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Memphis barbecue sauce has its own distinctive flavor. Though the specific ingredients will vary from chef to chef, Memphis sauce is usually made with tomatoes, vinegar, and any countless combination of spices. It is generally thin, tangy, and somewhat sweet. Memphis sauce is poured over pulled pork or served along side of dry ribs.

Recipe: Chef Mike Ainsworth; Elgin, IL

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1/2 cup chili sauce
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard (Coleman’s)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon liquid hickory smoke flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• dash cayenne pepper, or to taste

Procedure:

1.) Sauté onions in butter until translucent.
2.) Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes.
3.) Adjust seasoning as needed.
4.) Refrigerate overnight.

CHEF’S NOTE:

Add the vinegar at the end/ off heat (reduce a bit more to compensate for the addition at the end), this insures a pleasent tang. Your flavor profile should be sweet at first, tangy in the middle and heat as a finish. The liquid smoke should not be tasted but rather as an aromatic. Watch how much cayenne pepper you add – a little goes a long way.

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Cabbage and Corn Slaw with Cilantro and Orange Dressing (by Pam Anderson)

This recipe came out very well (and fragrant)!  The amount of dressing came out perfect and I added an extra dash of the rice vinegar.

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For the past 69 days, 33 Chilean miners have been trapped approxametly a half a mile underground in their collasped mine.  During the evening of 10/13/2010, a rescue operation commenced in Copiapo, Chile to pull these miners, one-by-one, out of a hole 24 inches wide using a capsule called the ‘Phoenix’.

I watched as the first miner, Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva, was rescued and brought to the surface without incident.  My eyes were glued to the major news networks as I flipped back and forth during the next 4 miner rescues, each taking about an hour, give or take a few min.  I’m just in awe at this whole operation!

This is history in the making and I’m in awe at the amount of engineering, planning, teamwork and international help it has taken and will take to finish the rescue operation.  As of this posting, 12 of the 33 miners have been rescued.  Way to go Chile and everyone who has helped!

May the ordeal that these men have gone through and will continue to go through not wreck their lives.  May they succeed and live a healthy long life.  They deserve it!

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Park Avenue Weddings Review | Rip-off Report #604147.

Park Avenue Weddings

Web Address:  www.parkavenueweddings.com

Owner:  Roger Matteucci

On Sat. Jan 16th we visited the newest restaurant in Elgin, Prime Burgerhouse at the Grand Victoria Casino. First impressions are everything and overall it was an average experience. We arrived at 8:02PM and were told by the hostess that it would be about a 15 min wait. While we were waiting, I took a peek in the restaurant and there were at least 5 open tables of various sizes. The waitstaff was very friendly but inexperienced. I requested a lemon in my drink, it never made it. I ordered a beer and it sat on the bar for 10 min. before the bartender brought it over. Our waitress said “Oh, it must have been put up there when I was taking another order.” (I heard her tell this to the table next to us when they asked about a milkshake they ordered.) I ordered a side of ranch with my meal and it never arrived, I had to remind the waitress that I never received it. To top it all off, they use wood skewers in their burgers and a chunk of wood was lodged in my burger and I ended up chompin’ on it.

I waved down the manager on staff to whom I introduced myself and told him about my comments and concerns with the above. (Being that this is a new restaurant I made it clear that I understood there were kinks that needed to be worked out with the service but the wood skewer wasn’t acceptable under any circumstance.) The manager apologized for the mishaps and promptly offered us desserts on the house.

On to the good things! The restaurant was clean and roomy. I ordered the Drunken Bull Burger and Becky ordered the Box Burger. We both agreed that the burgers were cooked properly and were tasty! I had the truffle fries with my burger and they were very good!

Pricing wasn’t as bad as you’d expect from a gourmet ‘burgerhouse’. Our bill was $30.00 with tip and that included both burgers with fries, two sodas and 1 large tap beer.

Would I go back? Sure! The service issues will eventually get straightened out. There are plenty of various burgers on the menu to try so a return visit should be a new culinary experience.

-Z

If you’re thinking about using Park Avenue Weddings (Plainfield, IL) save yourself a hassle and move on. Our experience with Roger M. Matteucci (the owner) and his business has been far from stellar and we are so disappointed in how things have turned out.  It’s been over 1 year since our wedding was photographed and we have yet to receive the proofs / DVD and album of our photos.   We have been told many times that the proofs would be sent and yet we still haven’t seen them. We have been told that there were delays in our order as well as many other orders in his ‘lab’. We were advised that we would hear more after he followed up with the lab and that never happened. Calls left on both of his phone numbers are rarely returned – the same goes with e-mails. In some cases it was over a month before a reply was heard.

Your experience with this company may vary and may turn out great – ours was and still *is* not a happy experience. If you have a story about this company to share, please share it – good or bad!

-Zac Anderson

P.S. Here is his LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-matteucci/14/376/ba0 in case anyone is curious.

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