Barbecued Meat Balls

1½ pound ground beef
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
3/4 cup cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1/4 cup liquid brown sugar or 1/2 cup regular brown sugar
2 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon oregano
1-2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preheat over to 400º F. Combine ground beef, breadcrumbs, water, and 1 teaspoon salt. Mix well and shape into 1-inch meatballs. Place in a 9x13-inch pan and bake for 10 minutes.

In the meantime, make the barbeque sauce by combining tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, oregano, garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Remove meatballs from oven and discard grease. Pour sauce over meatballs and bake 20 minutes longer.

Beverly

A Man’s Barbecued Chicken (It’s good)

2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1-1/2 cup canned tomato juice
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1 bay leaf
4-1/2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar
3 cloves garlic
3 tsp butter
2-1/2 - 3 lb broiler fryer, quartered3 med onions, thinly sliced

Early in the day or the day before, make barbecue sauce by combining in a saucepan the salt, pepper, tomato juice, cayenne, mustard, bay leaf, Worcestershire, vinegar, sugar, garlic and butter. Simmer uncovered, 10 min. Refrigerate about 1 hour and 30 min.

Heat oven to 425°. Arrange chicken, skin side down, in single layer in shallow open pan. Sprinkle lightly with some salt & pepper. Arrange onions on chicken, tucking a few slices under wings, legs. Pour on barbecue sauce. Bake uncovered basting often 1/2 hour. Turn, bake basting for 45 min or until fork can be inserted easily into legs.

Makes 4-6 servings.

Ed & Rhonda