Baby Back Ribs

Lou whipped this up for dinner last night for himself: 

I'm not going to pretend I know much about what he did to it... but here's what I do know:

1 can pinto beans - drain juice into sauce pan

1 can black beans - drain juice into the same sauce pan

Put beans in Dinosaur BBQ sauce (to taste)

Use bean juice and water to boil white rice, season with cilantro and paprika, cook and serve rice.

Season baby back pork ribs with salt and pepper, sear sides. 

Put beans, pork, and add more BBQ sauce to a dutch oven. Cook until pork is finished.

Try not to eat all in one sitting :-)

Jack Daniels (and DR. PEPPER) Ribs

Sometimes, we go down to the Italian Market on 9th Street in South Philly.

Sometimes, we buy massive amounts of meat there.

All of the times, Lou does incredible things with them.

 Sauce ribs were braised in.

These ribs were not truly braised.  Braising is a longer process that involves rendering juices, cooking aromatics in the juices, removing nasty bits.... I didn't do that.  I whipped up a marinade using vinegar, generous seasonings, and some sweated veggies.  My mindset was: vinegar smells like death, add flavorizers to clear death and make way for the flavor angels.

Also, Dr. Pepper was on the scene, healed many of my tastebuds and tenderized many-a-rib.

This time, it was ribs. 

Garnished with carrots and parsley, 

and served with steamed brocolli with a dash of white pepper.

My life, it doesn't get any more delicious.

I should have made more broccoli, these ribs were freakin' amazing though.

Another success :) 

Obviously, there were no leftovers.

Patty (smells(good))