Sorry this is a little late for Memorial Day but it is in time for EVERY OTHER SUMMER HOLIDAY!!!!

This is the BEST tasting BBQ sauce I have ever had, and I made it myself.  WOW.  I am a fan of KC Masterpiece but this has it beat hands down.  Make it per the recipe and then if you want to add a little more heat, do it later.  I made it per the recipe, cooked it for about three hours, let it cool and then put it in the refrigerator.  The next day I sampled it and I was like the cartoon dog that got the bone.  Went up in the air about two feet and then slowly came back down to earth.  It is THAT good.  When it cooled down before putting it in the frig, I put it back into the empty ketchup bottle and that's what I store it in.  You have just got to try it.

Daddy’s BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 quarts Heinz ketchup, and
• 1 cup Heinz ketchup
• 3 (6 ounce) cans Heinz tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 4 1/2 teaspoons liquid smoke
• 1/4 cup mustard
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon chicken base
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1/3 cup garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 3 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 4 bay leaves (remove after cooking)
• 2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 tablespoons granulated onion

Directions

METHOD 

1. combine ingredients.
2. Cook on low heat (in a nonstick pan), COVERED, for a couple of hours.
3. Stir occasionally.
4. This part of the recipe has a lot of flavor and just a little bit of heat. It is fine for those of you that cannot handle the heat.
5. Add more Crushed Red Pepper for more heat.
6. For more of a honey flavor add 1/2 CP honey.
7. You can add these ingredients after the sauce has been cooked. I would cook up the sauce as is then adjust for heat and or honey flavor.
8. On a side note If you want this to be truly vegetarian, replace the chicken base with Worcestershire sauce. Use an 1/8 of a cup of Worcestershire sauce total. 
9. Cool in the refrigerator over night.                                                   

Enjoy
Bob and LouAnn

A 100 year old woman came into Honeyville Farms today and asked me about food storage.  She bought some Honeyville powdered peanut butter, A number 10 can of Mountain House Rasberry Crumble, some of our new InstaTopping and three 2 serving pouches of Mountain House meals.  She said she wanted to buy one of everything after I gave her some samples but could only afford those items this time.  She said she would be back on her 101st birthday to buy more.  She wants to get her food storage started.  What a sweet lady.  Got around on her own two feet and looked like she was only 90.  Now if she can see the importance of having food storage on hand, why can't you.  I hope she does come back in next year on her 101st birthday.

Keep storing
Bob and LouAnn

Melt in Your mouth 7UP Butter Biscuits

I tried a new recipe last night.  After taking it out of the oven, I turned by back for just a few moments and when I came back into the kitchen, five of the biscuits were already gone.  I have biscuit ghosts in the house.  That's why the pan is minus some of the biscuits in the picture. 

If you like buttery tasting fluffy biscuits, these are to die for.  I made them with Bisquick but for those who like to make everything from food storage items, I have included a recipe for making your own Bisquick, but first the bisquets.  The recipe is VERY easy.

4 1/2 cups Bisquick
1 cup Sour Cream or Honeyville Sour Cream Powder
1 cup 7UP or other Lemon Lime type soft drink
1 stick of Unsalted Butter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Combine the Bisquick, Sour Cream and 7UP and mix well.  The consistency should be a little sticky.

Melt the stick of Butter in a metal or glass 7"X11" casserole pan.

Pinch off a just bigger than golf ball size piece of the dough and roll it in your hand and place it into the pan.  Mine made 15 biscuits.

Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes.  Mine came out at 23 minutes and were perfect.

Let them cool for about 5 minutes and then enjoy.  The butter cooks into the bottom of the biscuit and gives a wonderful buttery flavor throughout the whole biscuit. 


As I said in the beginning, here is the recipe for making your own Bisquik.

Homemade Bisquick Mix

Ingredients

• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup vegetable shortening/Butter

Directions

1. Sift flour, baking powder and salt three times into a large bowl.
2. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
3. Store mixture in airtight container in the refrigerator up to 4 months.
4. Use whenever your recipe calls for "Bisquick mix".

Enjoy your food storage
Bob and LouAnn

Our heart felt condolences go out to President Monson and his family with the passing of his beloved wife.  It is our prayer that our Heavenly Father will wrap his arms around them and comfort them during this hour of their lives.

What a sense of humor Sister Monson had and a what a support she was to President Monson in all of his callings.  Read the story from the link below.

http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1511/0/The-life-and-service-of-Sister-Frances-B-Monson.html

We are so thankful for the fullness of the Gospel on the earth today with the restoration of the Priesthood, sealing keys and the truths it brings.  The reality of a Heavenly Father who lives and loves us and his Son, Jesus Christ who gave his life so we could repent and return someday to be reunited with them and live with our eternal family is real.

Our prayers go out to the Monson family for comfort.

Bob and LouAnn

It has been posted in the Deseret News yesterday, May 7, 2013 that some changes are coming for Latter-day Saints who rely on the LDS Church's home storage centers as a place to purchase foods in bulk and can it themselves onsite.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579566/LDS-home-storage-centers-tweaking-cannery-policy.html

I believe that this change will help members and non-members who have not used the cannery in the past because of time constraints.  Now you can walk in and purchase already canned items and leave with out having to spend an hour or two there.  I have been told that the home storage center in Mesa will continue to operate as it is now, meaning they will have the bulk items available for you to go in and can yourself.  They also have some items already canned for you to just purchase and go. 

The home storage centers hours of operation are:
Tuesday 8:30 am - 7: pm
Wednesday 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Saturday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

The Maricopa Stake's canning day is the 3rd Saturday of the month, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.  No reservation or pre-ordering is necessary.

The Mesa Home Storage Center is located at 235 S. El Dorado Circle, Mesa Az. 85202.  Their phone number is 480-214-9114.  The easiest way to get there from Maricopa is to take SR 347 south to I-10.  Go north on I-10 to SR 202.  Go east on SR 202 and then go north on SR-101.  Take the Broadway exit and turn right onto Broadway.  The first traffic light is El Dorado Circle.  Turn left and go to the end of the street.  El Dorado Circle ends at the entrance of the Mesa Home Storage Center.  Pull into the parking lot and turn right following the signs to the dry pack side of the building. You can't miss it, just look for the tall grain storage towers.  

Please utilize this wonderful resource that we have.  Because of lack of use, the storage center is not open on Thursday any more.

Bob and LouAnn Singer