Sometimes You Just Have to Have Ribs

   Like most of the world we are trying to get our eating habits back on tract after the heaviness of holiday gatherings, but sometimes you just have to have ribs. This Sunday was one of those times. Slathered in home canned sauce and let work in a crock pot overnight ribs tantalized our senses as we prepared for services..and lured us home afterward.

Simply Short Ribs

3 lbs ribs (I have beef short ribs here)
Barbeque sauce (I used 1 pint jar of home canned)
Worchestershire
Water
Salt
Drizzle of honey

Once rinsed an patted dry, sprinkle salt over the ribs and place in the crock pot. Generously coat with Worcestershire before pouring on barbeque sauce. Fill the jar about half way with water and add to the pot. Give them a final drizzle of honey before setting to low for a long overnight cooking.

  It just isn't proper to serve your ribs without a good batch of mashed potatoes, yet in our house there is some debate over smooth mashed verses lumpy chunks. The husband wins; six hearty potatoes cooked to fork tender and drained are given a bit of salt and pepper and a half stick of butter before making them a chunky mashed mess. Paired with some home canned green beans the meal is hot and ready.

   While this may not have been the leanest or most health conscious meal..it wasn't the worst. Everything was home grown and home butchered, made from scratch and eaten in proper proportion..so it could have been worse. 

    Now it's your turn..do you have those times when you just have to have ribs? How do you cook them?