BUDGET STRELCR IDEAS Family Budget Squeezed? Plug In To Eat Out (NAPSA)—TIf the current economic situation has put a damper on the family’s “eating out” budget, don’t despair. It’s now a cinch to turn out foods that may taste better than anything on a restaurant menu, and with verylittle effort. The easy-to-use Masterbuilt Digital Electric Smokehouse, designed for outdoor use, features a push-button digital control panel that allows users to set the thermostat at a precise temperature, ranging from 100 to 275 degrees. A 24-hour digital timer has an automatic shutoff feature—and when the time has elapsed, the Smokehouse will keep food warm until it is removed, maintaining a tempera- ture that ensures foodsafety. Multiple racks make it easy to cook enough food for a few meals, which meansit’s a great time-saver for hectic weekdays. Cook an extra piece of salmon and use it as a tasty and healthy addition to a lunchtime salad; leftover flank steak can be thinly sliced and used for building a “mile-high” Dagwoodstyle sandwich. Smoked turkey or chicken make a mightyflavorful cold salad the second time around! All these convenient features make it possible to start the evening meal before leaving the house in the morning. A marinade-injected pork butt, a spicerubbed brisket or even luscious racks of ribs can be placed in the smoker. Adding a handful of wood chips to the side-loading wood chip tray adds a smokeflavor that can’t be beat, and by dinnertime, a melt-in-your-mouth or fallingoff-the-bone dinner can be served. Originally available in 40-inch and 30-inch models with stainless steel and black finishes, there are A home smoker can help you create great meals with little effort. now two new options. For those cooking for a smaller crowd, there is a 24-inch Tabletop model that has two cooking racks. For the outdoorsman, there is a 30-inch model that sports a REALTREE’ camouflage APG HD (All-Purpose Green High-Definition) door. This recipe for smoked pork butt will rival any restaurant meal. Smoked Pork Butt 7 % % 2 Ibs fresh pork butt tsp salt cup brown sugar Tbsp chili powder Wood chips Suggestion: apple or other fruit flavor Mix ingredients and rub onto pork butt. Cook pork for 5 hours in smoker at 225 degrees F, using wood chips during the first 3 hours. After 5 hours, remove butt and wrap in heavy foil. Cook for an additional 3 hours. Internal temperature should be 160 degrees F. For Southern-style serving, pull pork apart and serve with your favorite barbecue sauce, fresh white bread andcoleslaw.
