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FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 5 Local Recipes for the barbecue Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 25 minutes. Use chunky, strained or pureed. Re- frigerate between uses. Makes 5 cups. I remember getting that recipe, way back Homemade Goodness in the 70s from a “Marlboro Man” By Eileen Driver add. I was a city girl so anything Last month we made cowboy was cool, I just delicious salads and dress- had to try it. But if you ings, a summer must have. like a little sweet with your Well that’s all well and spicy this next recipe will good but I am a meat eater be for you. and summer to me means Sweet & Spicy BBQ BBQ! Sauce My husband is the BBQ ½ cup chopped sweet master in our house. He onions will just start grabbing 2 cloves minced garlic bottles of stuff out of the 1 seeded & minced jala- fridge and cupboards, peno pepper throw them together and 1 tablespoon olive oil it always ends up tasting 1 (32-oz) bottle catsup great. 1 cup brown sugar I like recipes. I like 1 cup cider vinegar tasting that sauce and ½ cup apple juice remembering when I had it ½ cup honey before. 1 tablespoon worcester- This recipe is the first homemade BBQ sauce shire sauce 1 teaspoon salt I learned to make and is 1 teaspoon black pepper still my favorite today. 1 teaspoon celery seed Black Jack BBQ Sauce ½ teaspoon crushed red ½ cup strong black cof- pepper flakes fee Saute onions, garlic and ½ cup Jack Daniel’s jalapeno in olive oil over whiskey medium high heat in a 1 cup catsup large saucepan 4-5 minutes ½ cup cider vinegar or until tender. Stir in re- ½ cup dark brown sugar maining ingredients. Bring 3 tablespoons chili to a boil, stirring occasion- powder ally. Reduce heat to low 2 teaspoons salt and simmer 30 minutes. 2 cups chopped onions Refrigerate for up to 1 ¼ cup minced hot chili month. Makes 5 cups. peppers I have become more and 6 cloves garlic, minced more into making chinese food since I really can’t afford to go out to eat very often. So this next recipe was also one I just had to try. Hoisin BBQ Sauce 1 tablespoon vegetable oil ½ cup yellow onion diced 3 cloves garlic, chopped ⅔ cups hoisin sauce ½ cup catsup ⅓ cup dry sherry ⅓ cup rice vinegar ¼ cup honey 2 tablespoons sriracha ½ teaspoon szechuan peppercorns, ground ½ teaspoon white pepper ¼ teaspoon Chinese 5-spice powder Saute onion in vegetable oil until tender. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds more. Add remaining ingredi- ents and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes until slightly thickened stirring occa- sionally. Blend sauce until smooth with stick blender. Cool to room temperature and store in refrigerator up to a month. Makes 2 cups. Below are the perfect meats for the BBQ that cost less but still make for a great cookout if the more expensive cuts are just not on the menu for your pocketbook. Chuck steaks are a great alternative to more expen- sive steaks and the chuck eye steak is the best of this cut. They will benefit from a good marinade as they are not as tender. Avoid overcooking chuck steaks as they are perfect at medium-rare but are tough at well done no matter how much you marinate it. Untrimmed Beef Brisket is still one of the least expensive cuts of beef. Of course, once you cook it (low and slow) you will only get about half the weight in meat, but few things are better than BBQ brisket. Whether you like beef for pork, ribs are an inexpensive solution to any cookout. The secret to any rib is to cook it low and slow so you get tender meat and great flavor. Pork shoulder is divided between picnic roasts and butt roasts and are among the least expensive cuts of pork. The secret of turning these tough pork roasts into a wonderful meal is to smoke them low and slow and turn it into a great BBQ pulled pork. Chicken is a great choice for any cookout. Buy a whole chicken, cut it up and throw them on the grill over a medium fire with some BBQ sauce. Don’t forget the turkey; it’s an economical way to feed a lot of people. As with chicken, you get a better deal buying a whole turkey and cutting it up yourself, the larger pieces just take a little longer to cook. All of these BBQ sauce recipes will work with any cut of meat. Whether you are a recipe person like me or a throw it all together person like my husband just enjoy every minute of the BBQ season and don’t be afraid to experiment and find your favorites. Man arrested for assault On May 30 at around 8:45 p.m. Baker City Police re- sponded to a report of an assault between two adult males in the 1200 block of Valley Street. During the assault, Mr. Michael Clark assaulted a 57 year old male with a piece of Crete board siding, causing a significant injury. On June 1 at around 4:00 p.m. hours, Mr. Michael Clark was arrested on a traffic stop at H Street and 10th Street, Baker City, Oregon, and lodged in the Baker County Jail on a charge of Assault in the Second Degree. The investigation is ongoing. Pine-Eagle handles graduation threat On June 1 at approximately 1:37 p.m., the Baker County Consolidated Dispatch Center received a call from Pine Eagle School District Superintendent Cammie DeCastro regarding a threat complaint against the student body. Superintendent DeCastro reported a student, JW Chetwood, had stated he was going to shoot everyone at the graduation. Pine Eagle High Schools graduation is to be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th, on the school grounds. Superintendent DeCastro reported Chetwood was no longer on school property. During the investigation it was learned the threat made was not as specific regarding date or location, but a threat regarding an act of violence was made, on school grounds, during the graduation practice. Multiple wit- nesses were interviewed, to include Chetwood. At the conclusion of the investigation Jarold