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PNWFoodie
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After all the fandom love it's received on the exchange thread, I am intrigued. Unfortunately, they don't list actual ingredients on their website. I try to avoid MSG and HFCS. (I do eat out and make some exceptions so clearly I'm not 100% successful...but I try.) To all you fans out there - should the opportunity arise, could you please take a pick of the name label (or just post it) and the ingredient label. If it passes inspection, I'm going to order some to see what all the love is about. TIA.
XL, JR, and more accessories than anyone would ever need near Olympia, WA
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Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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Well I never cook with this directly. I always cut it 50/50 so not as thick. Started with Sweet Baby Rays and then to Bone Sucking Sauce. Now use the Franklins. Would that help you?Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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I'm a huge fan of Bone Suckin' Sauce. It doesn't have MSG or HFCS. If you haven't tried, it look for it. If you can't find it, let me know.1 LBGE in Chapel Hill, NC
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Yeah I too BBQ for my health. :-O1 XXL BGE, 1 LG BGE, 2 MED. BGE, 1 MINI BGE, 1 Peoria custom cooker Meat Monster.Clinton, Iowa
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Here is a post that has some alternatives/recipes:@RRP mentions that StickyPig was made by someone on the same BBQ team and is basically the same sauce....also note there are some links to some copycat recipes.Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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I too tried the Bone Sucking sauce and did not care for it. But I gave a second chance in BAked Bean recipe and it worked in there! I will try the Blues Hog for sure.
Snellville,Ga.
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SmokeyPitt said:Here is a post that has some alternatives/recipes:@RRP mentions that StickyPig was made by someone on the same BBQ team and is basically the same sauce....also note there are some links to some copycat recipes.
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I use blues hog as a base for every comp. Cook i do. I love the sause they make.1 XXL BGE, 1 LG BGE, 2 MED. BGE, 1 MINI BGE, 1 Peoria custom cooker Meat Monster.Clinton, Iowa
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RRP said:SmokeyPitt said:Here is a post that has some alternatives/recipes:@RRP mentions that StickyPig was made by someone on the same BBQ team and is basically the same sauce....also note there are some links to some copycat recipes.
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@stlcharcoal Blues Hog is from just north of you in Missouri. He use to have a small BBQ place in Perry, MO
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I like a mixture of 75% TN Red and 25% Original.
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Tspud1 said:@stlcharcoal Blues Hog is from just north of you in Missouri. He use to have a small BBQ place in Perry, MO
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Tspud1 said:@stlcharcoal Blues Hog is from just north of you in Missouri. He use to have a small BBQ place in Perry, MO
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@RRP, I did say "use" to. Ate there one time, only 45 miles from home.
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That just hurts my geographically challenged head.XL, JR, and more accessories than anyone would ever need near Olympia, WA
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@PNWFoodie said: That just hurts my geographically challenged head.
and @RRP said -sorry, I should have specified that I meant Mexico, MO! -
This aversion to HFCS, where people avoid two almost identical products because one has cane sugar and the other HFCS, is ridiculous. You need to avoid sugar, not avoid one type over the other. So don't eat ketchups, regardless of the ingredients, because they all have sugar.
Can sugar is sucrose. Your body breaks that down to glucose and fructose. Corn syrup is already broken down sucrose, and you can do this in your kitchen - it's called invert sugar and you can mix acid with sugar and it "seems" sweeter after the breakdown. One molecule of sucrose breaks down to one molecule of glucose and one fructose. So your body takes cane sugar and turns it into corn syrup. BBQ sauce isn't a main course (at least I hope not). You should consume an ounce or two with a meal - about the same serving size as ketchup. So you might get 10-15 grams of sugar. Compare that to a can of Coke, which is around 40 grams of sugar.
There are no credible medical studies that have proven the glucose/fructose blends of HFCS or invert sugars are more unhealthy than cane (sucrose) sugar. What there is, is a fad, just like butter is good for you one year and bad the next. The chemistry and biology of the two sugar sources is well known, and the one thing that studies have definitively shown true is excessive sugar causes health problems.
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Let me add - corn sweeteners are cheap. So they end up in the cheapest foods, and those are usually the least healthy. If you're going to just look at the sugar source to evaluate "eat or not eat", then that may be a good field barometer or screen for the quality of the food. So in that respect, even though it has nothing to do with the reality of the relative healthfulness of the type of sugar, it may be a good thing to tell people to watch for as a guideline.
As to your health, avoid all simple sugars (unfortunately they are ubiquitous) so you limit them as a percentage of your caloric intake.
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nolaegghead said:Let me add - corn sweeteners are cheap. So they end up in the cheapest foods, and those are usually the least healthy. If you're going to just look at the sugar source to evaluate "eat or not eat", then that may be a good field barometer or screen for the quality of the food. So in that respect, even though it has nothing to do with the reality of the relative healthfulness of the type of sugar, it may be a good thing to tell people to watch for as a guideline.
