Roast Spareribs with Dressing

Ingredients

• 2 strips spareribs, cracked
• 2 or 3 cups crumbed stale bread
• 2 cups diced apples
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons sage
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup flour
• baste: water and oil

Method

1. 1

   Have the butcher crack the ribs but leave them whole.

2. 2

   Mix all the ingredients together with the hot water to make a light fluffy dressing and heap it in a mound in a baking pan which has been greased.

3. 3

   Lay the spareribs around the mound in tent fashion, skin side out, and fasten with skewers.

4. 4

   Dust the ribs with salt, pepper and a little flour.

5. 5

   Put the pan in a hot oven for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 300 and roast for 1 1/4 hours, basting occasionally with a little boiling water mixed with oil.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A lady of good taste (1954) by Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14 teaspoon pepper 1 pound beef (stewing) 14 teaspoon mace 3 onions, sliced 3 tablespoons flour 1 green pepper, minced 3 tablespoons bacon fat 2 cups canned tomatoes Wash the beans, cover with cool water and soak over night. Add 1 tea- spoon salt and add enough water to just cover and simmer 1 hour. Put the beans in a casserole. Cut the meat into 2-inch cubes and sauté it in the bacon fat with the onions and green pepper for 10 minutes without burning the vegetables. Stir in the flour and tomatoes. Add this mixture to the beans with the salt, pepper and mace. Cover with the water the beans cooked in, cover the casserole and bake slowly 2 hours. Serve with savoy cabbage combined with carrot slaw and garnish with sliced pickled tomatoes. Pork Chops Baked in Milk pork chops, 34-inch thick milk salt and pepper flour vegetable oil Salt and pepper the chops and rub them with oil. Sear them quickly under a hot flame or in a frying pan. Cover with warmed milk, cover tight and cook at 250 degrees for 1 hour in the oven. Uncover and cook a half hour longer or until the milk cooks down. If there is a quantity of sauce it may be thickened a little with flour and if more sauce is desired, add a little more milk. Serve with baked sweet potatoes and apple sauce. Use a casserole or a covered frying pan for the chops. ie zal Roast Spareribs with Dressing 2 strips spareribs, cracked 14 teaspoon pepper 2 or 3 cups crumbed stale lf cup flour bread 2 tablespoons savory fat 2 cups diced apples 1 cup hot water 1% cup minced onion 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoons sage flour, salt and pepper 2 teaspoons salt baste: water and oil

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