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Jane Goodwin | June 9, 2013

Summer Time is Cookout Time

It might not be officially summer yet (that’s not until June 21st!) but summer cookouts have begun, for sure. Father’s Day is Sunday the 14th, and, weather permitting, that’s always a good day for a cookout. And it isn’t all that long afterwards that it will be time for the biggest cookout day of the summer – July 4th, Independence Day.

Do you think maybe it’s time for you to make sure you’ve got all your grilling supplies, ready and waiting for these two Big Grilling Days?

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If you need to order Rib Candy – Texas Pepper Jelly’s delicious grilling and finishing sauce – click here to be magically transported to our Rib Candy page.

Our various BBQ injections can be found by a click of this link!

Naturally, cookouts are greatly enhanced when the cook has the proper knives, razor-sharp and efficient. Our Messermeister knives are the best to be found.

Need more awesome Texas recipes? You can find them right here; we have several cookbooks that will surely contain almost everything you’ll need to be chosen the outdoor cook of the neighborhood. And don’t forget that Texas Pepper Jelly’s blog often has a recipe for you, and always absolutely free!

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Jane Goodwin | June 1, 2013

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Father’s Day Cookouts and Spicy Apple Pies

Father’s Day is June 16th, so it’s time to order your cookout supplies if you haven’t already done so.

What’s a cookout without Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy? To be on the safe side, maybe you’d better order several different flavors, so everyone at the cookout can have his favorite. Our Rib Candy 6-pack is perfect, and unlike most other gift packages from other companies, Texas Rib Candy gift packages are custom-packed; you tell us what flavors you want, and that’s what you get in your package! Order now to make sure you get your 6-pack in time for that Father’s Day cookout!

In the meantime, why not make a spicy apple pie? There’s nothing like the aroma of baking apple pie to make everyone in your house feel at home, and Texas Pepper Jelly’s spicy apple pie will be the best, most delicious pie you’ve ever tasted!

Ingredients:

10 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced thin
3/4 cup sugar (I use Splenda)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Tiny dash of salt
5 square pats of butter
1/4 cup Texas Pepper Jelly’s Apple Cinnamon Rib Candy
Top and bottom pie crust (I buy mine at the store, or you can make it from scratch if you’re more ambitious than I am.)

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 425.

Put the bottom crust in the pie pan. Fill it with sliced apples.

Sprinkle the sugar, salt, and cinnamon over the top of the apples. Don’t mix.

Pour the Rib Candy over the sugary sprinkles.

Put the butter pats on top of it all: four near the edges and one in the middle.

Again, don’t mix.

Cover with top crust, and decorate it as you want. I always carve “TA” into the top crust, for “Tis apple.” (I read it in a book and liked it.)

Bake at 425 for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 and bake for about 50 minutes. (I check every five minutes or so after that)

Let the pie “set up” for about a half hour before serving.

You’ll never make an apple pie any other way again. I haven’t. My family would rise up and make me promise to use Rib Candy forever after.

Category: grilling, Spicy desserts, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy | Tags: cookout supplies, Father's Day cookouts, grilling sauces, spicy apple pie, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | May 23, 2013

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Memorial Day Suggestions and Recipes!

Memorial Day weekend is upon us – the weekend of family reunions, get-togethers, picnics, cookouts, family, friends, all linked together with memories and fantastic food.

The traditional Memorial Day meal is a cookout, naturally. By this time, we’ve all used our grills and mad outdoor cooking skills several times – we hope. This weekend is really special, though. Memorial Day. Our reunions will be filled with beloved people who are there in body and people who are there in spirit and memory.

And, there will be food. Exceptionally delicious food, too. Here are some of Texas Pepper Jelly’s most beloved picnic recipes.

First of all, the meat. Grilled outdoors, covered with homemade BBQ sauce, Texas Pepper Jelly or Rib Candy, injected with Butcher’s best, and grilled to perfection, over charcoal or gas. Remember, lean meats grill best, as there isn’t as much fat to drip down and cause flareups, and thinner glazes aren’t as likely to burn.

What’s a picnic without Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad, after all?

