White Rabbit

Like the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, I'm late, I'm late. Hasn't been a lot to write about lately. Here are some fun things.... Alabama White Sauce Down in Alabama they have a BBQ sauce they call Alabama White Sauce. I heard about it on the Food Network. I found a simple recipe for it, made some and I've got to tell you it is a miracle food. I hope you'll try it because it will truly surprise you. Here's the simple recipe (this is enough for 2-4 people) 1/2 cup real mayonnaise 2 tablespoons vinegar (preferably apple cider vinegar) 2 teaspoons lemon juice black pepper to taste I put all this in my small food processor, whip it up and you've never tasted better mayo or, actually, a better sauce. I also like to add more goodies to help jazz it up... Try all or any of these... 1 garlic clove (or about 1-2 teaspoons of already-chopped-in-a-jar garlic (hint...costco has a killer deal on this stuff - it's a huge jar of chopped garlic for $4.00) paprika to taste basil leaves to taste 1-2 tablespoons honey to sweeten it chopped onion and bell pepper (my favorite extra ingredient) Here's how I use Alabama white sauce... 1. Chicken patty sandwich I buy frozen chicken patties at walmart, cook them in the skillet, slap the patty on a bun, slather on the AWS (Alabama White Sauce), top it with lettuce and tomato. As Andy Griffith would say...mmmmmmmmmmm Gooooooood !!! 2. Skillet fried (or baked) battered fish filets. I recommend you try the frozen Tilapia fillets from Hy-Vee. Cook the fish and slather on the AWS....nothing better. 3. Celery dip. AWS is awesome on celery. 4. Hamburger sauce...this is a delicious alternative to ketchup or mustard 5. Salad Dressing. It's the creamy consistency of Ranch but with a delicious tang. My co-worker, Molly, just moved to Boseman, Montana (her husband is studying geological hydrology-water in the ground-and the university at Boseman is one of the foremost places for this study sent me the following recipe for french toast...sounds fantastic French Toast Recipe: Ingredients: 1 large baguette (good to buy it a day or two before using so it’s harder) 5 eggs 2 Cups Milk ½ tsp vanilla (or 1 if you really like the flavor!) 1 tbsp grated or minced orange 3 Tbsp orange juice 4 tsp sugar Instructions: ~Slice baguette into around 20 pieces (around ¾ inch thick) ~beat eggs, milk, vanilla, orange, OJ and sugar together. ~pour half mixture into long pan and let the baguettes soak in mixture at least 8 minutes, then do the same for other side of bread and other half of mixture ~melt 1 tbsp butter/margarine on skillet over medium heat. Once butter is foamy, reduce to low heat and cook each slice 3-4 minutes each side. They turn out better if you can avoid stacking them once complete and keep warm. I used a big rectangular skillet so was able to cook almost a third of them at a time so it went pretty fast