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caa74 - 07 Mar 2004 22:50 GMT The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas?
Christi 208/202/160
Jean M. - 07 Mar 2004 23:28 GMT >The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought >some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way >I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > >Christi >208/202/160 Yum. I cook them on the stove with some sauerkraut. You can also bake them and use some lc bbq sauce. My mother used a pressure cooker. Yikes.
Cailleachschilde - 08 Mar 2004 00:09 GMT >Yum. I cook them on the stove with some sauerkraut. You can also bake >them and use some lc bbq sauce. My mother used a pressure cooker. >Yikes. You can also use a crockpot (slow cooker).
Yvonne
Mike - 07 Mar 2004 23:48 GMT Well, if you want melt in your mouth ribs do this:
Cut them up in chunks so there are about 4 ribs per slab and put them in a pressure cooker, yup a pressure cooker. Add about 1/2 cup of water and maybe some celery and carrots for hidden flavours. Cook for about 20 to 30 minutes in pressure cooker. When done, cool cooker and open to reveal ribs.
Now, place ribson a baking pan and put on some BBQ sauce or whatever other LC rub you may have.
Broil in oven on each side unitl brown and serve.
Hmmmm yummy. The pressure cooker makes the meat so sweet and soft, it falls off the bone. The broiler adds the nice crispy browning that makes ribs sooooo good.
Cheers,
Mike
> The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought > some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way > I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > > Christi > 208/202/160 Bear - 08 Mar 2004 04:49 GMT You can get the same results by parboiling them if you don't have a pressure cooker. I boil them in salted water and through in some garlic, pepper and some herbs. Boil for about an hour. Thow them in a hot oven and bake them. Use some LC barbeque sauce as suggested. MM MM good.
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> Well, if you want melt in your mouth ribs do this: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Christi > > 208/202/160 caa74 - 08 Mar 2004 05:33 GMT > You can get the same results by parboiling them if you don't have a pressure > cooker. I boil them in salted water and through in some garlic, pepper and [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Mike Yumm - thanks for all the ideas! I might have to go out and buy more ribs now!
christi
Miss Jean - 08 Mar 2004 00:28 GMT > The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought > some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way > I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > > Christi > 208/202/160 Are they bone-in or boneless? I cook the bonless variety in my rotisserie fairly often, and all I season them with is some garlic pepper salt. Just put em in the basket, and "rotiss" them till done. Fabulous just like that.
Miss Jean
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Curt - 08 Mar 2004 13:12 GMT You can have ribs without carbs by using dry rubs instead or barbecue sauce. This includes spices such as salt, pepper, paprika, chile powders, garlic powder, etc. Check out books by Stephen Raichlen or go to the foodtv.com site for specific recipes.
Curt
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> > The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought > > some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > 282/275/140 by the time I'm 40. I'm 5'3". Kaye - 08 Mar 2004 09:54 GMT Ribs, easy and very forgiving.
I used to cook them like this
Boil them untill they are almost done, about half an hour. While they are boiling, put oil and various herbs and spices in a sturdy zip loc bag, big enought to hold the ribs. Ginger, chillie, garlic, cumin whatever comes to hand, you get the picture.
When you are done boiling the ribs, put them into the bag while the ribs are still hot, with the oil and herbs (a little vinegar works really well), leave the ribs to cool turning over the bag every now and then.
Either when the ribs are cool, or when you are ready, like the next day, you can throw them into the oven using the marinate to baste the ribs. These are good on the BBQ or on the George.
Kaye
PJx - 08 Mar 2004 12:51 GMT >Ribs, easy and very forgiving. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Kaye What's a George?
Phantom2 - 08 Mar 2004 13:22 GMT Cut them into 4-5 rib slabs. Sprinkle with salt and pepper or some dry rub. Bake in the oven at 200F for seven hours. When they are done, take them out and put in your sauce of choice and let them marinate in that until you are ready to finish them off. Either BBQ them or bake them for about 1/2 hour. Very tender and tasty.
Robin
Bear - 08 Mar 2004 13:55 GMT I like this idea. I've done that with a chicken but never ribs. I'll give it a try. Thanks!
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> Cut them into 4-5 rib slabs. Sprinkle with salt and pepper or some dry rub. > Bake in the oven at 200F for seven hours. When they are done, take them out [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Robin Kaye - 08 Mar 2004 18:25 GMT JD - 08 Mar 2004 15:35 GMT If you're serious about ribs and BBQ in general, get yourself a Weber Smoky Mountain smoker and get yourself over to www.virtualweberbullet.com . With this setup you can produce world class Q in your own backyard. Whatever you do though, *please* don't boil your ribs and call it bbq.
JD
> Ribs, easy and very forgiving. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Kaye Bear - 08 Mar 2004 23:10 GMT Parboiling ribs is perfectly acceptable and preferable to tough stringy ribs.
