Recipe: Barbecued Ribs (Good Housekeeping, 1960's)

BARBECUED RIBS

2 lbs pork spareribs
1/2 cup light molasses
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
3 whole cloves
4 narrow strips orange rind, diced
Juice of half orange
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp prepared mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 tbsp bottled steak sauce
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp Tabasco
1 tbsp butter or margarine

Place ribs in shallow pan, cover with foil.

Bake in preheated 325 degree F oven 30 minutes. Pour off fat, re-cover and bake another 30 minutes.

In medium saucepan, combine molasses, ketchup, onion, garlic, cloves, orange rind and juice, vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, pepper, steak, Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces and butter or margarine. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.

Pour fat off ribs, cover with sauce.

Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F and bake ribs and sauce, uncovered, basting often, 45 minutes or until fork tender, very brown and glazed.

Makes 2 to 3 servings
Source: Good Housekeeping Cookbook, 1963