BBQed Mullet with Grandma Simmons’ Sweet BBQ Sauce
I remember this BBQ sauce from my earliest childhood. It was used for chicken and sometimes other meats like pork or beef but the thing I remember the most is barbecued mullet. Yes, that is a fish and they are indigenous to the warm waters around the Gulf of Mexico. I can remember my grandfather digging a hole out under a big grapefruit tree in his back yard, lighting a fire in it and when the coals were ready putting a grill over the coals and placing the mullet on to cook and painting them with this wonderful BBQ sauce. I would squat by the fire and breathe in the wonderful smell of those fish cooking with this special sauce on them. Here’s how to prepare this very old time Florida dish.