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I was excited when I saw \"bottled sauce is not my thing\" thinking this would be a \"fresh\" ingredient recipe as bottled, jared, canned is not my thing either but this is just a jar of jelly melted with some lime juice????<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2016-02-29","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"shannondobos"},"reviewBody":"Outstanding! It doesn't get much easier than this. I cut up a whole chicken rather than just drumsticks and this was delicious. 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