re: #241 The Mother Of All Pies

Last night I made brisket chili. I think I overdid it on the jalapenos and cayenne pepper but Zedushka ate himself into a brisket coma.

The recipe required 1/2 c. of prepared barbecue sauce. I used “Hunt’s Brown Sugar” and then I looked at the ingredients list and I almost threw up. I had just added 1/2 c of High Fructose Corn Syrup with BBQ flavoring!

Gah. Now I have to find a brand of sauce that isn’t 99% HFCS.

You could probably work out your own spice mix that is better and just add a little bit of brown sugar or possibly molasses separately. (I see a small amount of sugar in a lot of chili recipes to help counter the acidity of the tomato base.)