| How to Cook BBQ Ribs Posted: 04 Jul 2020 05:00 PM PDT While barbecue ribs are especially popular in the American south, their appeal for meat-lovers is universal. Succulent, spicy, and smoky, barbecue ribs are surprisingly easy to cook. Learn how to make some lip-smacking barbecue in the following tutorial. - Choose which cut of ribs you want. barbecue ribs essentially come in two varieties. Spare ribs are fattier and take longer to cook. Baby back ribs are leaner and cook faster.
- Make the rub. The rub is a spice mixture that you rub on the rib rack to give it flavor. A typical rub for a 2 lb rack of ribs might consist of:
- 1 tablespoon (5 ml) cumin
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) paprika
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) onion powder
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) chili powder
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) black pepper
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) white pepper
- Make the mop (optional). A mop or baste is the liquid sauce that you coat the ribs with to keep them juicy and flavorful while they are cooking. Some people prefer dry ribs, without a mop.
- Trim the ribs and apply the rub. Ribs will usually come with a large membrane on the back, non-meat side of the rack. Most people trim the membrane and discard it because it is hard to chew and prevents the rub from covering the entire rack. Coat the ribs evenly with olive oil or vegetable oil (optional). Apply the rub generously onto the meat so that the front and back of the rack are completely covered.
- For spare ribs, place the ribs on a covered barbecue grill at 225° F (107° C) for 5-6 hours. For baby back ribs, cook at the same temperature for 3-4 hours. Place the ribs on the grill so that they are not directly over the heat source.
- If desired, apply the mop every 45 minutes evenly across the ribs.
- When the meat in the center of the ribs is white and the juices run clear, not pink, the cooking is done.
In this video, Gwen Schoen of the Sacramento Bee educates us about different kinds of ribs and shows us how to barbecue spare ribs with a dry rub. - BBQ ribs can be smoked in a smoker instead of being grilled. Cooks frequently use hickory and/or applewood chips in the smoker. The temperature in the smoker and the cooking time for the ribs are the same as when they are grilled.
- Right before serving, stoke the fire or turn up the heat on your grill and place the ribs over direct flame for a few minutes.This will give the ribs a deeper color and more pronounced grill marks.
[Edit]Warnings - Make sure your ribs are fully grilled. Undercooked pork may result in trichinosis. The recommended internal temperature for cooked pork is 160° F (71° C), a metric set by the CDC.
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| How to Do Fourth of July Nails Posted: 04 Jul 2020 09:00 AM PDT On the Fourth of July, you want your patriotism to shine all the way down to the tips of your fingers! For the best Independence Day nail look, you can choose between stars and stripes, polka dots, and glitter to reflect your natural style and spirit. Experiment and let your creativity run wild for a unique look that's all-American and all you! [Edit]Painting Basic Stars and Stripes - Apply a clear base and let it dry. A base coat of clear polish will protect your nails and help the colored polish stick. Apply it to all of your nails and let it dry before moving on.
- Paint your nails white, then let them dry. For a faster drying time, paint one thin layer of white polish, let it dry, then apply the second. Allow both coats to dry fully before moving on.[1]
- Paint 4-5 thin red lines on each nail with a striper. Place a strip of clear tape right under your cuticle. Then, using a nail striper and red polish, paint from just past the edge of your cuticle all the way up to the tip of your nail to create a thin, smooth line. Make 4-5 lines across the nail, spacing them equally as best you can.[2]
- Repeat on the nails you're painting, then let the stripes dry for about 15 minutes before moving on.
- If you don't have a striper, you can make your own or use a toothpick. You can also buy a striper online or in beauty stores.
- Create a thicker horizontal blue line across the top of the nail. Use a regular nail polish brush to dab a blue line across the top half of your nail. Start from about the middle of your nail and use short strokes towards the tip to make a straight blue line.[3]
- If you want your line to be perfectly straight, place a piece of scotch tape over the lower half of your nail and paint from the edge up to the nail's tip.
- Repeat on all your stars and stripes nails and let them dry for 15 minutes.
- Place 5-8 white dots across the blue with a dotting tool. Dip a small dotting tool into your white nail polish and use it to carefully dot the blue of your flag. You can add as many dots as you want, but 5-8 placed in a scattered, random formation tends to look best.[4]
- Let the dots dry for 10 minutes on each nail.
- If you don't have a dotting tool, you can use a toothpick or the tip of a Q-tip. To buy a dotting tool, look in beauty stores and online.
- Paint a flag on all your nails or just 2 for an accent. You can paint this busier pattern onto your thumb and ring finger, then fill out the rest of your nails with a solid blue or cherry red for a trendy, eye-catching look. You can also apply the flag design to all your fingers for a more uniform style.
