made up a batch of lexington #1 dipping sauce to go with my pork butt tonight. Very delicious, indeed. I broke it down in half and used the highly scientific method of buying 2 ounces of pepper, measuring it, and using that as the basis for dried measurements. Who knows what this might have done to the original proportions, but i figured you gotta start somewhere. Here's how it went:

boil with 1/2 gallon water

next time i'll reduce the salt and sugar a little bit (1/8 to 1/4 cup each?)

sauce was great.. perfect compliment to pork. The idea of using it hot is so obvious, but was a big revelation to me. Keeps the meat nice and hot. Didn't get around to making slaw.. my daughter's ex and i ate the whole butt at one sitting. You can really get a lot more in when you don't fill up on space holders like a bun and slaw. Got to do it again for my wife when she gets home wednesday. Misses my butt.