Sunday Supper

We had an early supper today as my brother’s plane left at 6:30 PM. Dinner turned out really good. For appetizers we had breakfast as everyone wanted to sleep late. The guys have been playing 27 hole of golf for 3 days and we ladies like to sleep late. I had leftover pizza but they had traditional muffins and cereal.
Braised Barbecue Pork Spareribs Serves 4
This recipe came from Wegman’s monthly magazine of recipes.
1 rack center cut pork spareribs, halved (about 3#)
1T Wegman’s Barbecue Seasoning (I think you could also use Penzeys)
1 bottle Wegman’s Memphis-Style BBQ Sauce (If you don’t have a Wegman’s look for BBQ sauce that says sweet and spicy or Memphis Style) 19 oz.
1 bottle (12 oz) lager-style beer
Preheat the grill on High 10 minutes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Season both sides of the ribs with the seasoning. Sear on the grill for 3-4 minutes. Transfer the ribs to a braising pan.
Whisk the sauce and beer together and pour over ribs in the pan. Cover pan tightly with foil and place in the over for 2.5 hours. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Everyone loved the ribs, Jim would have like more.
Grilled Corn with Lime Butter , Serves 8
1 1/2T butter, melted
¼ t grated lime rind
1 ½ T fresh lime juice
¼ t salt
¼ t red pepper
8 ears of corn
Cooking Spray
Prepare grill
Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl.
Place corn on grill rack and cook for 10 minutes. Jim bastes the corn while it is cooking. We’ve had this several times and find it great. This comes from the Cooking Light Cookbook.
Iceberg Slaw, Serves 4
This is from Martha and she says it goes great with ribs or fried chicken. It went great with the ribs.
3T buttermilk
3T plain yogurt
1 T chopped fresh dill
1T chopped fresh parsley
½ small shallot
Salt and pepper
1 head iceberg lettuce (1#) quartered and shredded
The only person I have known that drank buttermilk was my father. For 3 T fresh you have to buy a quart in our stores. I buy dried buttermilk in the baking section and reconstitute what I need. I used Greek yogurt. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a bowl. Shred the lettuce very thin. I made all ahead of time and place separately in the refrigerator. As Jim was finishing the corn, I mixed the dressing with the lettuce and added the salt and pepper.
These recipes are perfect for a summer day. They easily increase or decreases depending on the amount of people you are serving.
Last night at the awards banquet, the wives were given a bottle of wine and chocolate covered strawberries. We had the strawberries for dessert.
Good end to the weekend. Jim is now mowing the grass for the second time this week. It is growing like weeds.