On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 11:16:20 AM UTC-4, wrote:

> I've never been a soft drink/soda pop fan. Much less the diet stuff
> with aspartame or stevia or whatever the heck they use these days.
> Occasionally I drink ginger ale but that's rare.

For years, I drank two or three Diet Cokes every day. Then I was
facing bone grafts for dental implants, and I said, "Do I really need
to be rinsing my teeth with phosphoric acid?" and "Am I increasing
my risk of osteoporosis?"

I stopped cold turkey. A couple of years later I needed some caffeine
and got a Diet Coke from the vending machine at work. Auggh!
It tasted terrible.

> Funny how "bowser" had never heard of country ribs, then suddenly he's
> looking at a cherry coke marinade for the same cut of meat.

Anybody can google. He acts like a refugee from alt.fast-food. It's
possible he's _just_ winding us up, but I think he's also never had
much experience with good food.

> I posted a
> tried and true (very good) recipe for marinade. There are many other
> good ones that don't involve soda pop.
>
> Oh, and the thing about the mandarin oranges in the recipe I use? Yep,
> it's food science. Citrus fruit contains enzymes which serve as a
> natural tenderizer.
>
> I'll be firing up the Weber kettle charcoal grill for those "ribs" today.

Sounds good. It's cold (44 F) and rainy here. Soon I'll start a batch
of vegetable soup. I'm still without a kitchen; I'll use the induction
hotplate outdoors so I don't drive my husband crazy with the smell
of frying onions.

Cindy Hamilton