Wyatt Dean (JW) Chetwood (18 years of age) of Halfway, Oregon, was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct in the First Degree. Additionally, Chetwood was trespassed from the Pine Eagle School grounds. The Baker County Sheriff’s Office will have personnel present during the graduation ceremony at Pine Eagle High School on June 3rd. Anyone with additional information regarding this inci- dent is asked to contact the Baker County Sheriff’s Office at 541-523-6415. Theater renovation continues Apartment fire CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER The Haines Fire Department and Baker Rural Fire Protection District also responded to the fire. At around 1 a.m. the American Red Cross assisted with offers of tem- porary housing, food, clothing, comfort kits, information about recovery services, and health and mental services. According to Red Cross officials, nine adults, one infant and four pets were affected. According to Hall, the estimated property value was $500,000 with $250,000 in damages sustained. $100,000 in contents were lost, and about another $100,000 worth of contents saved. Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com Friday, June 2nd, the Eastern Oregon Regional Theater (EORT) had their First Friday at the Or- pheum Theater, to give updates on the status of the project. They also held a costume sale, selling older costumes from the theater, and the kid’s theater was selling lemonade, s’mores cones, and dream catchers outside the theater. “We took all the asbes- tos out,” explained new EORT president Leanne Hinkle. “All the walls are out, all the painted murals are out, all the ceilings, and all the asbestos has been removed, which was $100,000. So, everything is now removed and the next move is to finish the de- construction and removal of the rest of the walls. We’re waiting for the engi- neer to come in and tell us how structurally sound the brick is or do we need the bracing up. So, that is our next move.” After the engineer ex- amines the wall structures, Hinkle explained that they will need to raise more money to move forward. The next phase for the theater would be to put in restrooms or to build the Black Box, a small theater seating for about 60 people. The Board is discussing where to put the black box, if they will put in rest- rooms in the front of the theater, or keep the ones in the back that are still usable. ‘Belles’ play opens today Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press Refurbishing of the Orpheum theater continues, with asbestos now removed and the walls all out. Their goal is to raise about $50,000 to work on the bathrooms and figure out what to do, according to Hinkle. “It’s a two million dollar project. With our grant pro- gram,” said Hinkle. “Over time we figured we could raise $1,700,000. But the community, we’re going to have to look to $300,000 to $400,000. “So, we’re doing like our costumes sales and our ‘Camp Omigosh’ work out there to help us. We have two entertainments coming in for the Eclipse: Elvis and Patsy Cline imitators and they will be here in August as part of that, the 16th and 17th of August they will be here to perform.” They are hoping to bring in entertainment at least once or twice a month when they are not doing shows to raise money for the theater. They are also going to do a pie sale during the Bike Rally. Hinkle explained that they will be selling slices of homemade pies, lemonade, water, and maybe ice cream. Press release: Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre will be holding a pie sale on June 24th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Baker Orpheum Theatre on Main Street as a fundraiser for the reconstruction of this historical building. They are looking for pie makers who can donate one to four pies for this event. If you have always wanted to help the theatre in some small way, this is it! No acting necessary, just cooking skills. Please give Leanne a call if you can help in some small way with a pie or if you would like to help serve that would be great too! Shifts are 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., and 4-6 p.m. with cleanup. Pies can be dropped off on Friday, June 23rd at Random Resales. Please, give Leanne a call if you can help in any way at 541-554-5549. Don't miss the next Eastern Oregon Regional Theater production "Belles" opening this Friday night June 9th for a two-weekend run. Directed by Scot Violette, this play, originally pub- lished in 1989 and revised in 1997, has entered the theatre canon as one of our most delightful and endearing plays about southern women, and enjoys popularity to this day. Written by Mark Dunn, the story is told in "two acts and forty-five phone calls." Belles visits six southern sisters,Audrey Hart (Sarah Crump), Roseann Johnson (Sydnee Bybee), Aneece Walker (Lisa Ensworth), Paige Walker (Savannah Brown), Sherry “Dust” Walker (Elisabeth Munsell) and Peggy Reese (Jorja Culley) who, over the course of an autumn weekend, seek to bridge the physical and emotional distance between them via the telephone, and in the process come to terms with their shattered family history. The six Walker sisters all hail from Memphis, but now they are scattered all over the country. Only Peggy Reese still lives in Memphis, where she cares for Mama. When the play begins, Peggy is phoning her sisters with the latest about Mama... whether they want to hear it or not! This production done by Eastern Oregon Regional Theater opens Friday June 9th at 7 p.m. and will run two weekends, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. an Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Irongate Theatre in the Basche Mall in Baker City, Oregon. Tickets are $12 Adults, $10 members and $8 students available at Betty’s Books, on line at bakerlivetheatre. com and at the door. For further information call 541-523-9652.
