watered down version | | | | and combinations will give you a multitude of flavors |
| of the homemade sauces that make barbecue so | | | | to start with. After that you can start adding any |
| popular in the first place. | | | | number of other spices, herbs or flavorings such as |
| Foods that sit on grocery store shelves have been | | | | lemon juice, hickory or mesquite flavoring to make a |
| manufactured with a long shelf life in mind. The | | | | truly personalized barbecue sauce. With a little |
| ingredients used are chosen because they will not go | | | | patience you can create a sauce that can compete |
| bad quickly and in many cases are less then healthy. | | | | with the best of them. |
| The barbecue sauce found on store shelves uses | | | | Store bought barbecue sauce will work in a pinch but |
| high fructose corn syrup as a sugar substitute | | | | for truly remarkable barbecue taste creating your |
| because it is a whole lot cheaper to use than natural | | | | own home made barbecue sauce is the best way to |
| sugar. | | | | go. |