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The Entrepreneurial Spirit is Alive and Well in Copper~by Charity Maness
Copperopolis, CA....Patty and Kenny Mosley have a dream of having their "Mosley's Memphis Sauce" becoming not only loved by all who try it (its phenomenal take my word for it) but to have it become a household name. From humble beginnings these two have managed to create a niche for themselves in this community with their excellent bar-b-que catering service complete with Patty's mother's treasured potato salad recipe and their own lip smacking, eye rolling, beg for more secret recipe rib and pulled pork sauce. (See the critique at a Bite of Calaveras.).....
Kenny and Patty Mosley
The Wonders of
A premonition in the form of a dream that I would meet the love of my life, led me to apply for work at the Lake Alpine Lodge on Hwy 4. We met each other while employed there in the summer of 2003. Kenny was a chef there after having been a chef of 7 years for his mother’s hotel in Groveland. I was working the store and cabins, taking a sabbatical from a home health job I had been doing for 5 years. I had been on a ship on the Caribbean, searching the world over for my true love. I arrived empty handed with my hair up in corn rows, wearing a flowered summer dress when he first laid eyes on me. We were introduced in the walk in refrigerator which would later be the site of some really warm kisses.
Our first date was at Woods Creed Café for breakfast, a Terminator 2 matinee, and a junk yard parts run. Our first kiss was in the parking lot at Woods Creek on July 25th. Kenny wanted to get married right away. I made him wait for two years to the day. We married on the anniversary of our first kiss; which happened to be a Monday (not the best day for a wedding). But, it was what I promised. We got married by the lake side on July 25, 2005. The pictures are just spectacular!
We went to Memphis where my 4 children had been born to “wrap up some loose ends” from a previous marriage. While there I said, “There is a world famous rib joint I want you to check out.” So down the back alley and into a basement we went where Rendezvous Ribs had been in business since the mid 1950s. There were class pictures including Elvis Presley. Kenny studied them closely to see if his mother’s picture was there as she had attended the same high school. That was when I found out that Kenny had roots in the Mid South too. His dad is from Columbia, Tennessee and his mom is from Memphis where I had spent 10 formative years bearing and raising children. Coincidences seem to thread through my memoirs.
We were served plates full of long bone ribs, by servers who were having a whole lot of fun. Kenny thoughtfully gnawed on the thready bones then exclaimed, “These ribs are junk!” I said, “How can you say that? They are world famous and have been doing this for five decades!” “Call me an ‘uppity chef’ if you will,” he replied, “but, when we get home I will fix you some of MY ribs!”
When I tasted His world class recipe, I exclaimed, “If they can make a living selling those ribs, you can make a killing!” I started having dreams of opening a restaurant or somehow putting Kenny’s magic to work. But, restaurants being what they are, we wound up going to work as a mechanic and nursing assistant. In the mean time, we perfected the rib rub and rib glaze and an old family recipe we call Memphis Sauce.
Kenny’s great Aunt Dora Simmons who lived in Memphis during the 1930s wrote an awesome pulled pork recipe which the family cherishes to this day. We found a co-packer, approved a prototype, and designed a label with Aunt Dora’s picture on it. Our first release will be Mosley’s Memphis Sauce which is a hot and slightly sweet sauce that will rival ketchup! It is an oniony sauce with enough chili and pepper flakes to light up your mouth. It was originally written as a pulled pork recipe. But, it is good on breakfast burritos, French fries, hot dogs or whatever you want to add some serious flavor to.
The Memphis Sauce and the Rib Glaze are now complete, approved by FDA and our own copyrights. All we have to do is throw some money at it and “we’re off and running!” These products can be drop shipped to any place in the United States. We will be doing our own distribution on the West Coast.
We cater locally and have been critically reviewed by an expert food critique who loves my potato salad. I can credit my mother for teaching me the basics of food preparation and gave me a wonderful potato salad recipe. We are Serve Safe Certified and approved for public food production through the Tuolumne County Department of Environmental Health. We have our resale license and Mosley Foods is now a reality.
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