As to your health, avoid all simple sugars (unfortunately they are ubiquitous) so you limit them as a percentage of your caloric intake.
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@nolaegghead Well said as usual my brother. But please allow me to add if I may. Sugar is awesome!!!!!!!
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@SGH - we would die without sugar. How awesome is that?
I urge everyone avoiding HFCS to read this short article in it's entirety to reset the brainwashing that we've been fed by diet plans and marketers (yes, marketing is taking advantage of this hype).
Learn as much as you can about the food you eat and try to filter out the bs. MSG is another story - SWMBO almost goes into A-fib if she eats too much of it. So we avoid it.
Here's the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup_and_health
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@nolaegghead I'm a huge fan of MSG as well. I know some folks are forced to avoid certain products due to health issues, but if you don't have issues or are not allergic to it then eat it and enjoy it!! This philosophy may be my undoing some day, but until then I'm sticking with it my friend. As you know all to well, I love to eat and eat large my brother. I think my food consumption is probably more unhealthy than a little sugar. Speaking of eating. Friday night we need to hit either Dragos or Oceana for some more bbq shrimp and oysters!! What say Ye?
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@SGH - sounds good!
PS - I love MSG. I used to buy the 1Kg bags at the Hong Kong market. But I've had to cut it out of my cooking because of SWMBO's sensitivity. I'll add fish sauce or soy to get the umami flavor to my food only.
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I am with @SGH, fortunately I don't have any health issues so the only thing I try to avoid is over drinking Monday - Thursday...._________________________________________________Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
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nolaegghead said:@SGH - we would die without sugar. How awesome is that?
I urge everyone avoiding HFCS to read this short article in it's entirety to reset the brainwashing that we've been fed by diet plans and marketers (yes, marketing is taking advantage of this hype).
Learn as much as you can about the food you eat and try to filter out the bs. MSG is another story - SWMBO almost goes into A-fib if she eats too much of it. So we avoid it.
Here's the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup_and_healthI agree with you on the HFCS thing......I think it's more marketing than anything else. But I do know that real sugar crystalizes better on the grill (Maillard reaction)--that's why I try to use more real sugar in cooking.
I avoid MSG like the plague. That stuff wires me--it gets in my brain and I have crazy dreams in this half sleep stage most of the night. The problem is now they say "No MSG", but the put in "disodium guanylate", beet extract, or some other version of it that isn't technically "MSG".
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nolaegghead said:This aversion to HFCS, where people avoid two almost identical products because one has cane sugar and the other HFCS, is ridiculous. You need to avoid sugar, not avoid one type over the other. So don't eat ketchups, regardless of the ingredients, because they all have sugar.
Can sugar is sucrose. Your body breaks that down to glucose and fructose. Corn syrup is already broken down sucrose, and you can do this in your kitchen - it's called invert sugar and you can mix acid with sugar and it "seems" sweeter after the breakdown. One molecule of sucrose breaks down to one molecule of glucose and one fructose. So your body takes cane sugar and turns it into corn syrup. BBQ sauce isn't a main course (at least I hope not). You should consume an ounce or two with a meal - about the same serving size as ketchup. So you might get 10-15 grams of sugar. Compare that to a can of Coke, which is around 40 grams of sugar.
There are no credible medical studies that have proven the glucose/fructose blends of HFCS or invert sugars are more unhealthy than cane (sucrose) sugar. What there is, is a fad, just like butter is good for you one year and bad the next. The chemistry and biology of the two sugar sources is well known, and the one thing that studies have definitively shown true is excessive sugar causes health problems.
My reason for avoiding both relates directly to both being GMO. I actually like the taste of both, but I don't believe GMO anything has been proven safe. Just my opinion and I'd rather err on the side of caution when it comes to feeding my family. To each his own...:)XL, JR, and more accessories than anyone would ever need near Olympia, WA
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Is MSG the stuff that makes your pee smell funny when you eat Chinese food?=======================================
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Do you grind your own flour from wheat you grew yourself from heritage seeds? Do you use store bought bread? Do you use any processed foods? Do you ever get fast/easy (pizza) foods? If you do not use any of these you can somewhat limit your use of GMO's, but in reality unless you have become totally self subsistant they are in your diet in one form or another. I am not saying it isn't wise to try to limit them, but it is a basic impossibility in modern life with the conveniences we all expect. Not meaning to get on your case because your goals are laudable, just pointing out the reality. You can help limit GMO's if you can shop in Canada as products there prohibit them as I recall. We had to make non GMO batches that were for export when I worked in the food industry.
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