My Mother's Recipe

It has been over two months when I suddenly remembered my mom's spare ribs that she makes once in a while.  I was trying to make a to-do list in my head on what Filipino recipe I should learn (I am embarrassed to admit that I only started cooking Filipino dishes when I got here in the States; and that I can probably whip up more Italian dishes than Filipino).  Spare ribs came into mind.  And I can't even recall the last time I had my mother's version.  I asked my sister if she knew the recipe and what I got was: "What ribs?".

Then my sister found the recipe.  A handwritten one!

And me being me, I did not follow the recipe to the letter.  Ha!  After I browned the ribs, I had some leftover wine that I used to scrape off the browned bits at the bottom of the pan.  I could have just placed the eventual sauce the recipe had asked for.  But when I cook, I have to do something else to make it mine (i.e., I add some red pepper flakes when I make adobo!).  And I almost always garnish (fresh parsley!).  A side of roasted sweet potatoes and baby carrots with crystallized ginger accompanied the ribs.  Oh, and left-over rice.

And I was glad there's a willing guinea pig to taste my experiment!

But I still miss my mom....

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Dinner with B this Saturday (with Keiva).