"Bobs yer uncle" > wrote in message
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> On Nov 19, 6:32 pm, "David V. Loewe, Jr" >
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:21:53 -0500, "The Ghost of Edward M.
>> Kennedy"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >"Bobs yer uncle" > wrote
>>
>> >> > >A few years back, someone posted a recipe for microwaved
>> >> > >ribs that was
>> >> > > a classic. All I remember was that it involved using a
>> >> > > cherry Kool
>> >> > > Aid rub to overcome the inevitably gray color the ribs
>> >> > > took on. Can't
>> >> > > find it on Google--anyone remember?
>>
>> >> > Still no recipe! Doesn't anyone remember it?
>> >> This isn't exactly it, but what I've tried from memory--you
>> >> take some
>> >> ribs, like those country style ones that are already cut up
>> >> for you,
>> >> and you boil them in some water with a little salt, meat
>> >> tenderizer
>> >> and Accent (tm) then you put them in the microwave until
>> >> they start to
>> >> sing, and curl up a little. Then you put your "rub" which is
>> >> made of
>> >> cherry Kool-Aid (the trick is to use the name brand
>> >> Kool-Aid, no cheap
>> >> imitation "knock offs") some seasoning salt and some Liquid
>> >> Smoke,
>> >> then you crisp them up nicely under the broiler (that's the
>> >> top heater
>> >> in your oven), serve with a nice BBQ sauce like Kraft's
>> >> (again spend
>> >> the extra money on the "real thing") and enjoy!!!!
>>
>> >> I like to serve them with Van De Kamp's baked beans and
>> >> sometimes I'll
>> >> splurge and buy an extra large container of cole slaw from
>> >> Kroger's.
>>
>> >I'm kinda partial to Bush's baked beans. This is sorta like
>> >Coke
>> >and Pepsi.
>>
>> >> PS: If the ribs are too chewy, it means you haven't boiled
>> >> them long
>> >> enough.
>> ><
>> ><Forgot to mention that you just use the unsweetened Kool-Aid
>> >powder,
>>
>> >That was pretty clear already. Putting the Kool-Aid drink on
>> >ribs
>> >would be just plain silly.
>>
>> Why not just put red food coloring on?
>>
>> >I'll probably try the recipe this weekend and if I do, I'll
>> >post the
>> >results to the chatrooms.
>>
>> --
>> "He who made kittens put snakes in the grass"
>> Ian Anderson
>
> But red food coloring won't react with the mycoglobin the way
> that
> Kool-Aid does.

What happened to using Saltpeter for maintaining the color of
meat?

--
Nonny

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Congressman's mouth?

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