Shiitaki mushrooms are so yummy good, however you fix them, but this recipe turns those huge thick slices into deliciousness beyond any comprehension!  Oh, and once again, it’s those simple, easy-to-make foods that are so often the best.

Ingredients:

As many thick slices of shiitaki mushroom as you have hungry guests, plus a few extras.

1 bottle of Texas Rib Candy

What to do:

Fire up the grill, and slap down the mushroom slices.  Heat thoroughly; char a little if you like ‘em that way.  Just before removing from heat, brush on the Rib Candy.

It’s really all the condiment you’ll need.

Serve.  Eat.  Smile.  Repeat.

Texas Rib Candy can’t be beat.

There are many variations of this Cool & Spicy Summer Salad, and each one is as delicious and easy as the one before.

This is one of those salads that’s even better the next day.

Ingredients:

1 package bow-tie pasta, cooked and cooled

1/2 cup crumbled Feta cheese

1 cup fresh raspberries

1 cup Raspberry Habanero pepper jelly

What to do:

Mix all the ingredients into the pasta.  Sprinkle a few raspberries on top, cover securely and put in the refrigerator.  It’s delicious now and will be even better in a few hours!

We consider this to be a main dish on those stiflingly hot summer nights.  It’s also a great snack, a super side dish, and a really, really excellent supper for guests.

More variations to come.

Also to come?  Texas Rib Candy news.  There’s a reason it’s called Rib CANDY.

There are so many awesome things available on the Texas Pepper Jelly website!   Whether you need a gift for one person, or ten, or whether you’re bringing something to a small gather or a huge family reunion, our website or blog can tell or offer you everything you want to know!

Our recipes are fantastic and easy to follow, and our pages of pepper jellies, rubs, sauces, and salsas are mouthwateringly great.

Many of you ordered our holiday tins, and perhaps you would care to see some of our regular gift mixes!  Or, maybe you’re going to a reunion and want something easy that will be enough for such a crows!

Got a huge crowd to feed? Our 144-ounce jumbo container of pepper jelly is just the thing.  Lots of little jars just aren’t quite right when you’ve got a large crowd.  And, you can order any of our pepper jelly flavors!

144 oz
$78.58

We had guests for dinner on New Year’s Day, and here is the cracker/dip tray I set out.

Remember, often the most delicious things are also the simplest things.  That dip in the middle of the tray is just cream cheese and Texas Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly.

It was a hit, too.

Here’s proof:  My best friend Janice had never tasted pepper jelly before, and she ended up eating most of it and taking the rest home with her!  I also sent a Texas Pepper Jelly sampler tin home with her, to “hold” her until her Texas Pepper Jelly order is delivered to her house.

Janice is awesome, and she pronounced the Texas Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly awesome as well.

She’s right.  It is.

I can’t keep it in the house; it mysteriously disappears as quickly as it’s taken out of the cardboard box it was delivered in.

Already I need to order some more.

. . . and it’s the last day you can order anything and get it before Christmas.  You’ll be seeing pretty much this same message all over the internet, for every online business.

Fortunately, it’s not the 17th yet, and there is still time to choose your Texas Pepper Jelly gift and have it sent to your friends and family members!

There are so many ways to use Texas Pepper Jelly, but may I remind y’all that one of the simplest of all recipes is also the tastiest and most useful to know when company comes or your family just wants a delicious snack.

Just pour a jar of any kind of Texas Pepper Jelly over a brick of cream cheese, and set out some crackers.

How easy can taste bud nirvana get?

Now, click over to the Texas Pepper Jelly website and finish your Christmas shopping by choosing unique, delicious gifts that your friends will actually love!

Listen up!  You’ve got four more days to order, if you want to receive your gift items before Christmas!  Yes, Thursday of this week is the last day.

Don’t get me wrong: you can order from Texas Pepper Jelly ANY TIME, but if you want to receive your order before Christmas, you’ll have to get busy and do your ordering within the next few days.

That’s December 17th!  After that, we can’t guarantee that your order will arrive in time for Christmas.

Here is the big boss Craig Sharry himself, with some information about the Texas Pepper Jelly newsletter, holiday deliveries, and gift pack selection:

Our newsletter signup is quick and easy. And it’s FREE! Do your friends and family a favor, pass this newsletter along so they can sign up today. Did I mention it’s FREE ?

I hate the to be the one to break the bad news, but somebody has to be the bad guy.  December 17 is the deadline for Texas Pepper Jelly to be able to ship your orders in time for Christmas.  I know, I know, you have so much shopping left to do.  It hardly seems fair, but in order for us to package your orders with all of our wonderful products then get them to USPS so that they can be delivered on time for Christmas means we have to have a deadline.  Oh and don’t forget.  Select USPS Priority.  This time of year shipping Parcel Post can delay the timely arrival of your packages.  So order now and ship USPS Priority.  Then you can rest easy knowing your gift will arrive in time.

