Fla. and Midwest Tour, Sauce Boss 2012, Oyster Cocktail Sauce, Christie’s

Photo by Lori Patrick

Tour Schedule:
Pensacola Beach, Lake Worth, key west, Destin, Eddie Fest (Pensacola Beach), Springfield IL,Kansas City, St Louis

NOTE: Our date in Pensacola has been changed from Saturday Oct 22 to Friday Oct. 21.

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Oyster Season is here!
In Florida, we tend to shy away from oysters harvested in months with out an “r”.  Last week I went to the mountain in terms of eating oysters. (No, I wasn’t eating mountain oysters, I was eating Apalachicola oysters).  Apalachicola oysters are renowned the world over for good reason.  They are that good.   At the Franklin County Oyster Fest they were fifty cents each. So what was I to do? HAVE SOME. What a great time jammin on the beach, eatin oysters, good company.  Life is good.

Love that Florida Seafood!

Oyster Cocktail Sauce
1 cup of Ketchup
Juice of a lemon
2 tbsp horseradish
2 tbls Liquid Summer Hot Sauce  (or more)…(lots more)….(Time to load up for the holidaze.)
OR…You could just use it straight out of the bottle on yer oyster. Man, that’s gooood.

Christie’s Pub  3261 S. 13^th Milwaukee, WI 53215 414-672-3500
In 1954 Harry and Martha opened the doors to Christie’s.  Today when you walk through the front door, it’s like stepping through a portal for  time travel.  The same pictures hang on the walls, the same counter, the same mirror in the men’s room, basically the same place.  The kitchen has been modernized, but the pub has a serious retro vibe.  Amazingly well preserved.  Jason, son of Harry and Martha runs the place now.  Martha’s still doing stuff around the kitchen.  (Making dessert, doin the dishes, helping out.)  It does a body good to see a family endeavor survive.  When I went to Christie’s,  the chef was ready to accommodate my crazy diet requests, and the result was mighty tasty.  A little whole wheat pasta, with marinara sauce and grilled eggplant, with a delicious salad, and a glass of red wine.  YUMMM!

Back in Florida One More Time, Basil Harvest, Chorizo, Yellowstone Vacation pics, And a Great Big THANK YOU!

Home Sweet Home!

Pensacola Beach, key west, Delray Beach, Green Cove Springs, Deland,
Ft. Lauderdale.
Here’s the low down on the hoe down.

THANK ALL Y’ALL FOR THE GOOD VIBES!
I have received  hundreds and hundreds of well wishing phone calls, letters, cards, emails, prayers, good vibes, and posts on my guestbook and Facebook pages. I had a good run, and I was resigned to whatever would be, but I guess I have a few more strings to bend, a few more songs to sing, a few more mouths to feed, and a few more souls to fill with the spirit of brotherhood. I will see y’all somewhere down the road.

HEART ATTACK SPECIAL
The song “I Broke My Heart” written after my first heart attack in 2003 appears on my “Come and Get” It CD.  You can get a copy for $5 from now until December 1st, or you can get a copy free with every case of Liquid Summer (any flavor or mixed) until then too.  Bout time to think about your holiday gifts.

We recently took a trip to Yellowstone to commune with nature and do some hiking.  Here’s some highlights on Facebook.

Time to harvest the herbs.  Here’s my Basil.

Freeze the leaves in little bags and have basil through the cold months

Chorizo
1 Page Avenue Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 350-1332
Asheville, North Carolina has been called the Paris of the South. You get the vibe hanging out at the Biltmore Mansion where Granny Clampett meets Marie Antoinette. The folks up near Mount Pisgah have perpetuated a somewhat sophisticated, albeit rough-hewn sensibility over the years that makes for some fine grazing around lunchtime. Organic veghead bill of fare is typical, and the charming little downtown is vibrant with artisan shops selling exotic chocolates, doggie treats, antiques, and hand made belt buckles.  The craftsmen share the sidewalk with color seekers, banjo buskers, and hillbilly rastas.  All in all, a colorful place to hang.

Hector Diaz is from the Dominican Republic.  He came to the US as a young boy, and worked in restaurants from a very early age.  He worked his way up from the bottom, and became a chef.  All of his clients said, “You need to open your own place.”  So Hector made them an offer they could not refuse.  He asked for $100 from all his friends.  He started a restaurant, and every one who gave him money was reimbursed in food. Hector Diaz is not just a regular chef.  He’s a creative and innovative artist who has perfected a Pan Latin cuisine all his own.  Local, natural chicken and pork, natural Angus beef, and organic eggs, assures that all ingredients are top notch. He makes his own bacon, sausage, and chorizo by hand.  He cures and smokes the salmon.  He makes his own habanero pepper sauce.  I like dis guy. The ever changing menu is breakfast and lunch with Senor Diaz’s fresh, savory, style. Killer salsa, great hot sauce, and wood fired organic tortillas are three things rarely available in restaurants, but all three in one place?  I’m ready to order.

