[AlaninSA]

We developed our slaw preference while we lived in North Carolina. I'm not a big fan of the "slaw" served here in Texas.

Take a fresh head of cabbage and remove the outer leaves.

Grate the cabbage on a cheese grater until you've reached the point of knuckle damage.

Take the grated cabbage and place it into a large mixing bowl.

Add a heaping tablespoon of mayo.

Add about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of white vinegar.

Add 2-3 heaping tablespoons of sugar.

Add a pinch of Kosher salt.

Take some yellow mustard (cheap French's is best) and give it a good squirt into the bowl.

Stir well.

Chill.

Serves 5-6 grownups as a side dish. Serves 10-12 grownups as a condi (instead of ketchup like "BBQ Sauce.").

[AlaninSA]

For beans, well...we're fairly lame - but our beans are altered enough that our friends think their (a)home-made and (b) that we're hiding a secret recipe when we tell them how we make them.

Take a big-ol' can of Bush's Baked Beans.

Add a couple teaspoons of camino and a sliced fresh jalepeno pepper.

Toss it all in a cast-iron pot about 45 minutes before you're ready for your BBQ turkey.

Place the pot IN THE SMOKER next to the wonderful bird you're smoking. They'll take on a sweet and wonderful cowboy flavor of smoke, camino and chiles after about 45 minutes.