Don’t count on having any Texas Pepper Jelly cole slaw left over for tomorrow.

Got a few vegetarians at your cookout? Don’t worry – we’ve got some great recipes for a vegetarian cookout, too!

You can’t have a cookout without baked beans!

For dessert, Texas Pepper Jelly has several awesome recipes for all kinds of pies and cakes, but for an outdoor cookout, why not let your guests make their own ice cream in a baggie? It’s fun and delicious, and each guest can add the pepper jelly, fruit, or whatever that they individually prefer! (We like it best with pepper jelly and diced fruit.)

Add these fabulous, delicious Texas Pepper Jelly recipes to the outdoor buffet, let your guests place their contributions there, too, and see which pans empty out the fastest. We’re betting on ours, although anything Grandma brings will come in a close second.

Category: BBQ, grilling, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy desserts, Spicy side dishes, Texas BBQ rubs, Texas Bird Bath, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly grilling glazes, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Rubs and Spices, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, Vegetarian grill | Tags: baked beans, Grandma's pie, grilling injections, grilling meat, ice cream in a baggie, Memorial Day cookout, Memorial Day reunion, potato salad, Rib Candy, Texas cookout, Texas grilling, Texas Pepper Jelly

Jane Goodwin | May 12, 2013

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Texas Pepper Jelly: Sauces, Jellies, Rubs, Injections, and Fillet Knives

So, you’re stocking up on your grilling supplies. . . filling your pantry shelves with grilling sauces, BBQ sauces, dipping sauces, pepper jellies, rubs, injections. . . .and you’re sure you’re ready for the summer’s grillings. Have you checked out your knives yet? A good filet knife can make your cookout prep a lot easier. Texas Pepper Jelly is proud to carry Messermeister knives, and their Park Plaza filet knife is the best you’ll ever find and use.

Cookouts are a way of life for many people, and no summer gathering is complete without one. There’s something about eating in the house when the sun is shining and the breeze is blowing softly that is just, well, wrong. This weather was made for eating outside.

Balancing a paper plate of delicious food is what summer is all about. Isn’t that why we have knees in the first place? And no food, not even Thanksgiving dinner, can beat a summer cookout and the food that comes off that grill.

My neighbors are grilling already, many of them, in fact. When I get home from work around 7 p.m., the neighborhood smells so good I can hardly walk into the house from my car. The smell of good barbecue is unequaled in the annals of cookbook aromas.

We’re having a family reunion for Mother’s Day on Sunday afternoon. We’re all bringing picnic food, in spite of the thunderstorm forecast. The main dish is spiral baked ham, and the glaze, which MAKES the ham, is straight from the cookbooks of Texas Pepper Jelly. Why? Because that’s the best one!

We’re also having Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad and the BIG crockpot full of Texas Partytime Beans.

For dessert we’re having dark chocolate cake because it’s my nephew’s birthday. But we’ve got a lot of Texas Pepper Jelly to spoon over the ice cream!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our readers, because some of you ARE mothers, and the rest of you HAVE mothers.

Category: BBQ, crockpot meals, grilling, Messermeister Knives, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas BBQ rubs, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly grilling glazes, Texas Rib Candy | Tags: chocolate cake, grilling, Mother's Day, picnic food, spicy baked beans, spicy ham, spicy potato salad, Texas BBQ injections, Texas glazed ham, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Party Beans, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly injector needles, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Sweet Fire Potato Salad, thunderstorm

Jane Goodwin | April 27, 2013

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Spicy Peach Ice Cream – In A Baggie!

Grilling season is OFFICIALLY here now, and even if you’ve still got a little snow on the ground, it’s time to uncover the grill and start using it.

Grilling out is best when you’ve got a crowd, and family reunions are the best kind of crowd because they’re so often a mixture of generations – older people, children, and everything in between.

After all that excellent food is eaten, it’s time for dessert, and what dessert can rival Spicy Peach Ice Cream in a Baggie for delicious fun! Nobody is ever too old to play with their food!

