Made mom a small, simple dinner of a ham & swiss sandwich on toasted roasted garlic bread, served with sides of fresh, sliced campari tomatoes with a dash of sea salt, pitted castlevetrano olives, and some pickled cauliflower. I went to get her a drink, and while my back was turned, she had mixed the sides into a salad. I wish I had thought of that!
And I loaded up on meat at the grocery store today. Picked up a large boneless chuck roast- prefer bone in, but those are rare these days- got a 3 lb corned beef to braise, and a big ol’ slab of ribs. The last 2 are the result of some of Mom’s requesta over the past few weeks.
She was recently opining about how we hadn’t been able to get me a corned beef to cook for St. Patrick’s Day. We had gotten some already cooked, but we all prefer my beer-braised version, but the stores were out when I went shopping. But today, they had it! (Might go back and score another...)
And Mom has wanted to do BBQ ribs on the 4th of July, but only managed to convey to us she wanted BBQ. So the pulled pork, brisket and sausage we had was a slight disappointment. Since garbage day is Monday, I’m going to set them to marinate overnight on Sunday evening. Haven’t decided if I’m going to fire up the grill, smoke them, or do a low & slow oven roast. I may take a house vote.
Damn! I just realized that I haven’t planned anything to eat along with the ribs!