July 2020 – Page 2 – Southern Patches

Hello friends. Happy Wednesday. I am at the Express Lube waiting on an oil change for my Mother in law’s car. We still drive it from time to time. We actually have thought about selling it since she won’t be able to drive again. The car is a small compact car and it only has about 15,000 miles on it, and we have put most of those on. It is literally the car a little old lady only drove to church and back. However it is the only vehicle that we have that she can still get in and out of easily when we take her anywhere. So for this reason we hang onto it.

I am going in to work a bit later today because I am working later. I have my knitting here with me while I wait for the car but I just felt the need to catch up with you a bit. We had a very quiet Fourth Of July holiday. I went into town on Saturday morning and took pictures of flags around the local courthouse. Every year the Downtown Association does a Parade of Flags tribute to the veterans past and present. You purchase a flag and a certificate for that person and all of the flags are on display around the courthouse. It is quite a beautiful site. I love walking through the flags and reading all the names and of course taking pictures. On Sunday I cooked baby back ribs in the crock pot I did a post about it. If you missed it check it out here.

Our Courthouse is very old and beautiful and I love taking pictures of it.

For the second time, I recently had to be tested for COVID. Again someone I had been in contact with tested positive. I was negative. I have heard of a lot of people getting false positives on the tests so I have my doubts about the tests. The thing is I work in a public place and I have to abide by the rules to keep my job. Enough said about that. I did write a haiku about it the night before I got tested because I was feeling a little morose and down. I was also contemplating having to possibly be out of work for two weeks or God forbid more and also my biggest worry is for my husband who takes immunosuppressive drugs. So things could be even worse for him. So here is the haiku:

Out of work two weeks?
COVID you hold the answer
Am I positive?

So just another day but yet a wonderful day to be here and be healthy.

Have a wonderful rest of the week and always remember:

Love your day your way!!!!

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Hello friends and happy Monday, How are you how was your week? I know I have been a little inactive but my job right now is taking center stage in my life. More about that later.

Yesterday I was off and I did some cooking. I made pecan pancakes for breakfast and then I decided to make baby back ribs in the crock pot. I have made them in the crock pot several times. I love them this way. I bought a rack of baby back ribs at the grocery store.

This is the best way to make baby back ribs in my opinion. First of all I make a rub to put on the ribs. I use, 8 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar, 3 Tablespoons of kosher Salt, 1 tablespoon of Chili powder, 1 teaspoon of black pepper and 1 teaspoon of onion powder and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder. This is the amount of rub you use for a double rack of ribs. If you are only cooking a rack of ribs you will only use half of this. Put the other half back for next time or just use double on these and it will still be yummy.

This is a picture of the rub.

First of all I got a rack of baby back ribs. They are a little pricey but sometimes you can get them on sale. Splurge. It’s worth it!!

This is a rack of baby back ribs and it is plenty for me and Mark.

Next I make the rub. See the recipe from above.

I always cut the ribs in two so that I can place them in the crock pot easier.

Next you need to pull the membrane off of the ribs. It is not pleasant but you need to do it. I know that you don’t have to pull the membrane off but it does make them taste so much better. The rub really gets into the meat if you remove the membrane. There are several videos out there helping you to learn to do this. Google it.

Turn the ribs over so the rib part is showing. Take a butter knife and slip under the membrane make a pocket and slip your hand or the knife under the membrane and pull it off of the ribs. Some of the membrane comes off easily, if you are lucky, and some of them don’t. Yesterday I almost had a melt down because I couldn’t get the Fu/c8ing membrane off!!!!! I finally got most of it off.

The trick to cooking these ribs in the crock pot is that you must put them up on their sides so that they are not lying in their own juices because this tends to make them mushy. Don’t add anything to them at this point. Just let the meat cook and use it’s own juices.

Cook the ribs for about 6 hours in a crock pot on low. Check them after 6 hours and see if they are getting done. I think 6 hours is usually plenty of time. My recipe called for 8 hours but that is usually too long. I always check them after 6 hours.

After you take the ribs out of the crock pot place them on a pan and brush them with barbecue sauce and put them under the broiler in the oven for just a couple of minutes and they will taste yummy!!!!

So the ribs turned out pretty well. They were tasty. I have made better but these were good too.

Try them!!!

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!