Cory came to me about a week ago with a proposition. We make ribs and come up with a fancy compliment to the ribs.
I was excited. With Sallie's schedule and our off duty obligations, we haven't really spent any time together, and what time we do have, we don't want to spend cooking.
So a reason to get in the kitchen and make things is something I was willing to fully embrace.
I like how Cory's mind works. He came up with the ribs idea and before any other sides were brainstormed, he wants dessert to be Oreo's baked inside of chocolate chip cookies.
So we had ribs and double cookies. I suggested an oriental salad with home made dressing, green bean casserole, and something potato related.
So Cory and I had never made ribs before. I found a dry rub recipe that we ended up modifying that had a mix for fajita seasonings and brown sugar and a few other ingredients.
We didn't want to just get ribs from anywhere. This being the centerpiece of a great meal, we wanted real, straight from a local butcher, ribs.
So skipping the boring parts, our dinner took us to the nice grocery store, the International market, and our local butcher.
I made a sweet and sour home made dressing and cut the lettuce for the oriental salad. We made some fancy French potatoes with heavy cream, black olives, and goat cheese. Something a little simple but still delicious, a green bean casserole. And Cory's cookies.
The ribs were the big question mark. Neither of us have ever made them before and it was going to take 3-4 hours to slow cook them on the grill. To complicate matters, the grill ran out of propane around the 3 hours mark, and we had to play the oven merry-go-round with essentially all of the food to get everything cooked.
Surprisingly, the meal came out fantastic. (Including the cookies) I'm now laying in bed in my underwear feeling full.
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