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31 New Uses for Beer: Make Beer Barbecue Sauce. Ingredients: 1 medium Spanish onion, diced 1 medium banana pepper, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 Tbsp capers 5 ripe tomatoes, diced 1 small can tomato paste 1/3 cup each wine vinegar, olive oil, soy sauce, brown sugar 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar 2 Tbsp each Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, honey, Dijon mustard, horseradish, oregano 2 Tbsp fresh ground pepper 1 tsp cumin Dash of ground clove 12 ounces amber ale or porter Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan and boil for 10 minutes.

Lower heat and simmer about 4 hours until thickened. Cool and refrigerate for 24 hours so the flavors can meld. Then baste everything but the dog with it.

Skills

Science of Cooking. 50 Amazingly Helpful Time-Tested Tips for the Kitchen. You know all of those helpful kitchen-related suggestions that old-timers are so willing to share with the younger generations? These little tips and tricks might be called “kitchen hacks” these days, but they’re still the same good old nuggets of wisdom that they always were. As with any old wives’ tale, hack, or tip, your mileage may vary. Some of these gems have been around for several lifetimes - and according to most grandmas, they really work. 1.

For cleaning smelly hands after chopping onions or garlic, just rub them on a stainless steel spoon. The steel is supposed to absorb the odor. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.