On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 6:16:49 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> I wrote OT because the post is about cooking, rather than about Kuthe.
>
> It was my nephew's 50th B-day celebration. We all went to a state park
> campground. I had this giant cryovac thing of pork spare ribs. I bought it frozen over a week ago, and it thawed slowly in my fridge. The grill thing
> was one of those ones with a cast iron grate, and right on the ground; it was
> essentially a fire ring, but rectangular. It was not the sort of thing you cook two big racks of ribs on. Folks there were dubious, both that it could be
> done at all, and if I would have the lasting power to accomplish it, both
> because my typical go-to-sleep time is so early, and because I was drinking
> beer.
>
> The fire was hot, and there were flames fueled by the fat from the ribs, but I
> kept at it, flipping them with a fork, and sometimes dousing the fire of
> charcoal and seasoned oak with water, but by damned I didn't make it work
> acceptably. They weren't fall-off-the-bone tender by any stretch, and there
> was a bit of burndness, but not much.
>
> I made the most of the resources that I had for cooking those ribs, and I
> brought another thing that was a hit, chip dippy salsa, which was just 3 cans
> of generic Ro-Tel, blended with 5 decent beefsteak tomatoes, a small sweet
> onion and some salt. I rode out with my son, and he got to reacquaint with
> his cousins after a few years. We've got an interesting family tree because my nephew married my wife's cousin, so my wife and I are
> great-aunt and great-uncle, respectively to their kids and she is also their first cousin, once removed. She couldn't be there because she had to work,
> but I have no doubt that the kinship ties were strengthened by this event.


Well, it was an "adventure" with the ribs, but otherwise sounds like a pretty decent time...and thanx for the quick dip recipe...

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Greg