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    Smoked Pulled Pork
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    Smoked Brisket
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Smoked Pulled Pork

May 15, 2025 By Dana Leave a Comment

Pulled pork is the first thing I became really comfortable smoking and being able to achieve a consistent end product.  Dare I say perfect?  I mean, the recipe is made the way, I really like it so I guess it’s perfect for me.  And it’s become pretty popular with whomever, I have made it for… 

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Chili Garlic Dipping Sauce

January 6, 2015 By Dana 1 Comment

This is the fifth and final sauce that I served with my Southern Style Fried Chicken Strips on New Year’s Eve.  When we were looking for sauce recipes this one caught my eye because it reminded me of this burger sauce Derek created a few weeks ago (I’ll post it sometime once we make it… 

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Sweet & Sour Sweet Tea Sauce

January 5, 2015 By Dana 1 Comment

In our quest to find the perfect dipping sauces for our New Year’s Eve chicken strips, I stumbled upon this recipe for Sweet Tea dipping sauce on Thirsty for Tea.  I was drawn in by the description of perfect southern-style chicken tenders and the traditional southern way of eating them with a little honey and… 

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Sweet & Tangy Dipping Sauce

January 4, 2015 By Dana 2 Comments

This sweet & tangy dipping sauce is the third of five sauces I served with our New Year’s Eve Southern Style Fried Chicken Strips.  On our way home from Christmas, we were googling sauce recipes and stumbled upon this one for a sweet and tangy version.  We adapted it a little as we made it… 

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Fry Sauce

January 3, 2015 By Dana 1 Comment

Have you ever been to Raising Cane’s?  We accidentally discovered it when my sister was in the hospital a few years ago.  I’d spent the night with her and once my mom came down from Ely to stay with her, Derek came down to pick me up.   It was right around dinner time – we’d… 

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Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce

January 2, 2015 By Dana 1 Comment

Chick-Fil-A first opened in Minnesota at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport, and I was so excited for my next work trip because I was totally grabbing lunch there before my flight.  Then they opened up a location in Maple Grove which is about 20 minutes from my house.  The line was SOOO long for at least… 

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Southern Style Fried Chicken Strips

January 1, 2015 By Dana 8 Comments

I love my sister-in-law Dani.  Especially when she blurts out stuff like this,“Everything Dana makes is good.” We were getting ready for our New Year’s Eve dinner and at that point all she had tasted were a some of the five sauces I made to go with our southern style chicken strips. We’ve developed a… 

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We’re two sisters whose story began at the end of a gravel road in Northern MN. We love to cook, share new recipes with each other, and are excited to share what we love to cook with you!

Hey, It's Tory! I've somewhat recently decided that cooking my own food is fun and can be healthier. I'm hoping this blog will inspire me to create healthy, tasty dishes! Learn More…

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