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.