- Apply a top coat to finish. After your flag nails have dried, paint on a clear topcoat to seal the design and prevent it from chipping. Remember to wait until your nails are completely dry to avoid messing up your design.[5]
- Buy a nail sticker kit for an easier application. Most Fourth of July nails require some time and effort, including applying different coats and using a few different tools, like a striper and dotting tool. If you don't have the time or the tools, use a Fourth of July nail sticker kit for a cute but lower-effort look.
- With a nail kit, you'll paint one solid color and stick patriotic stickers on top. Many kits come with simple stars and stripes as well as "USA" stickers and other patriotic designs.
- You can buy a kit online or at craft and beauty stores.
- Follow the instructions in the kit to apply and remove your nail stickers.
[Edit]Making Red, White, and Blue Polka Dots - Apply a clear base and let it dry. A base coat of clear polish will protect your nails and help the colored polish stick. Apply it to all of your nails and let it dry before moving on.
- Apply a white polish to start your design. Paint the white in 2 thin coats to help it dry more quickly. Then, let the polish harden and dry for 15 minutes or so before going on to your polka dots.[6]
- Add different-sized red dots to your nail with a dotting tool. Starting with a large-sized dotting tool, place 2-3 red dots in the lower, cuticle portion of your nail. Switch to a medium size to add 3-4 dots towards the middle of your nail, then use a small dotting tool and put 4-5 dots in the top portion. Leave a strip of white at the top to create a tapering effect.[7]
- Continue adding red dots on each of your nails and allow them to dry for about 10 minutes. You can add dots to all your nails, or just to your ring finger and thumb for a bubbly accent.
- You'll be using your dotting tools with different colors, so clean them as per their package instructions before moving on.
- If you don't have a dotting tool, you can use a toothpick or the tip of a Q-tip. To buy a dotting tool, look in beauty stores and online.
- Use blue and silver polishes to add more polka dots. Use the same dotting process with a royal blue color on each nail, then switch to silver. Allow some of your dots to overlap to create depth, going for a natural, scattered look.[8]
- Let the dots dry for about 10 minutes in between colors.
- Apply a top coat to finish. After your dots have dried, paint on a clear topcoat to seal the design and prevent it from chipping. If you're applying the polka dots as an accent, wait for the topcoat to dry before painting the rest of your nails bright red or royal blue.[9]
[Edit]Creating Patriotic Glitter Nails - Apply a clear base and let it dry. A base coat of clear polish will protect your nails and help the colored polish stick. Apply it to all of your nails and let it dry before moving on.
- Paint on a metallic silver polish. After your clear base coat dries, apply 2 thin layers of metallic silver, giving them time to dry in between. Let the polish harden for about 15 minutes before moving on.[10]
- This Fourth of July nail art looks best with all fingers, rather than mixing with solids as an accent.
- Apply a red glitter polish from your cuticle to halfway up the nail. Using a regular nail polish brush, paint a coat of dark red glitter onto the lower half of your nail. Start with short, careful upwards strokes from the cuticle to midway up the nail, then neaten the edge of the layer by painting horizontally.[11]
- Repeat on all your nails and let them dry for 10-15 minutes.
- Use a blue glitter polish on the top half of your nail. Using a regular nail polish brush, apply a dark or royal blue glitter polish from the tip of your nail to the middle, leaving a strip of silver just above the red. Repeat on the rest of your nails and let them dry for about 15 minutes.[12]
- Paint silver over the middle, overlapping with the red and blue. Reinforce the middle strip by covering it with silver glitter polish, using a nail striper for the best application. Paint horizontally right over the strip, then spread small, thin vertical strokes over the red and blue sections.[13]
- Continue adding vertical silver stripes, stretching them almost to the tip and cuticle of the nail, until the transitions between colors start to look more seamless. Repeat on the rest of your nails.
- If you don't have a nail striper, use a toothpick to apply the silver.
- Blend the silver with small strokes of blue and red. Repeat this blending, striping process with the same red and blue glitter colors as before. Extend short strokes of red up into the silver, and paint stripes of blue downwards to subtly blend the colors.[14]
- You don't have to wait for the silver polish dry before adding the red and blue stripes. Applying them while the silver is wet will allow the colors to mix and create a smooth gradient.
- Repeat on all of your nails. The finished look should have a natural fade from red to silver to blue.
- Remember to clean your brush in between coats so you don't mix colors.
- Let your nails dry and apply a clear topcoat. Let the glitter polish set and dry for 15-20 minutes. Then, apply a clear topcoat to seal and smooth out the design.[15]
- For a simpler, more subtle look, go with a solid coat of red or blue, or alternate red, white, and blue between fingers.
