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Our Very Favorite Chicken Barbecue Sauce

This has been a favorite in our family since 1942. I grew up during the Great Depression and we lived by the slogan: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!” I will celebrate my 93rd birthday and have much to be thankful for.

2 sticks all-sweet margarine
1 cup fresh lemon juice (or bottled Real Lemon juice)
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (shake well)
1 teaspoon salt

Melt ingredients together and start basting when chicken is about halfway cooked. Check often. Continue basting and turning chicken until fork tender and golden brown.

For the chicken it’s best to use medium to low heat, covered charcoal fire—not hot fire. Watch and check often. Cook 1 to 1 1/2 hours, depending on size or amount of chicken. Also good on chicken wings. Delicious served hot, cold for picnics or on leftover chicken the next day.

Wilma Barrows, Hamilton, NJ, Central EMC

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