{"id":4053,"date":"2018-02-24T16:12:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2018-09-17T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T23:40:08","slug":"the-perfect-brazilian-wing-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4053","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Brazilian Wing Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

S<\/strong>everal months ago I helped the Marines host a Wingfest to raise money.\u00a0 I supplied several bottles of the hot sauce used in the original Buffalo recipe thanks to Terese, who had the foresight to put two cases of the magical stuff in our household shipment.<\/p>\n

When the Marines sold the wings, only the Americans and a few brave Brazilians dug in.\u00a0 If you remember from some of my earlier posts, the Brazilians are not into spicy food.\u00a0 Not even black pepper.\u00a0 So last Monday, being President\u2019s Day, I decided to spend some time coming up with a Brazilian-wing sauce recipe.<\/p>\n

I put a package of wings in the air fryer to cook and looked through my cabinets to see what all I could come up with.\u00a0 There was a bottle of raspberry vinaigrette dressing with an expiration date of June 2010, but it still had the proper color.\u00a0 And a bottle of Kraft\u2019s Original<\/em> BBQ sauce, dated sometime in 2011.\u00a0 I had a bottle of Texas balsamic vinegar given to me by a boss about 4 years ago, and I also found some Texas olive oil.<\/p>\n

Now I must tell you, there is a gentleman at the Consulate, who along with his wife loves cooking.\u00a0 They produce an abundance of food at any setting they prepare.\u00a0 He told me, “Hot wing sauce is easy to make.\u00a0 Take any hot sauce, add vinegar and oil and Voila<\/em>!”<\/p>\n

So I figure I could take anything, add vinegar and oil and Voila<\/em>!\u00a0 I could see my future where the City of Sao Paulo would have a parade in my honor for creating the perfect wing sauce for Brazilians.\u00a0 The recipe would go \u201cviral\u201d and I would reject any idea of patenting it, instead giving it to all mankind (and womankind).\u00a0 Even the small town where I was born in Texas would have a Main Street parade in my honor.\u00a0 Both blocks would be lined with my fellow Texans and we would end up at the Knights of Columbus Hall for drinks.<\/p>\n

Well \u2026 the best laid plans often go awry.<\/p>\n

I mixed the raspberry vinaigrette with some Texas olive oil and I notice strange flakes in the sauce, and the smell was not as enticing as I had hoped.\u00a0 So, I put the mixture in the microwave to \u201cmeld\u201d.\u00a0 Within the 20 seconds in the microwave, I realized this was not going to be the mixture I had hoped for.\u00a0 There is nothing I can compare to the smell of the \u2018melded\u2019 mixture.\u00a0 It had turned into a slightly jelled mud and I quickly placed it in the sink and flushed it down with bleach.<\/p>\n

I turned my attention to the 7-year-old BBQ sauce and decided it needed some hard liquor.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s have a quick side note here.\u00a0 Several years ago in Ankara, Terese took a flight home for a week and I decided to pamper myself with the perfect steak.\u00a0 I went to the commissary at the local air base and pick a small flawless medallion steak and marinated it overnight in whiskey.\u00a0 I did not want to use any of my good whiskey, so I choose a cheap bottle that I only offer to people who don\u2019t know what good whiskey is.<\/p>\n

After the marination, I placed it gently on a grill and cooked it to a perfect medium.\u00a0 Laying with a large baked potato and a salad with Ranch dressing, it minded me of a Rembrandt painting.<\/p>\n

The salad was refreshing.\u00a0 The potato was delicious.\u00a0 And the steak tasted like the cheap whiskey. \u00a0I did not finish it.<\/p>\n

So, with that lesson learned I decided to use good liquor, and this time I chose Captain Morgan rum.<\/p>\n

I mixed the ingredients together and proceeded to taste.\u00a0 It was acceptable.\u00a0 I dare say the Brazilians would approve, and it was decided by a majority vote, this is what I will use at the next Marine Wingfest.\u00a0 … along with the original Buffalo sauce for the crazy Americans.<\/p>\n

It may not make me famous among the Brazilians, or the townsfolk of my birth, but will suffice in bringing the Brazilians together with the Americans who like hot spicy food.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, upon my demise when I arrive at the Pearly Gates, the kind gentleman with the white beard and flowing robe will say to me, \u201cOh, you\u2019re the guy who made the perfect wing sauce for the Brazilians.\u00a0 Yeah, I hear of you often!\u00a0 Come on in and report to the kitchen immediately.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

With my luck they will hand me a list of things to do, with the first being, Empty the kitchen trash<\/em>, and ending with C Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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