Baylee’s Old Goat Drunk’n Raisin Sauce

While the majority of the Old Goat Line comprises fruit salsa, our favorite product is the magnificent Drunk’n Raisin Sauce. Redolent of rum and raisins (dark and gold) in a buttery orange base, this it the product we’ll buy by the case for house gifts and stocking stuffers. Thick as a compote, it is a universal accompaniment for:

• Fowl, ham and pork
• Pound cake and ice cream (either/or, or make a pound cake à la mode with Drunk’n Raisin Sauce on top and a bit of whipped cream)
• Pancakes
• Toast and English muffins

Once you taste it, you’ll come up with many more pairings.

Old Goat Fruit Salsa

The Szareks make three chunky fruit salsas with different heat levels. The ingredients are tomatoes, onions, apples, peaches, pears, green pepper, vinegar, salt and seasonings.

Vinca’s Sweet Old Goat Salsa is purely sweet, nothing spicy. It’s a good salsa for younger children who don’t like hot stuff. Otherwise, we recommend moving up to something spicier.

Violet’s Medium Old Goat Salsa adds some habañero chiles—but this is relatively mild, New York State heat, not Southwest heat. If you don’t like your salsa any hotter than mild, you’ll be happy with this.

Spike’s Hot Old Goat Salsa has more habañero and a medium heat level—and that’s fine with us. There’s a bit of a kick, yet your taste buds are preserved so you can taste the individual ingredients.

Violet’s Tomato & Basil Jam

The Szareks make a jam with tomatoes from their garden and fresh basil. We like the flavor of the jam very much, although it’s a bit too thin to be a proper bread spread. (Of course, to quote “Project Runway’s” Tim Gunn, you can make it work.)

It works better as a sauce. If you like sweet-and-sour sauce, this is (unintentionally) a gourmet approximation of it. With its sweet and savory profile, you can use it as a condiment with fish, fowl and pork, or as a dipping sauce.

The line gives new meanings to the words, “got your goat.” Get yours, and get some for gifts.