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re: Best Maid Texas Style BBQ Sauce
Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:42 pm to Stadium Rat
Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:42 pm to Stadium Rat
quote:
I realized it was a concentrate
Hey Rat,
Back in the day BluePlate produced their sauce for direct-to-consumer. Sold it in pint bottles already diluted. They stopped selling it in the late 80’s or early 90’s IIRC. Then it was only in the concentrated version by the gallon. Was the staple in my parents’ home throughout the 70’s
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Posted on 9/12/23 at 4:56 pm to Btrtigerfan
Don’t know about the bbq sauce, but the pickles are my go to.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 10:59 pm to Demonbengal
They used to have old school, truly sour pickles. They’d pucker a shark.
Best Maid pickled okra is “whole jar at once” good. And the reason I don’t buy them.
Best Maid pickled okra is “whole jar at once” good. And the reason I don’t buy them.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 2:42 pm to Btrtigerfan
Currently i am at Lockhart Texas, Known for the best BBq in Texas or the world. At Chisholm Trail bbq . We have always enjoyed their bbq mainly because of the sauce. Well this time we see them filling their squeeze bottles and notice the bottle. To our surprise, they use Best Maid. We always thought it was homemade. Best Maid is made in Fort Worth(Cowtown) Texas. It goes for $14.99 per gallon currently on Amazon. Wish I could find it at that price here.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 3:22 pm to guzthisman
Of all the places to stop in Lockhart, why did you choose Chisolm Trail?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:26 pm to DocHolliday1964
quote:The stuff we ate was definitely the concentrate. We're part German, and my dad really liked the tangy flavor. I don't think we realised at the time that it was supposed to be diluted and sweetened. I know I didn't.
Hey Rat,
Back in the day BluePlate produced their sauce for direct-to-consumer. Sold it in pint bottles already diluted. They stopped selling it in the late 80’s or early 90’s IIRC. Then it was only in the concentrated version by the gallon. Was the staple in my parents’ home throughout the 70’s
I've bought the large container from Amazon and it is also the concentrate. When you mix it according to the directions (add 1 qt H2O and 1 lb brown sugar), it is sweet like typical BBQ sauce. It actually tastes just like Dreamland sauce. I did a side-by-side tasting. The Dreamland sauce I personally bought from Big Daddy himself. The bottle it came in was just like the Jack Millers bottle with the long neck.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 1:24 pm to Stadium Rat
I've never had the bbq sauce, but the pickles are darn good if you can find them.
I've had the Blue Plate bbq sauce and I love that stuff especially on a pulled pork sandwich with a little on potato salad. It's tart. It's a good dipping sauce for bbq. I bought the gallon once, but it was just too much concentrate for me to get through.
I agree that Dreamland is very close to the Blue Plate, but a little spicier perhaps. I order it from time to time.
I've had the Blue Plate bbq sauce and I love that stuff especially on a pulled pork sandwich with a little on potato salad. It's tart. It's a good dipping sauce for bbq. I bought the gallon once, but it was just too much concentrate for me to get through.
I agree that Dreamland is very close to the Blue Plate, but a little spicier perhaps. I order it from time to time.
Posted on 2/15/24 at 8:22 am to Btrtigerfan
quote:
I've been told that I've had this Blue Plate sauce in a lot of places. Still not worth buying that quantity.
When I was a kid, back in the 1950s, Blue Plate Mayo and BBQ sauce were about the best any grocer had. I think the stuff was made in New Orleans. Mom always took the portion she intended to use and diluted it just a little with water and mixed that with canned roast beef, to make BBQ beef for sandwiches. I never knew we had a strict food budget (Less than most folks) and she cooked what she could to feed two parents and four kids. At our house back then, Fancy cooking was adding a little Worcestershire sauce to the blue plate, or caramelizing half an onion to add to it, and getting mustard on your "Sally Sunflower" white bread BBQ Sandwich.
We all loved Blue Plate back then. If they would still package it in smaller containers, I would probably still use it, but I have no idea how to deal with a gallon of the stuff.
Most likely, some much bigger operation bought out Blue Plate, kept the mayo recipe and Blue Plate label going because it sold well, and made the BBQ sauce in gallon jars to shut up Customers who insisted they keep making it.
Dang it, now I want to go find a can of roast beef and make an old Blue Plate BBQ sandwich on Sally Sunflower white bread, with a shot of mustard and some onion. Of course, we don't buy white bread (Haven't in 30 + years), and don't have canned roast beef. No Blue Plate BBQ Sauce either. Won't taste the same with Kraft sauce, even with Worcestershire sauce added to fancy it up.
Posted on 2/15/24 at 2:46 pm to MeridianDog
MD, here is what I did to one of these:
I mixed it according to label directions (add water and sugar).
Then I canned it in pint mason jars like this:
Processed in hot water bath for about 10 minutes. Finished product:
I mixed it according to label directions (add water and sugar).
Then I canned it in pint mason jars like this:
Processed in hot water bath for about 10 minutes. Finished product:
Posted on 2/15/24 at 2:54 pm to Stadium Rat
How long are those jars good?
Posted on 2/15/24 at 3:35 pm to Gris Gris
quote:I don't really know, but it's a good while, over a year easily. I gave some to family for nostalga reasons. No one had a problem.
How long are those jars good?
If you mix it, it's pretty acidic, which is why I only water-bathed them for 10 minutes. Undiluted, it's even more acidic.
This post was edited on 2/15/24 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 2/15/24 at 5:37 pm to Stadium Rat
From the Amazon reviews…
quote:
This was ordered for reunion of 1963 era frat brothers who ate special chili dogs at a road house in North Louisiana back in the day..We found the old recipe calling for blue plate bbq sauce mixed with chili . It was great and we had lots of chili dogs and beer.. highly recommend...
Posted on 2/15/24 at 8:14 pm to guzthisman
quote:you live somewhere Amazon doesn’t serve?
It goes for $14.99 per gallon currently on Amazon. Wish I could find it at that price here.
Posted on 2/15/24 at 11:07 pm to Willie Stroker
It’s not expensive when you’re u look at what it makes.
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