Bear in mind that this recipe is for ONE BAGGIE of ice cream. Therefore, each individual will have to follow these directions with his/her own individual baggie of ice cream!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup milk (any kind of milk will be fine, so depending on your dietary needs and what you’ve got on hand, feel free to use skim, 2%, whole, half-and-half, cream, almond, etc.)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
2 tablespoons of sugar (real or Splenda)
2 tablespoons finely diced peaches (canned, fresh, or frozen)
1 tablespoon of Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce

4 cups of crushed ice
4 tablespoons salt
2 quart-size Zip-loc bag
1 gallon size Zip-loc freezer bag

What to do:

Mix the milk, vanilla, sugar, peaches, and grilling sauce in the quart size bag. Before sealing, try to force out as much air as possible, and then seal the bag. Double-check the seal – you don’t want ANY leakage. Put the filled bag inside the second bag and double-check that seal, too. (The two bags are JUST IN CASE you get a leak. . . .)

Place the two quart bag inside the gallon bag. Fill the gallon bag with ice and sprinkle all of the salt on the ice. Let as much air as possible escape, and seal the bag. Double check the seal!

Play with the bags. Toss them back and forth. Knead them. Play catch with them. Check the seals occasionally; if you get an inside leak, your ice cream is ruined.

After about 7 minutes, check the contents of your inner bag. You’ve probably got ice cream! If you don’t, play with the bags a few more minutes.

Imagine the fun of a pleasant crowd of adults and children making Spicy Peach Ice Cream in a Baggie, in your backyard!

Once your mixture has turned to ice cream, remove the inner bag, rinse off the salt, open the bag, and dig in with a spoon!

Spicy Peach Ice Cream in a Baggie is awesome fun for reunions, parties (kids and adults!) and any kind of outdoor gathering. It’s more fun than a regular dessert, the peaches are good for you, and the Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce adds a little zing to your plain ice cream.

Order your Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce now!

P.S. Here’s still another way to make ice cream, from science guy Steve Spangler!

P.P.S. You can use any of Texas Pepper Jelly’s pepper jellies or Rib Candies in your ice cream, with or without the fruit. If you do use fruit, try to match it with the flavor of pepper jelly or rib candy.

P.P.P.S. You can throw some chopped nuts in the bag, too!

Category: grilling, New Texas Pepper Jelly product, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: baggie, children's dessert, dessert, diced peaches, family dessert, gallon freezer bag, ice cream, ice cream in a baggie, milk, quart baggie, Spangler Science, spicy peach grilling sauce, Steve Spangler, Texas Pepper Jelly, vanilla, zip-loc bags

Jane Goodwin | April 19, 2013

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You Need A Texas Pepper Jelly T-Shirt!

Texas Pepper Jelly has the perfect t-shirt for your summer grilling – our awesome shirts come in all sizes from Large to 5X, and in three bright colors: pink, red, and sport grey!

Most licensed t-shirts are expensive, but Texas Pepper Jelly’s t-shirts are only $15.00, and they’re made of 100% pre-shrunk cotton. Throw them into the dryer – they’ll be the same size when they come back out! We accept several payment types, including PayPal!

Our t-shirts are so popular that sometimes a particular size/color combo is out of stock, but if you get that message, please try again in a few days. We WANT you to have one of our awesome T-shirts, and we’ll have your size later, if we don’t have it right now.

Mine is pink.

I wear it whenever we grill out in the summer, and I’ve already worn it twice this spring. This weekend it’s going to freeze again, but where I live, the seasons change every five minutes, and in a few days it’ll be warm again.

My Texas Pepper Jelly shirt is my favorite t-shirt, and just seeing it makes me think of the awesome products I’ve stocked my pantry with in preparation for official grilling-out season.

I’ve got several flavors of pepper jelly, two jars of Loco Cheese Dip, three bottles of Rib Candy, and a jar of Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, so far, and I’m not done ordering yet. Besides, I can’t keep any of Texas Pepper Jelly’s products IN my pantry for more than a few days, because my family is crazy about them and when everybody’s home, things mysteriously disappear.

P.S. Those Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles are really good. They’re also on sale right now.

P.P.S. Did I mention that those pickles are really good? Holy cow, SO GOOD!

