That was some good eatin

Well folks, I'm happy to say that we (Alma and I) just finished eating some ribs from the hog in the previous post. That was some of the best ribs I've eaten in quite some time. I've attached a picture of the leftovers. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but that's alright. I wish I could take credit for making them, but all the credit goes to my beautiful wife. Without her I'd weigh about 100 lbs., but she is one excellent cook.

About 2 years ago she experimented with some deer and hog ribs. She put them in a convection oven at about 250 degrees and cooked them all day with some barbecue sauce. Well when Rob gave me that hog that you see in the previous post, I kept the ribs also. We have the whole pig in the deep freeze and yesterday thawed out 7 of the ribs. This afternoon my wife stuck them in the convectional roasting oven with a little water to brown them and then put some garlic powder on them and let them cook. After a couple of hours, she put barbecue sauce on them and let them continue to cook in the roasting oven. When I got home from work tonight they were ready and so was I. I was anxious, as saliva drooled from the side of my lips and I knew that in a few minutes barbecue sauce would replace the saliva. As I walked in the door, the house had a smell of ribs cooking and I couldn't wait any longer. I rushed too change out of my uniform, since I knew barbecue sauce was fixin to fly everywhere. If you've been with me when I eat ribs (I love ribs) you know what I mean, since it's impossible to keep from getting barbecue sauce on my shirt and anywhere else that I sometimes don't see.

I finally changed and was ready to eat when I realized I had forgotten my raincoat in my locker at work. Well whatever mess I made on my clothes will hopefully come out in the wash with a little bleach. Now lets eat.

As I started to take the ribs out of the roaster oven, the meat was falling off and the bones were exposed. Yup they're ready. Of course my wife was standing right next to me when that happened and as the meat fell off exposing the bones she took off running and gagging and screaming like a girl. The first thing that went thru her mind was that creature on the movie "The Village", with the long claws and now that I think of it, it sure did look like it. I asked her if she still wanted some or do I get to eat all of it. Unfortunately she said she would try some, and guess what. She liked it. Of course I loved it and went back for seconds, and believe me, it may not look like there's much on them ribs when you quarter it, but there is quite a bit. As I sunk my teeth into that meat, and started to chew I thought to myself, "it was worth putting up with them fleas". They were everywhere and I don't know about you Rob, but I wanted to make like a bear and rub up against one of them trees. So I've attached a picture so you can see what you're missing. Sorry Mark but maybe next time we'll cook them on the weekend so you can come over.

For being somewhere around a 180lbs, hog, that sure was good.

Oh, and in case you're wondering if I needed that raincoat, well yes I did get some barbecue sauce on my shirt. I don't know how that happens, but oh well that's what soap and water are for.