food tip of the day: when making homemade BBQ sauce, here are a few subs for water to thin out your sauce (remember that viscosity is temperature regulated, meaning as your sauce cools it will thicken, and we normally aren't using it when its boiling hot) try coffee, cola, root beer, dr pepper, iced tea. all of which have more flavor than water. i like to use coffee for the smokey flavor. 

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food tip of the day:

for a dish calling for carrots and all you have is a bag of mixed peas and carrots in the freezer, dump the bag into a bowl of cold water. Peas will float while the carrots will sink, skim the peas off of the top    

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food tip: left over stock

food tip of the day: ever make a pot of soup or stew and you eat all of the "good stuff" and are left with a half a pot of broth? pour it into an ice cube tray, freeze it and pop out the cubes and store them in a ziplock. the next time you make a steak or a piece of chicken and want to make a sauce, toss in a cube... instant sauce! please remember to wash the cube trays well before using them for ice again or your iced tea will taste like chicken soup. 

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