P.P.P.S. The Loco Cheese Dip is on sale, too. I might need to order some more of that right now – my son is here and I spotted him eating something an hour or so ago, and I suspect that he found my Loco Cheese Dip. . .

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy condiments, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, TPJ Rubs and Spices, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, TPJ T-shirt | Tags: 5X t-shirt, awesome pickles, bright t-shirts, colored t-shirts, grilling season, Loco Cheese Dip, on sale, perfect t-shirt, Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, products on sale, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly T-shirts, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | April 11, 2013

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Texas Rib Candy – Stock Up Now!

In some areas of the country, temperatures are already in the high sixties and low seventies, and BBQ grills all over the nation are under siege with brillo pads, oven cleaner, and garden hoses. Many people have already dined on outdoor-grilled goodnesses of various kinds!

In order to produce the best grilling ever, it’s important to choose your sauces wisely. Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy is the best by far, and I think it would be a good idea for grillers everywhere to order a good supply before the grilling season starts in full form.

The Texas Rib Candy Six-Pack assortment package is your best deal – you’ll go through all six bottles in no time flat anyway. Remember, Texas Pepper Jelly does assortment packages differently than most companies – with most companies, you get what they give you. With Texas Pepper Jelly, you get what you tell us you want.

So, choose your flavors and order a Rib Candy assortment today! Order different flavors, or all the same flavor, or most of one and a little of another, etc. YOUR way. You tell us what you want and that’s what you’ll get – each order specially made just for YOU.

And once you’ve got your Rib Candy six-pack, you can start grilling without fear of running out of sauces!

Don’t think one order, one package, will get you through the summer, though; you’ll be ordering and re-ording, because your family and friends won’t be able to get enough of Texas Rib Candy’s awesome taste. You won’t mind re-ordering a bit, either, because you won’t be able to get enough of it, either.

Category: grilling, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy | Tags: can't get enough rib candy, order rib candy, outdoor cooking, re-order rib candy, rib candy assortment, Rib Candy six pack, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | March 1, 2013

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Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Whatever the weather outside, there's nothing like some good potato salad inside. Inside the house, and inside the stomach!

Texas Pepper Jelly has posted several awesome potato salad recipes, but this one, which uses Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, is my favorite so far. Potato salad is supposed to have a little kick to it; well, ours has a BIG kick to it! Big kick - bit hit!

Ingredients:

4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed, boiled
4 large potatoes skin-on and cubed, boiled
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1/4 cup pimento
1/2 cup diced onion
2 boiled eggs, diced
1/2 cup Pineapple Sweet Fire pickles, diced
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1 cup mayonnaise or Miracle Whip (I use Miracle Whip)
dash salt
dash pepper
dash paprika

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix all of the above ingredients except the paprika thoroughly. Be careful that you don’t mash the boiled potatoes. The skin on the unpeeled potatoes will probably slip off; this is okay. Just mix it in along with everything else.

Put the thoroughly mixed ingredients in a nice serving bowl, if you’re eating soon, or in a Tupperware-type bowl with a sealing lid, if you’re making your potato salad well ahead of time. Sprinkle the paprika over the top of the salad, cover, and refrigerate. Try to get the salad good and cold before you serve it; I usually make it a day ahead so the flavors and textures have time and opportunity to blend well.

Our Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad is the perfect accompaniment to some good BBQ or grilled chicken or pork, and of course the best grilled meat will be covered with Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy or rubs.

Add to these some baked beans and maybe some corn (on the cob, in season) and you’ve got my all-time favorite meal of all time.

Category: Feast of Fridays, grilling, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly on Pinterest, Texas Pepper Jelly on Twitter, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Rubs and Spices, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, Uncategorized | Tags: baked beans, corn on the cob, goes out like a lion, in season, March comes in like a lamb, perfect meal, perfect potato salad, snow, spicy salad, Texas Pepper Jelly bbq, Texas Pepper Jelly rubs, Texas Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, Texas Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Jane Goodwin | December 30, 2012

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Texas New Year’s Feast: Hoppin’ John & Skippin’ Jenny, Festive Style

For those of us who live in the South, Hoppin’ John is a traditional New Year’s Day repast. For those of you who live in the North, you’ve got a real treat in store!