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> If you're serious about ribs and BBQ in general, get yourself a Weber Smoky > Mountain smoker and get yourself over to www.virtualweberbullet.com . With [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > Kaye Evelyn Ruut - 09 Mar 2004 00:08 GMT > Parboiling ribs is perfectly acceptable and preferable to tough stringy > ribs. Bear, what I generally do is bake them covered with foil at a very low heat till they are very tender. Then I remove them from the oven, and grill them with sauce.
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Bear - 09 Mar 2004 00:25 GMT Sounds good Evelyn. How long do you bake them? I parboil them because it reduces the overall cooking time. I'm sure they'd be better the way you describe because boiling things does pull some of the flavor. I think on the weekend I'm going to try the 200 for 7 hours but I'd like to be able to make them during the week sometime. Tony LOVES ribs.TIA.
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> > Parboiling ribs is perfectly acceptable and preferable to tough stringy > > ribs. > > Bear, what I generally do is bake them covered with foil at a very low heat > till they are very tender. Then I remove them from the oven, and grill > them with sauce. JD - 09 Mar 2004 06:49 GMT I suppose that depends on whether you know how good a properly smoked rack of ribs can be. I find it hard to believe that someone from a city with such culinary sophistication would espouse parboiling ribs. In places like Memphis, St. Louis, Charlotte and other BBQ Meccas, merely uttering the word "parboil" would get you lynched. Then again, what the Hell do I know, I've only been judging competitive BBQ for 10 years and I've never experienced "tough stringy ribs". If yours are tough and stringy you probably tried to grill them like a steak instead of smoking them low and slow.
JD
> Parboiling ribs is perfectly acceptable and preferable to tough > stringy ribs. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> >>> Kaye jpatti - 09 Mar 2004 12:40 GMT > I suppose that depends on whether you know how good a properly smoked rack > of ribs can be. I find it hard to believe that someone from a city with such [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > JD For *real* ribs, yeah. But... for country-style ribs, which are a fairly cheap cut of meat, you have to do *something* besides just grill them.
I did some in the crockpot recently and they came out awfully greasy with unpleasant chunks of fat. Also did some with a dry rub slowly roasted recently too, much better than the crockpot, but still not really yummy.
Given that they *are* so cheap, there's tons of them in my freezer and I have to figure out something better. I'm thinking of doing a slow-cook method to start (crockpot, slow roast or parboil) and then broiling them with low-carb barbecue sauce for a finish.
Thoughts?
Emil Luca - 09 Mar 2004 19:06 GMT http://www.chefscatalog.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?cmCat=search&itemId=cprod2300034 Best stove top smoker you can use. It makes great ribs and Canadian bacon or even smoked beef briskets. Low and slow heat in the oven works in the winter time. Low and slow stove top in the summer.
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> > I suppose that depends on whether you know how good a properly smoked rack > > of ribs can be. I find it hard to believe that someone from a city with such [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Thoughts? Jean B. - 13 Mar 2004 22:39 GMT > http://www.chefscatalog.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?cmCat=search&itemId=cprod2300034 > Best stove top smoker you can use. It makes great ribs and Canadian bacon > or even smoked beef briskets. Low and slow heat in the oven works in the > winter time. Low and slow stove top in the summer. Any tips on using the Cameron stovetop smoker? I've had one for a long time and never used it.
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Bear - 09 Mar 2004 14:46 GMT The problem is for everyday cooking it's not always possible to put ribs in a smoker and cook them for hours until they are tender enough to eat. I'm not disagreeing with you about the best ribs. I'm just trying to give some practical advice to someone who said they have no idea what to do with ribs. Also, yeah this is a big sophisticated city. Where many people live in victorian flats with no access to a yard or even a balcony. Where would you suggest they put the smoker?
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> I suppose that depends on whether you know how good a properly smoked rack > of ribs can be. I find it hard to believe that someone from a city with such [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >>> > >>> Kaye JD - 09 Mar 2004 15:03 GMT You have a point; urban BBQ can be a challenge even if you have a balcony. Between fire regulations and PC types who get offended by the aroma of hickory smoke and cooking meat, smoking your own loses its shine. For people that *do* have a place to use a smoker, the Weber Smoky Mountain and the website I mentioned can be a great tool and a lot of fun. Couple it with a vacuum sealer and you can do whole pork shoulders, packer cut briskets or 8 racks and freeze some for another time.
JD
> The problem is for everyday cooking it's not always possible to put > ribs in a smoker and cook them for hours until they are tender enough [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Kaye diane - 09 Mar 2004 15:41 GMT We always steam the ribs till cooked in broth, water and smoke seasoning- beer- your choice. Then put it on the coals or smoker to finish cooking. this can be done while the coals are getting hot. Ribs are always tender this way and good insurance that meat like chicken is at least cooked throughout.
