Answer to Vanita's Question

Red chili pepper is the same thing as red chili powder. The brand I use calls their version "Red Chili Pepper" You can find this usually in the spice section of grocery stores, or sometimes in the Mexican Food section. Let me know if you can't find it!

Sam's Homemade Bar-B-Q Sauce

As it's getting warmer, and many of you are beginning to cook out, I thought I'd post the recipe for my homemade Bar-B-Q Sauce. I use this all of the time! It can be used on everything; chicken, ribs, pork chops, even burgers!

I hope you like it, and want you to post your comments after you've tried it!

Sam’s Bar-B-Q Sauce

½ stick butter
1 cup minced onion
1 cup ketchup
¼ cup Brer Rabbit molasses
2 TBS brown sugar
1 ½ TBS Worcestershire sauce
2 TBS yellow mustard
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp chili pepper (chili powder)


Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat
Add onion, saute’ until soft (about 6 min)
Add all of the other ingredients
Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until sauce thickens (about 10-15 min)

Great on Chicken, ribs, pork chops, or even hamburgers!

Hurricane Forecast Released

According to a recent report from the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team, the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season will produce an above-average eight hurricanes, four of them major storms.

The six month season begins June 1, and this study predicts 15 named tropical storms. The team forecast a 69% chance of at least one major hurricane making landfall on the U.S. coastline in 2010.

That's not a very rosy picture for the upcoming Hurricane Season, but the KTAB Weather Team is prepared to make sure all of the Big Country gets comprehensive information on any storms that develop and make their way towards the U.S.

On a side note, some of the heaviest rainfall totals in the Big Country have come as remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms moved inland through Texas.

We'll watch and see how this prediction develops.