I was going to write a wonderful dissertation on
Thanksgiving and all its treasures, legends, and folklore. Bah. Patty and I
will enjoy BBQd spareribs on the Weber with a rub that I have made for years,
and some BBQ sauce that will rip your knickers. While the ribs are cooking,
we’ll be eating a dozen or so oysters on the half shell. That’s tradition.
The rub is equal parts black pepper, white pepper, and
cayenne pepper. It will have considerable granulated garlic and smoked hot
paprika mixed in. Colorful and tasty when generously rubbed into the pork.
Don’t mess with those baby back ribs. Get the full slab of meat and bone, the
ones that lap over the edges of the Weber grill.
I like to use hickory or apple wood chunks, well soaked, for
the smoke. Put the charcoal to the sides, not directly under where the meat
will be. When the charcoal has a covering of white ash, put the chunks in and
let them catch on fire really good. Then, with the top vent closed, put the lid
on to put out the flames. Only takes a few seconds. Open the lid, open the
vent, put the ribs in and get that cover back on before the flames return. If
that doesn’t drive your neighbors nuts, nothing will.
When the smoke dies off, open the lid and mop on the BBQ
sauce. Whooooeeee, pardner, this is Thanksgiving. My sauce is pretty simple.
Pint of home-canned stewed tomatoes, half a yellow onion, cut up bell pepper,
any color, three Jalapeños, seeds in, quarter cup of molasses, three cloves
garlic, chopped, Tblspn hot smoked paprika, and a pint of Kentucky bourbon. Put one quarter cup
of bourbon in sauce, drink the rest as the day progresses.
Put all the ingredients in a sauce pan, bring to a boil,
cover and simmer on low for about forty five minutes. Let it cool, and put in
blender to puree. Better make two batches.
It will take about three hours for the ribs to cook, maybe
four if it’s a real honker of a slab, and you will want to mop that sauce on
several times. The meat should simply fall off the bones. Some people want
veggies or taters or things with supper. Why?
After we have collected a platter full of bare bones, I’ll
smile at Patty, she’ll smile back, and we’ll probably fall fast asleep in our
rockers. When we awaken, there will be large wedges of sweet potato pie served,
possibly with great dollops of home whipped cream.
Happy Thanksgiving to you from us.
Until next time, read good books and stay regular.
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Or Tweet with me, darlin’?
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