Eric & Marie’s Pot Luck Dinner

Joe Friends

Yesterday was Eric & Marie’s pot luck dinner. It was a great get together and all the food was delicious. I played video games all night, had some beer and ate all kinds of delicious food, couldn’t have gotten any better.

I spent two days thinking what to make for this dinner. I didn’t want to do chicken since I figured everyone else would, so I planned to go with beef or pork but I was stuck between stir fry or something else I didn’t think of yet. I surfed a few recipe sites for pot luck dinner ideas and came across one for some nice spareribs. I instantly printed out the recipe and headed to the supermarket.

The ribs are easy to cook and the sauce is fun to make. Everyone liked the ribs so this is a definite keeper in the recipe book and I will be making them again soon.

I enjoyed all the dishes at the dinner. There was sesame chicken, curry chicken, chicken pot pie (see what I meant about the chicken!), a bunch of stuff crammed in pizza dough (can’t remember name but they were good), some salads, fruit, and chocolate cake for dessert. Sorry if I forgot anything. I can’t wait until we do this again. Marie mentioned something about maybe every month we do this, could be fun.

In case you want it, here’s the recipe I followed:

Potluck Spareribs

Ingredients

  • 6 pounds pork spareribs
  • 1 1/2 cups ketchup
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

  1. Cut ribs into serving-size pieces; place with the meaty side up on racks in two greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pans. Cover tightly with foil. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1-1/4 hours or until meat is tender.
  2. Drain; remove racks and return ribs to pans. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over ribs. Return to the oven, uncovered, for 35 minutes or until sauce coats ribs, basting occasionally. Ribs can also be grilled over medium-hot heat for the last 35 minutes instead of baking.