Also remember that Texas Pepper Jelly is the place to do all of your Christmas shopping.  With a great selection of jellies to choose from how can you go wrong.  You can order individual flavors or save money and order a complete case.  Maybe you want something more than just a jar of jelly to give as a gift.  That is real easy just go to our Gift Pack page and choose from several collectible tins or our very popular sampler basket.  What we do different is let you choose the flavors for your gift pack.  WOW!  Most places just want to sell you what they want you to have.  We want to sell you what you want and that makes Texas P epper Jelly your one stop online for all of your Christmas shopping.

A great thing about Texas Pepper Jelly is that it is quick and easy to use.. Another thing that is quick and easy is our newsletter sign up. Tell your friends about it. Tell them it’s free. Then they can get their own copy every month. Plus, anyone who subscribes today, will immediately be sent a free sample of our Country Sweet Texas Heat cookbook. These exclusive recipes will have your friends and family wanting you to cook all of their meals.

Be sure to watch for next month’s newsletter. There is a good chance we will be introducing another new product. I hate to talk about it too much so be sure to watch for your copy next month.

As always thank you for shopping at Texas Pepper Jelly.

Until next time,

Craig Sharry

Christmas is only TWO WEEKS away! Don’t panic yet, though, because there’s still time to order from Texas Pepper Jelly.

We’ve got a lot of fantastic, truly unique gifts for your food-loving friends and family!

Remember, too, that if you can’t decide which holiday tin, etc, to get for Uncle Tim or Grandma, Texas Pepper Jelly also has gift certificates!

Anybody can shop in a mall, and anybody can give a gift that a zillion other people are giving and getting, but a gift from Texas Pepper Jelly is something your recipient will never forget.

Don’t forget, too, that while all of the other companies that sell samplers and tins require that you purchase their products already packed, Texas Pepper Jelly encourages you to pick whatever kind of pepper jelly you wish for your sampler tins!  One of each, all the same – it’s up to you!

Order soon.  Two weeks left.  Give the gift of a Texas Pepper Jelly Christmas!

Texas Pepper Jelly samplers are not like samplers from any other company.  Other companies offer you a done deal: a tin filled with THEIR choice of flavors.  At Texas Pepper Jelly, you can order any of several different kinds of tins and we let YOU choose the flavors!

That’s right: YOU choose whatever flavor of pepper jelly YOU want in YOUR tin.  Choose one of each, or choose all the same, or choose any combinations YOU want!

We have several different sizes and types of sampler tins; you can choose that, too.

Our pepper jellies are made fresh when we get your order, so each sampler tin will contain the very freshest products you could ever hope to find.

It’s time to get your orders in, however.  Take a look at the calendar; Christmas is almost here!  There’s stlil time to order from Texas Pepper Jelly, though.

Why give an ordinary gift when you can give a truly unique gift from Texas Pepper Jelly?

The Texas Pepper Jelly gift item “Jelly of the Month” is truly the gift that keeps on giving!  For a full year, the lucky recipient of this gift will get, via the mail, a new batch of pepper jelly every three months!

That’s right – every three months your gift recipient will get three 12-ounce jars of Texas Pepper Jelly, by far the best pepper jelly on the market today, anywhere.

That’s a total of twelve big 12-ounce jars of pepper jelly, folks, each jar a different flavor!

Along next summer, when most Christmas gifts are long used up or forgotten, your gift recipient will still be getting a fresh batch of Texas Pepper Jelly in the mail!

This is an excellent gift idea for individuals AND for businesses; talk about keeping your name fresh in a friend or client’s mind!

Those of you who don’t subscribe to our newsletter yet:  What are you waiting for?  It’s absolutely chock-FULL of fabulous advice, hints, deals, discounts, coupons, news, and recipes!  And it’s absolutely free!

Here’s some of this week’s newsletter from Texas Pepper Jelly’s big boss himself:  Craig Sharry:

Our newsletter signup is quick and easy. And it’s FREE! Do your friends and family a favor, pass this newsletter along so they can sign up today. Did I mention it’s FREE ?

A great thing about Texas Pepper Jelly is that it is quick and easy to use. Another thing that is quick and easy is our newsletter sign up. Tell your friends about it. Tell them it’s free. Then they can get their own copy every month.

Plus, anyone who subscribes today, will immediately be sent a free sample of our Country Sweet Texas Heat cookbook. These exclusive recipes will have your friends and family wanting you to cook all of their meals.

Be sure to watch for next month’s newsletter. There is a good chance we will be introducing another new product. I hate to talk about it too much so be sure to watch for your copy next month.

As always thank you for shopping at Texas Pepper Jelly.

Until next month,

Craig Sharry