re: Ina Garten's Braised Short Ribs Are Delicious!

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Gris, I will try that this weekend.

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Poop, I didn't miss the celery. I had 2 large fennel bulbs and used all of both and 3 good leeks in addition to extra garlic and a good bit of extra onion. I used a cabernet that I had. I don't recall what it was. I didn't have enough homemade beef stock here, so I used part Campbells and part Swanson's which I don't like much. Instead of salting the mixture, I used a low salt beef bouillon that I order online, but better than bouillon would work if you keep the salt down.

They don't brown much in the oven on that temp for 15 minutes. I would consider browning them in the pot a bit and then sauteeing the veggies in that next time. I don't know what difference it might make overall, but I will probably try it although this tasted really good. It's just in my nature to mess with things.

Another thing I'd consider is flouring them just a little before browning to give the sauce some body if you like. Look at Pioneer Woman's recipe and her method of browning the ribs before she braises them.

I made the stone ground grits with part water, part cream. I think it was 3.5 cups water to 1 cup cream to one cup grits. I added a little cream because I had the temp up too high and they needed more liquid to finish.

The flavor of the meat was terrific. Really picked up the flavors of the sauce. I had more ribs than 6. Think I had about 10 but some weren't too meaty. Threw them in for flavor.

I refrigerated it before serving because there's an awful lot of grease from the meat. I was able to remove pretty much every little bit when it hardened. Also tastes better if you can do that. I did that on the same day. Put it in the oven in the morning, let it cool, put it in the fridge and then finished it.

This is not a recipe that needs exactness. Just flavor and it has that.

I Compliment your Photos, again. Very Professional Presentation.

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I used extra leeks, onions and fennel because I love those flavors.

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We're these picked from the garden? If you can't grow your own, store bought is fine.

swing and a miss. It's an Ina Garten joke

You're right Otis, that bitch is a Wildebeest.

I'd feel better about my hatred for this sorrid, pompous,smug wench if her recipes sucked, but they don't.

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I'm going to seek out Ina's recipes, make them and post more and more of them just for you!!!!

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I'll be waiting with baited breath...or something like that...

No...no...just going to blow off a little steam. Then, I'll submerge for a while, and rise again later to vent yet again.

I do hate that woman, though...hard to do when you don't have an in person meeting. But, her smug, pretentious self makes me want to clock her walrus head with a skillet.

Am I being clear enough with my feelings toward her?

Settle down, O and get the rest of the story :

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It was only this weekend that Food Network star Ina Garten, a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa, learned that a young boy named Enzo had a long-standing request to meet her through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, according to a spokesman. Garten gets about 100 requests per month, and wasn't aware that the request had been made or rejected. Touched by the young fan's desire to meet her, Garten is calling Enzo today to speak with him and invite him to join her at the Food Network studios, according to a statement released on Garten's behalf.

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If you guessed, "Air a new episode of her show almost exactly one year after the scandal broke in which she volunteers to teach a group of special needs students at East Hampton High School how to make blueberry muffins and ice banana cake, before using it all--plus brownies she'd made at home--to run a bake sale that will benefit the students' annual field trip," you'd be correct. Congratulations!

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OldTigahFot

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I hope the cheap bitch gave her PR crew a nice bonus for attempting to pull her lard arse out of the fire. Great effort on their part.