SOUTH FLORIDA/MIDWEST TOUR, FLORIDITA, AND LIQUID SUMMER BLOODY MARY

WOW! What a tour.  Here I am in Ottawa, jamming with the Voices of the Wetlands. From the left to right, Cyril Neville, Sauce Boss, Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone, Marsha Ball, and Anders Osborne. Lighting it up!  Thanks to all on this tour, Scott Sterling at the Dinosaur BBQ, Mark Monahan and everyone at the Ottawa Bluesfest, the great folks from the Cape Fear Blues Cruise, Daughter Mary who put us up at her country estate, the Washington DC Parrot Heads, for their generous benefit for Planet Gumbo, And the Big Owl Tiki Bar on the Maryland Shore for an unforgettable afternoon adventure.

Now its off to Miami, Key Largo, and the Midwest for another killer adventure. HERE’S THE SCHEDULE

HOT N HEAVY AIRPLAY
Sirius Radio’s Bluesville channel has been playing “Marquis de Swamp” a whole lot.  Justin’s mom said she heard it four times one day.  Keep it rolling. Here’s the link to request yer fave Sauce Boss tunes.

EL FLORIDITA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
13501 S.W. 136 STREET MIAMI, FL 305-233-7575
8399 S.W. 40 STREET MIAMI, FL 305-221-1511

YUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM!

A real find, a people’s restaurant, none of that Miami glitz. Just great fresh seafood, superior service, fabulous prices, and unpretentious friendly vibe.  This is what I’ve been looking for.  These folks are really proud of what they do, and there is an esprit that’s evident the moment you walk in the door.  It’s the Old World reverence for sustinance. The rice is light and fluffy, the whole grilled snapper is two pounds of marinated bliss.  Five kinds of Paella share the menu with varied preparations of seafood and home made pasta. A surprising $12 bottle of Napa Valley cab blew my mind.  Ten minutes after opening, it mellowed down into a smooth finish.  Breakfast  with dynamite café con leche included starts at $2.99, and it’s served all day long. Try that at Starbuck’s.

A Refreshing Liquid Summer Bloody Mary

LIQUID SUMMER MAKES THE BEST BLOODY MARY…EVER!
1 cup V-8
1 teaspoon LIQUID SUMMER HOT SAUCE
1 teaspoon Horseradish
Dash of celery salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons lemon juice
A couple shots of vodka
Mix ingredients together and pour into a glass of ice.
Fresh stalk of celery and olives

GET YER HOT N HEAVY RIGHT HERE, SPANISH TORTA, AND, STUFFED CABBAGE ALSO! WHAT NEXT?!!!!?

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What next for the Traveling GumboShow?  Toledo, Harrisburg, Leesburg, Charleston, Fayetteville, key west, Spartanburg, Knoxville, and Palatka.
Hear is the Concert Listing.

SAUCE BOSS TORTA LORRAINE  (GLUTEN FREE)

Spanish Torta Meets French Quiche Lorraine

The Torta is an egg and potato breakfast/lunch dish.  You find it in train stations and walkups all over Spain.  It’s a hearty, on the go, kind of fast food.  Quiche Lorraine is the French version.  I have combined the two with a potato crust making it gluten free.
4 strips of bacon
1 medium onion chopped
¼ pound cheese grated
2 raw potatoes
Left over baked or mashed potatoes
8 eggs
3 to 4 Tbs Liquid Summer Hot Sauce
Oven at 400 degrees
Cut the raw potatoes in very thin rounds
Grease a pie pan and line it with the potato thins
Put the potato crust in the hot oven for 10 minutes
Fry the bacon, and chop it up
Use a little bit of the grease to sauté the onion
Beat the eggs and Liquid Summer Hot Sauce
Pour half of the eggs over the potato crust
Put down a layer of the mashed potatoes
Add layers of onion, cheese, and bacon
Pour remainder of the eggs over the top.
Bake until the eggs are done.

PIRAMIDA PIEROGI GRILL
1535 GULF TO BAY BLVD. CLEARWATER, FL  727-216-3055

Stuffed Cabbage and Potatoes - Ultimate Comfort Food

Piramida is pyramid in the Polish language.  The name in this instance is a vestige from when they first opened.  Originally, the owner, Marek Pietryniak, featured Polish and Middle Eastern food.  The décor is heavily influenced by ancient Egyptian art. Marek had eighteen months to wait for county and city permits to be approved, so he spent that time dabbling – carving hieroglyphics, a beautiful chestnut bar, salt and pepper shakers, lamps, napkin holders, single handedly customizing the restaurant, lending his personal touch to everything.  He commissioned a life-sized statue of a pharaoh bearing his own likeness.  After all this, he decided to pare down the menu, so all that’s left of the Mid East cuisine is the Greek salad.  However, The salad is scrumptious, and the Polish stuff is great.  I recommend a very garlicky chicken soup.  And of course the homemade Perogi are fabulous.  I tried the stuffed cabbage rolls – nice and light with rice, beef, and pork, stuffed in a cabbage leaf and covered with tomato sauce.  YUMM! Full bar includes Polish beer.  The Eastern European chefs have got it goin on for comfort food. Come on with the Goulash, y’all.