The origin of Hoppin’ John for New Year’s Day has many scholars arguing. Most agree that the southern laves liked to make and eat it in memory of Africa, where dishes made of beans and rice or other grains were easy to get and popular. Others say that Hoppin’ John became popular because it is so easy and economical to make, as well as delicious to eat. I’m betting that it’s really a combination of these and other things.

All we really need to know is that Hoppin’ John, complete with its folklore ( black-eyed peas for luck, etc.) IS easy to make, inexpensive, and really, really tasty. This crockpot version makes a simple recipe even easier!

Ingredients:

4 cans black-eyed peas, thoroughly drained and rinsed and drained again
4 cups chicken or turkey broth
1 package smoked sausage mini-links
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup Texas Pepper Jelly’s Pomegranate Cranberry Habanero Rib Candy
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 bunch collard greens, rinsed, drained, and chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bacon grease
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup dried cranberries (craisins)
2 cups cooked quinoa, brown rice, or really any grain your family likes

What to do:

Put the drained black-eyed peas, broth, and sausage in your crockpot. Stir in all the other ingredients (except the grains) and stir thoroughly. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. I usually fill the crockpot before bedtime and let it cook all night, for lunch. For dinner, fill the slow cooker early in the morning and let it cook all day.

Serve over your grains of choice. I like to use brown rice, but my husband likes quinoa.

Happy New Year from Texas Pepper Jelly!

P.S. If there’s any left over and you serve it for supper the next day, it’s not Hoppin’ John any more. Leftover, it’s Skippin’ Jenny.

Category: crockpot meals, New Year's recipes, Pinterest, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy main dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, TPJ Recipes, Twitter | Tags: craisins, crockpot meals, holiday meals, Hoppin' John, New Year's traditional dinner, quinoa, rice, Skippin' Jenny, slaves, slow cooker suppers, southern meals, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | October 15, 2012

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Spicy Supreme Meatloaf of the Gods

Meatloaf lovers, rejoice, for the weather is starting to chill and it’s fast becoming perfect meatloaf time!

Speaking of perfect meatloaf. . . Texas Pepper Jelly has it. Seriously. Our meat loaf will challenge you mom’s meatloaf and WIN.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/4 cup Apple Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup finely chopped apple, or applesauce
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 pound sausage
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs or ground-up soda crackers
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Apple Habanero Rib Candy
1/4 cup brown sugar
dash salt
dash black pepper
dash marjoram
1 tablespoon cider vinegar

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350.

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, mustard, apples, green pepper, and pepper jelly. Add the salt, pepper, and marjoram. Blend thoroughly. Add the meats, bread crumbs, milk, and onions. Use your hands to mix it up well.

In a small bowl, stir together the ketchup, Rib Candy, sugar, and vinegar.

Transfer the meat mixture to a large loaf pan. Brush the meat, all over, with the Rib Candy/ketchup/sugar/vinegar mixture. Use about half the marinade mixture.

Bake for about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with more glaze. Return to oven and bake another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with remaining glaze. Return to oven for approximately 10 more minutes, or however long it takes for that final glaze to “set.”

Let the meat loaf settle before slicing.

It’s so good. I want some RIGHT NOW.

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy main dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes | Tags: better than your mom's meat loaf, chilly meatloaf weather, glazed meat loaf, meat loaf of the gods, perfect meat loaf, spicy meat loaf, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

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Archive for Texas Rib Candy

Summer Time is Cookout Time

Father’s Day Cookouts and Spicy Apple Pies

Memorial Day Suggestions and Recipes!

Texas Pepper Jelly: Sauces, Jellies, Rubs, Injections, and Fillet Knives

Spicy Peach Ice Cream – In A Baggie!

You Need A Texas Pepper Jelly T-Shirt!

Texas Rib Candy – Stock Up Now!

Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Texas New Year’s Feast: Hoppin’ John & Skippin’ Jenny, Festive Style

Spicy Supreme Meatloaf of the Gods

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