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America's Melting Pot
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Modern Melting Pot - The Midwest and Great Lakes cooks and food communities connected to barbecue sauces.
Cherry Barbecue Sauce is a barbecue sauce with real American table personality: Michigan, Pacific Northwest, and modern smoked-meat applications. It brings flavor from the Midwest and Great Lakes to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
25 minutes
Total time
35 minutes
Servings
About 3 cups
Region
The Midwest and Great Lakes
Era introduced
Modern Melting Pot
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The Midwest and Great Lakes cooks and food communities connected to barbecue sauces.
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Cherry Barbecue Sauce proves that the little things on the table can carry a lot of American character. Michigan, Pacific Northwest, and modern smoked-meat applications. Across the Midwest and Great Lakes, recipes like this help define the meal: brightening sandwiches, dressing salads, crowning burgers, spooning over biscuits, or turning a simple spread into something people remember. It is practical, proud, and built for the kind of generous table where a sauce, jam, relish, pickle, dip, or dressing can steal the show.
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