what is your favorite 'all-around-sauce' (if there is such a thing) (chicken, ketchup)

[Angorlee]

When I look over the number of kinds of sauces there are it is mind boggling for someone that would like to start to get into sauces. Is there an all-around-sauce that you use for nearly everything. Maybe you can name some sauces and what you use them on. How about a sauce that you use on vegetables instead of using a dressing. Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.

[Southern man]

Originally Posted by Angorlee

When I look over the number of kinds of sauces there are it is mind boggling for someone that would like to start to get into sauces. Is there an all-around-sauce that you use for nearly everything. Maybe you can name some sauces and what you use them on. How about a sauce that you use on vegetables instead of using a dressing. Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.

CRYSTAL Hot Sauce, best there is.

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[gentlearts]

I make half mayo and half lemon juice, with fresh tarragon for fish. You can put it on before cooking, or after. The fat in the mayo keeps the fish moist.
Jezabel sauce is great for any meat..ham, chicken or whatever.

[movinon]

I use mayo with parsley and black pepper for fish but I like the idea of tarragon. I'll add that tonight when I do my Saturday fish bake.

I just looked up Jezebele sauce - sounds really good! I've never heard of it before. Thanks for expanding my horizons.

[movinon]

Deleted - double post. Sorry about that!

[magicshark]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

I make half mayo and half lemon juice, with fresh tarragon for fish. You can put it on before cooking, or after. The fat in the mayo keeps the fish moist.
Jezabel sauce is great for any meat..ham, chicken or whatever.

I LOVE Jezabel sauce. It is great on shrimp....thank you debsi! Also I like to mix it with soft cream cheese and spread that on crackers. Yum!

[tnff]

Worchester sauce. Use it in a lot of things. Or if you are looking more generally at people, probably ketchup. Either stand alone or in mixture with all sorts of other things.

[burdell]

I'd say Bechamel, it can be flavored in different ways and used as a base for other sauces.

[movinon]

Update: I added the tarragon to my mayo/parsley/pepper mixture for my fish tonight. It really perked it up. Thanks again, gentlearts, for the inspiration.

[Dogboa]

Every culture/cuisine has sauces for many dishes. It is impossible for me to narrow it down to just one. Homemade sauces, IMHO, are best, like Worcestershire, cocktail, roasted garlic tartar, black mole, Thai curry pastes and Sunday gravy are just a few of my favorites.