Old Rose was arguing with her boss a couple weeks ago about their rib recipes and which was better, so she decided to put him to the test and declared a rib-off! The invitation said to bring your best ribs to the party and each person would vote on the winner.
Now, I’m not really one for ribs as I don’t like eating meat off the bone, but I decided to play along, especially after stumbling across the ‘best rib recipe ever’ on StumbleUpon. (If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a fantastic way of finding the best random stuff on the internet.) I’ve never made ribs before, that’s always been the hubby’s domain, but food editor Ian Knauer proclaimed this rib recipe to be “the best thing he’s ever come up with”, so I figured I was a sure winner!
I started the day before, nearly taking off the ends of my fingers while mincing garlic and fighting off the big flying ants to collect fresh rosemary from my garden.
I minced.
I chopped.
I bled.
I perspired.
But as I put my ribs in the fridge to marinate overnight, I was pleased – knowing they would be the best damn thing to ever come from my kitchen!
The big day arrived, and just as I was thinking it was time to put my delicacy into the oven to slow roast, my husband came home with two racks of ribs from Super Valu and declared he was entering the Rib-Off too. He haphazardly threw some salt and pepper on them, and smothered them in bottled BBQ sauce and tossed them in the oven.
After a couple hours slow roasting, my ribs came out of the oven looking like this (note the fresh rosemary and minced garlic):
I then scraped the roasting pan and made a reduced glaze in which to brush on while barbecuing.
Here are my baby back ribs after being barbecued and glazed to perfection:
My husband’s ribs looked like this with some ketchup on them:
And guess who won first prize at the 2010 Rib-Off???? He did of course.
Next time maybe the judging should happen before the cocktails. Obviously everyone’s judgment was grossly impaired! 
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