Fried Dr. Pepper Ribs

Fried Dr. Pepper Ribs?  Who wouldn't want to try them?  I mean, seriously, Dr. Pepper and Ribs.  What's to lose?  This actually sounds really good to me.  I'm going to have to try this some time.


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INGREDIENTS:

For the ribs and rub

• 2 full racks pork spare or baby back ribs, silverskin removed
• 4 tablespoons smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 1 tablespoon herbs de provance
• 2 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar (substitute brown sugar)
• 1 can of Dr Pepper
• 2 cups peanut oil

For the Sauce

• 2 cans Dr Pepper
• 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce (found in the Asian sections in most super markets)
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 3 – 4 drops Sriracha sauce

PREPARATION:

1. Mix the dry rub ingredients together and rub into the racks of ribs on both sides. Marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours, or preferably, over night.
2. Preheat oven to 325°F. Place the ribs on a wire rack in a roasting pan then pour a can of Dr Pepper into the bottom of the pan. Cover with foil and cook for 1 1/2 hours. At this point check to see if the meat easily pulls away from the bone. You will most likely need to cook them for about another 30 minutes but this all depends on your oven. Just make sure to get them nice and tender.
3. Meanwhile let’s make the sauce. Reduce the 2 remaining cans of Dr Pepper in a medium saucepan over high heat to about 1/2 cup. It will be just a bit syrupy. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining sauce ingredients.
4. When the ribs are done and somewhat cooled, cut into individual ribs and transfer them to a large bowl. Add about 1/3 of the sauce mixture and gently toss the ribs to coat them with the sauce.  I say gently because if you were successful at getting them super tender, they will break apart if you are too aggressive with them now. Heat the peanut oil in a large pot over medium heat. Just hot enough to gently fry the ribs to crisp them up a bit. Fry each rib separately because they crisp up very quickly. About 5 – 6 seconds per side then transfer to paper towels to drain. Next return the fired ribs to the bowl and add another 1/3 of the sauce and gently toss again. Serve warm along with the remaining sauce for dipping.
Serves 2 – 4
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Molohia (Egypt) adapted from A Taste of Africa

There is a website, that contains a bunch of recipes from around the world.  This I love, because it's the closes thing I can get to another country without having to leave my own.  Though, I'll eventually leave my own for various reasons, food being one of them, this is the next best thing for those who can't.

Molohia (Egypt)   adapted from A Taste of Africa

Ingredients	1 Pound Fresh Spinach -- washed & chopped 2 Chicken Breast -- diced 1 Large Onion -- diced Salt And Pepper -- to taste 1/2 Cup Water 2 Tablespoons Butter 10 Cloves Garlic 2 Tablespoons Coriander 1 Cup Rice -- cooked 1 Tablespoon Vinegar Hot Pita Bread -- cut into triangles
Directions	1. Combine meat, salt, pepper, onion, water and boil. 2. Smmer until meat is tender. 3. Add spinach, boil 5 minutes. 4. Saute garlic & coriander in butter in another pan, 1 minutes. 5. Combine. 6. When ready to serve rice stir in the vinegar. 7. Serve mixture in pitas, with rice as accompaniment.
Serves	4
Time to Make	0:00

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Rewards of Growing a Garden

I've always wanted to grow a garden.  While I have planted a few seeds, I've never really took care of a garden that well.  Any of the successful gardens we've always had, was because of my parents.  But, this post isn't actually about How to Garden.  This post is about the rewards of Gardening.

So, what are the rewards?  The rewards can be numerous.

- Fresh Food When You Want It.

- Healthier Living and a Healthier Body.

- Better Tasting Food.

- You Know What It's Your Food.

- The Satisfaction Knowing You Have A Valuable Survival Skill.

I'm sure other people can think of several more benefits/rewards of Gardening.  These are just the surface of it.  One of the great things I love about Gardening is the Freshness of the Food you get from it.  This is the "KEY" to any good meal.  The Freshness and Quality of the food, more so than the Food itself.  Technique more so than the Food itself.

Have you ever planted a garden?  Was it successful?  Heck, have you ever even had Fresh food?  Many Americans don't even know what Fresh Food taste like.  They assume that the food they get from the supermarket is fresh.  I hate to tell you this, but it's not.  They pick those foods before they even ripe and then they have to ship them here.  So, often times, the food is what we call green when it's picked.

It amazes me all the time, when someone has Fresh Fruit for the first time.  "It's so good.  Not like that store bought stuff."  The expression on their face, is usually one of shock/surprise.  Yet, people still buy all this produce, and vegetables from Mass Produced farms, that has no nutritional value.  Ok, it has some nutritional value, but not as much as it should.  I'd recommend buying from farmers markets.  Or growing your own.  If you don't have the time to grow your own food, then buy Organic.

"But Organic is so expensive."  Not really.  How many of you are sitting there with a 40" Big Screen TV?  How many of you are sitting there with a Cell Phone and have to pay at least $50-$100 per month?  How many of you are paying at least $50 a month to the cable company.  If you have Internet through them, you're paying more than that.  My point is, we tend to put emphasis on the quality of products we have, but fail to put emphasis on the quality of food that goes into our bodies.  And Americans wonder why they're fat.