Ann,

It's necessary to get my 13-year-old to eat it... Seriously, I believe some sugar is necessary to counter the salty taste of so much soy sauce. That said, a full cup of sugar is a LOT of sugar.

It's also quite good with deer meat -- nice because the deer meat doesn't have to be cooked well-done as it does with pork/bear meat which may carry trichinosis.

BTW -- Was that you I saw on Buzz Charlton's elephant hunting DVD? If so, that was one helluva an up close and personal brain shot you made. Wow!!!

Matt