Hiya Tatt! Long time, no see. I hope you are well.
You reminded me of another one with the Asian stuff in the fridge, the Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce.
HEH TAT!!!
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Long time no see braddah man!
Hmmm, I've never tried Banana Sauce but seen it around alot, how would you utilize it?
Howzit?!
Also known as Banana Ketchup, it's GREAT for lumpiang shanghai and many fried crispy things.
Hiya Tatt! Long time, no see. I hope you are well.
You reminded me of another one with the Asian stuff in the fridge, the Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce.
Until recently, I'd only ever had bad bbq. Well, that's a little overstated, but anything that I considered bbq'd had sauce on it. And none of it was all that great.
But I finally found a great bbq place not too far from where I live, and in keeping with your thought, the restaurant is appropriately called Texas Smoke.
Texas Smoke Barbecue | 400 Rt. 15 South Jefferson, N.J.
They offer all of their meats unsauced, but all of the tables have 3 types of bbq sauces on them, from sweet to very hot.
We have tried just about everything there, even the salmon, and we have yet to have anything that wasn't great.
Btw, do Texans eat cornbread with their q, and if so, is it Northern style (sweet), or Southern (not sweet)?
I have not seen Texans eating cornbread with BBQ as much as with Chili. The old-school Texas BBQ joints put bags of sliced white bread on the tables or a few slices with each order. As for sweet or not, it depends on who is cooking the cornbread. I make mine sweet.
CD
Oh yeah!!!! That would definitely be mine.Mayo is probably the most used. Dx makes a mean home made mayo too. Otherwise, she's a miracle whip lady, and I either squeeze on some lemon juice or garlic powder, depending on the dish she makes or more pepper... whatever I can get away with.
I like horseradish.
My favorite condiment is probably Tiger Sauce. It says Try Me on the label, so I did. Yum.
As far as international specialty condiments go, Sharwood's Major Grey's Chutney (to go with my lamb curry). I was surprised one local supermarket stocked it. The best damn chutney brand out there. There are many.
I really don't have a favorite. I do love hot sauces and good, aged balsamic vinegar. My present, go to hot sauce isn't available in stores as it is a small batch product that my daughter found at a farmers market in Punta Gorda, FL.
Mark loves my smoked chicken thigh sandwiches. The secret ingredient is Kewpie mayo, applied to the bottom toasted sweet Hawaiian bun to anchor the chopped lettuce, then another thin layer on top of the lettuce, to anchor the shredded smoked chicken. Then a bit of BBQ sauce on the chicken, and top if off with the toasted top bun.I have a jar of Best Foods Mayonnaise in the `fridge for everyday sort of uses, BUT!
If I want the mayo front and center, it's
Kewpie Japanese Mayonnaise, it has a for superior umami flavor
than western mayo (I haven't gotten a chance to try making my own mayo yet Steve, but I will)
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I ordered it online from of all places, Walmart and pick it up at the store for no S&H charge.
Mark loves my smoked chicken thigh sandwiches. The secret ingredient is Kewpie mayo, applied to the bottom toasted sweet Hawaiian bun to anchor the chopped lettuce, then another thin layer on top of the lettuce, to anchor the shredded smoked chicken. Then a bit of BBQ sauce on the chicken, and top if off with the toasted top bun.
Frankly, I don’t think it’s all that marvelous. Good, yes. Remarkable? No. But the Kewpie mayo definitely gives it a distinct flavor!
If you’re making Japanese curry with one of the prepared roux (I don’t know he plural for roux!), after your stew has thickened, make a little slurry of some of the curry liquid and some Jewpie, then stir it back into the curry off the heat. Super creaminess!
It’s also a great dipping sauce for chicken tenders. I like to add either a little sriracha or wasabi.
And you simply cannot make, or eat, Okonomiyaki without Kewpie mayo! Well, you can, but the mayor of Osaka would slam you on Twitter!