Secret Recipe for Skater's BBQ Ribs

スケータのバベキュースペアルイブスの秘密のレシピー

（この物語は概略です。下に英語で十分に書きました。）一ヶ月でアメリカにいたので、 先週日本に帰りました。計画は家族はスケータのバベキューに参加しました。そして私は土曜日にパパさんや友達たちとニッシン店にBBQの肉の買い物を行きました。パパさんは上手なスケータそしてそのうグルメな料理を作る人だから、いい肉を選べます。肉は私の冷蔵庫に閉まっておいて、日曜日に車でもって行きます。私の土曜日の目的はスペアリブスの準備をするでした。でも、主人はBBQの人だので、私はいつも手伝ったり、見たり、食べます。土曜日に彼は飛行機にいたから、彼に尋ねることができませんでした。彼のレシピーを見たので、とても複雑です。それで、もっと簡単ヴァシンを要ります。考えた。。。考えた。。。時差ぼけから、午睡しまいました。起きた時にマーティンは帰りました。彼は解決したから、一緒に店に行って、台所で準備をしました。良かったです。

  いつもマーティンは肉を焼くので、日曜日に彼は休みを取って、写真を撮って、パーティーを楽しました。（BBQの写真はここ。見てください。）Waizさんとこふじさんはスペアリブスを焼いた、しばさんとくさっちは他のグリルを使いました。全部の食べ物はとてもおいしかったです。パパさんとIwaさんといろいろ人はいいパーティーを作りました。

友達たちはスペアリブスのレシピーを欲しいです。簡単ヴぁシンのレシピーはマーティンの頭から出ましたから、彼の許可を貰ってみました。でも、彼は”だめ”と言いました。”秘密でしょう。”それで、下に英語で秘密のレシピーを書きました。

Last Sunday was my in-line skating group's big annual barbeque picnic.  70 or 80 people attended, and it was held on Jonan Island off Tokyo Bay.  This was the second time that our family has been able to attend and the first time that Martin and Jonah and Monica skated the 10 km to the BBQ.  We were just barely back from our HomeLeave in time, as its held the first Sunday of August.  The kids and I returned a few days before, but Martin only came in Saturday night.  I and some other good friends helped Papa-san with the meat shopping at Nissen on Saturday.  Not only is Papa-san an excellent skater, but as a gourmet cook, he made excellent choices.  (That's Papa-san in the photo below, cutting the steak.) The plan was for me to store the meat in my fridge, and then bring it by car to the BBQ on Sunday. 

Also, Papa-san asked me to prepare the 10 pounds of spareribs ahead of time by adding some "taste".  Since Martin is famous for his delicious Barbequed Ribs, he wanted me to do whatever it is Martin does to make them taste so good.  At the time Martin was flying over Russia, I consulted his recipe book, specifically the rib recipe, "Jimmy Schmid's Rattlesnake Ribs" which he's adopted as his own, revising and improving it every time he makes them, I think. 

Hmmn.  This recipe is very complicated and time consuming.  I knew that there were several steps, and many ingredients.  I realized that I would have to make an easier version for the skater BBQ.  But what to do?  Braise them in some kind of savory liquid?  Marinade them overnight?  apply a rub?  I had to think about it.  Oh, that was Saturday afternoon, just two days after I returned, and my jetlag was really bad.  So... I took a nap. 

When I woke up, Martin was already home and it was dark out.  He'd tried to call me and text me from the airport and the bus, but I was sleeping like a rock and heard nothing. When I told him about my dilemma over how to prepare the ribs, he came up with a good idea for an easier version.  We would have to buy some ingredients.  Unfortunately, Nissen was already closed for the day, but we found a store that had what we needed and went home and got to work in the kitchen. 

Everything else went according to plan.  The morning of Sunday, August 5th, it was already quite hot.  We put all the meat and skating gear in the car and drove to Shinegawa Station where we met the other skaters and grouped for the gathering photograph.  (Photo from Iwa-san) Several folks were on the shopping team with me, but many more skated the 10 kilometers (about 6 and 1/4 miles) to Jonan Island.  Monica and Jonah were not enthusiastic about skating in such heat, but we gave them bottles of cold water and much encouragement.  We really want our kids to take advantage of the opportunities that this sport gives us.  Fitness, fun, and friends.  They are shy and not confident speaking Japanese so they mostly hang with each other.  But it will come.

Waiz-san and Kofuji-san grilled the ribs on an open flame stocked by wood and Japanese style charcoal.  They followed my instructions, which I got from Martin, while he took pictures and enjoyed the party.  Usually he is running the barbeque during every party, so we decided to give him a break. GO HERE for Martin's pictures from the skater barbeque. 

They did a wonderful job.  I ate a rib, and it was very delicious. Everyone was clammoring for them.  Kawahara-san actually stole Hazuki-san's from her and ate it while she protested, clearly scared to reach in and try to get it back lest she get her hand bitten right off.  People asked me for the recipe, so naturally, I asked Martin if I could post it, since he made it up.  He said "No, its a secret."

So... here's the SECRET recipe for Skater's BBQ Spareribs :

• Put 5 kg (10 lbs) raw spareribs in a very large and heavy pot on the stove.  Make sure the ribs are cut into singles. 
• Pour in about 8 cans of SECRET ingredient #1. 
• Also throw in several cloves of SECRET ingredient #2, crushed
• Add 2 Tbsp of SECRET ingredient #3
• Add 2 tsp each of SECRET ingredient #4 and #5

Boil the ribs in this braising sauce for about 45 minutes.  Remove the ribs from the liquid, set aside.  Keep about 1 liter (4 cups) of the braising sauce.  Discard the rest.  Skim any fat off the top of the braising sauce and put it in a heavy sauce pan, bring to a boil.  Let it boil down to about 1/2 the volume.  Remove from heat. 

• To the boiled down braising sauce, add 3 bottles of SECRET ingredient #6.
• Add 1 bottle of SECRET ingredient #7.
• Add 2 Tbsp of SECRET ingredient #8
• Chop up one large SECRET ingredient #9
• and finally, thinly slice one SECRET ingredient #10 and mix into the sauce.

Put the ribs into a large container and pour the sauce over the ribs.  Mix together well and marinade in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day, prepare the grill.  Get it good and hot.  Remove the ribs one by one from the sauce and place on the grill.  Pour some of the marinade/barbeque sauce into a heat-safe saucepan and set directly on the grill.  Barbeque the ribs over a hot flame until the meat is charred but not burned.  Dip the ribs into the warm sauce when you turn them and just before you serve each one directly to some hungry person's waiting plate.

 

    

Comments

[ゆみ]

バーベキューは、大成功ですね！
とても美味しそうですし、みんなの顔が輝いてますね♪

[Hazuki]

Pamela! great recipe! It was hard to cook!! ;>_<;
But I have your secret recipe as my family treasure.
Great thank you!!

Hazuki

[Matt Scholl]

Looks yummy!
I've missed your blog the past couple of months, had a computer meltdown & lost the link.
Glad to see you had a good US visit and are safely back in Tokyo.

Matt