ViLco wrote:
> "Dave Bugg" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>> Since I am italian I never used a sweet and sour rub on ribs, ....snip
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>> Since I am American, and have done ribs personally and professionally,
>> I have never used (nor have hear of) a 'sweet and sour' rub. Sweet and
>> sour rub is not a bbq thing, nor is it an American thing. Typical
>> American bbq uses many savory dry herbs and spices, with perhaps a bit
>> of 'sweet' if something like brown sugar is added to the rub. I don't
>> even think I would like a 'sweet and sour rub'; it sounds like it
>> would turn out something akin to some sort of potato chip flavoring.
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> I worded it badly, the idea was "a sauce both savoury and sweet". Many
> recipes for ribs that I have seen used sugar in the sauce to put on ribs
> during cooking. That's what I did mean. Thanks for the correction

I have attempted versions of what you might call a "sweet and sour" rub.

Sugar based rub + citric acid powder

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