[Edit]Things You'll Need [Edit]Basic Stars and Stripes - Nail sticker kit (optional)
- Clear nail polish for base coat
- White nail polish
- Red nail polish
- Blue nail polish
- Nail striper or toothpick
- Dotting tool or Q-tip
- Scotch tape (optional)
[Edit]Red, White, and Blue Polka Dots - Clear nail polish for the base and topcoat
- White nail polish
- Red nail polish
- Blue nail polish
- Silver nail polish
- Dotting tool or Q-tip
[Edit]Patriotic Glitter Nails - Clear nail polish for the base and topcoat
- Metallic, glittery silver nail polish
- Glittery red nail polish
- Glittery blue nail polish
- Silver glitter nail polish
- Striping tool or toothpick
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| How to Make 4th of July Strawberries Posted: 04 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT Celebrate America's Independence Day in style with these red, white, and blue strawberry treats! These berries will look and taste great at your July 4th picnic or BBQ. All you need to make them are large, quality strawberries, white chocolate chips, and blue sugar or sprinkles. Be sure to serve the strawberries within 2 hours of making them for the best results! [Edit]Ingredients - 24 fresh strawberries
- of white chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of blue baking sugar or sprinkles
Makes 24 servings [Edit]Cleaning the Strawberries - Select 24 large and ripe strawberries. Go for the largest and reddest berries you can find so that you'll have plenty of space to work with. Try to avoid using strawberries that have a lot of purple or green color in them, since you're aiming for a specific red, white, and blue color scheme.[1]
- Leave the strawberries whole, including their green tops, so that you have something to hold onto when you're dipping and eating them.
- Rinse the strawberries under cool water to remove dirt and debris. Put the berries in a colander or hold them in your hands. Then, run them under the tap to remove any dirt or debris from the surface. Move them around a bit to ensure all sides of the berries are rinsed off.[2]
- If your strawberries are really dirty, fill a bowl with cool water, submerge them, and swish them back and forth. Then, rinse each one under the tap.
- Lay the cleaned berries on paper towels to air-dry them. Let the berries dry completely. If you don't want to wait for them to air-dry, you can gently pat them dry with more paper towels. Avoid rubbing or applying pressure as you dry them off, since they can be easily damaged.[3]
- It's important to make sure the strawberries are totally dry before proceeding! If the berries are still damp, the chocolate and sprinkles won't stick.
[Edit]Melting the White Chocolate - Put of white chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Look for white chocolate chips that are meant for baking, which you can easily find at any grocery store on the baking aisle. You can also try using a white chocolate candy bar--just be sure to break it up into small pieces so that it melts quickly without burning.[4]
- If you don't want to use your microwave, you can melt the chocolate in a double boiler.[5]
- Microwave the chips on HIGH for 30 seconds and stir thoroughly. Place the bowl of white chocolate chips in your microwave. After heating the chocolate for 30 seconds on HIGH, remove the dish and stir the chocolate well. At this point, the chocolate will be partially melted, but still lumpy.[6]
- Heat the chocolate in 10-second increments until it's fully melted. Repeat this process until the chocolate is smooth and lump-free. Be sure to stir the chocolate well in between each 10-second increment!
- White chocolate burns quickly and everyone's microwaves are different; don't try to rush the process by microwaving for longer intervals.[7]
[Edit]Dipping the Berries in Chocolate and Sprinkles - Put 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of blue sugar or sprinkles in a bowl. Measure out the sugar or sprinkles and place them in a medium-sized bowl. You can also use blue-colored sugar crystals or any other type of blue sprinkles that you find in your grocery store's baking aisle.[8]
- Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. You'll need to transfer the berries to the wax paper immediately after dipping them, so go ahead and get it set up. Make sure there's enough room for all of the strawberries to fit on the wax paper without touching.[9]
- Dunk the berries halfway into the melted white chocolate, one at a time. Holding the strawberries by their green leafy stems, dip them one at a time into the melted white chocolate, leaving about half of the strawberry exposed. As you lift each berry out of the melted chocolate, twist your wrist to twirl the strawberry so that the excess chocolate can drip off.[10]
- If the chocolate gets hard or doesn't stick well to the strawberries, microwave it again for 10-15 seconds.
- Dip the bottom third of the berries into the blue sprinkles. Still working one at a time, dip the tips of the chocolate-covered berries into the blue sprinkles and place them on wax paper to cool and harden. Only dip them about a third of the way, so that the tips are blue and the white chocolate is visible in the middle.[11]
- Refrigerate the berries for 30 minutes to set the chocolate. Place the entire tray of berries in the refrigerator for at least half an hour so that the chocolate can harden. Serve the berries within 1-2 hours. Don't refrigerate them for longer than an hour to prevent condensation from forming. They'll hold up at room temperature for about 2 hours.[12]
- Be sure to serve the berries on the same day that you made them. They will taste best when they are fresh and crisp.
- Try this recipe with other red fruits such as raspberries for a bit of variety.
- For extra flavor, use flavored sugars, such as blue raspberry or blueberry.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - 3 bowls
- Measuring spoons and cups
- Paper towels
- Microwave or double-boiler
- Baking tray
- Wax paper
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