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> You have a point; urban BBQ can be a challenge even if you have a balcony. > Between fire regulations and PC types who get offended by the aroma of [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>> Kaye JD - 09 Mar 2004 15:59 GMT I guess I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to Q. Apparently the parboiling school of bbq has more adherents than I'd have previously thought. If that's your tradition and you enjoy it, more power to ya but I'm willing to bet that if you tasted both side by side you'd never parboil again. While this method requires some time (4-5 hours for ribs, 12 for a packer cut brisket) it's pretty much a hands off affair requiring very little tending. A little more involved than plugging in a crockpot but worth the effort I think.
JD
> We always steam the ribs till cooked in broth, water and smoke > seasoning- beer- your choice. Then put it on the coals or smoker to [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kaye diane - 09 Mar 2004 16:20 GMT I'm a purist, spending time in Texas and South Carolina and really scoffed at the thought of steaming till I tried it. I can't remember why I bent the rules- maybe I was in a hurry or something. I otherwise do have a pot of water in my closed barbeque. I have the big black one with the smoke stack. In the north here I like oak & maple wood
I tried the pressure cooker( this isn't barbeque), but ended up serving pork sandwiches- its a real art to get the time just right, but man it tenderizes meat fast.
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> I guess I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to Q. Apparently the parboiling > school of bbq has more adherents than I'd have previously thought. If that's [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Kaye Bear - 09 Mar 2004 15:48 GMT I say that I love a lot of foods, but real barbque is right up there at the top of my list. It's very hard to find here. We have only 2 good barbque places in the city. Both only take out. You can smell them from a block away. MMMMM.
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> You have a point; urban BBQ can be a challenge even if you have a balcony. > Between fire regulations and PC types who get offended by the aroma of [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>> Kaye JD - 09 Mar 2004 16:13 GMT That's why I'm so stoked on the WSM. When I moved to the PNW from Florida I got the Q jones pretty bad. The only way to get it right was to do it myself. Nowadays BBQ is the fastest growing genre of restaurant. Now and then you can even find a good one.
JD
> I say that I love a lot of foods, but real barbque is right up there > at the top of my list. It's very hard to find here. We have only 2 [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kaye Scionyx - 08 Mar 2004 18:42 GMT I did some recently this way in a crockpot:
2-3 onions, peeled and cut in half (trim ends, but leave enough so they stay together.) 5-6 ribs. (I don't remember how much they weighed, but good size. probably
>5-lbs.) 1 bottle CarbOptions Asian Teryiyaki Marinade
I used a 6-qt oval crock. A roaster, etc. would as well, or a large roasting pan for the oven.
Line the bottom of the crock with the onions. (Just to keep the meat off the bottom.)
Add a layer of ribs, pour on some of the sauce. Continue with another layer of ribs and sauce. I think I had two good layers and had to squeeze them in a bit. :-)
Set on low and cook for 6 hours or more, until the meat easily separates from the bone and/or falls apart.
That's it! No additional liquids or anything. Could user any other type of lo carb sauce/BBQ, or whever you want. Don't need to use a whole bottle of the sauce either... Also wish I had thrown in some whole garlic cloves, peeled.
You could also brown/sear the meat before adding to the crock. When I do a pot roast that way, I add some other veggies to the pan, deglaze and add all the pan juices to the crock. Many variations.
HTH
Steve
> The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought > some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way > I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > > Christi > 208/202/160 Kevin Martin (Homebrewer) - 09 Mar 2004 02:24 GMT > The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought > some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way > I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > > Christi > 208/202/160 Use spices of you rchoice to make a dry rub, then bake them in the overn covered for about 2 hrs at 350. uncover them and bake another 30 minutes, then broil the last 5 minutes to get some good eating.
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Lee Rodgers - 09 Mar 2004 22:42 GMT >The local grocery store had country style ribs on sale, so I bought >some. Now, any good suggestions on how to cook them?? The only way >I've ever had them was barbecued, but I don't have a bbq. Other ideas? > >Christi >208/202/160 Please don't parboil ribs. Pretty please! :)
Country style ribs are a tender cut of meat even though they are inexpensive. All that fat makes them tender and tasty. Slice them off the bone and cut into chunks for an excellent stir fry meat that makes a rich gravy without a need for flour or thickener. Or take the chunks and make a pork stew with a bit of onion, a touch of carrot and some celery. When either the stir fry or stew is done add a big bunch of Bok Choy to the pot and let it steam the greens until tender to taste. Enjoy.
Alternatively, cut the meat into thin strips and fry like bacon or pork chops. Throw boneless strips onto a George Foreman grill for quick juicy slabs O' pork. If the strips are too thick you'll have to flip them over for a more even cooking. Or just treat them like a pork roast and cook them in the oven. Non Dolly Domestics can use a cook in bag. HTH
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