NC Red Barbeque Sauce

For the hot sauce, you can use Tabasco, but Texas Pete is a North Carolina brand, made in my wife’s hometown of Winston-Salem, so I always use that. Makes about 2 cups.

• 1 ½ cups cider vinegar
• ½    cup ketchup
• 1     tablespoon paprika
• 2     teaspoons dry mustard powder
• 2     teaspoons hot sauce
• 1     teaspoon salt
• 1     teaspoon red pepper flakes

Put the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil, and let simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside to cool.