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Hank Rogers[_4_] · **Dinner Tonight 3/24/2021**

Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/26/2021 7:00 PM, wrote:
>> On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 4:57:21 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>
>>> I typically use Manwich, but I'd like to shake it up if I'm not
>>> in a
>>> hurry. Southern vinegar based BBQ is my favorite! Reminds me of my
>>> grandmother's "German style" potato salad (and coleslaw) made
>>> with a
>>> vinegar base instead of a mayonnaise base... I still won't eat mayo
>>> based "salads" to this day... they just do not taste the same.
>>>
>> It's great we all have a choice as vinegar based barbecue sauce
>> is ok, but
>> I'd druther have the tomato based variety.* There is a barbecue
>> joint here
>> that packs and sells their tomato based sauce in grocery stores.
>> Not sweet
>> or sticky at all, quite savory.* It's my go-to sauce and when I
>> do eat any of the
>> mass produced sauces from the grocery store they are sickly sweet
>> to me.
>>
>> Definitely not a fan of "German style" potato salad but vinegar
>> based coleslaw
>> is ok as long as it's not mouth puckering.
>
> I don't like any vinegar base bitter.* Really, it might just be one
> of those things that you have to grow up with.* My issue with most
> store-bought BBQ sauce is that excessive sweetness.* I ought to try
> to make my own tomato based.

For store bought sauce, stubbs isn't real sweet.