Crock of Ribs ala Zoomie

• Apple cider vinegar, perhaps 1/4 cup
• balsamic vinegar, a generous splash
• lemon juice of half a lemon
• soy sauce, a generous splash
• tomato sauce, one small can
• tomato paste, a big squeeze out of the tube, mixed in with the tomato sauce
• Sartain's marinade, just had about 1/4 of a cup left, so I used that, then added some water to the bottle and shook it to get the rest and to add a little liquid to the pot
• powdered ginger, perhaps two teaspoons
• allspice, one teaspoon and a dash more
• garlic, four or five cloves, roughly chopped
• onion, one medium, sliced lengthwise through the root to make spears
• 1 to 3 lbs country ribs, with or without bones

I didn’t measure the ingredients, so this is very approximate; that gives you absolute freedom to tweak the recipe to your own taste. I browned the meat in a pan, added the onion and garlic to soften, deglazed, then put that and all the rest of the ingredients in the crock pot for several hours on “high,” until it was so tender that it fell apart
The first night, I served it over rice. The next day, I pulled the pork apart for the sandwich, adding just a little lettuce and a scrape of mayo laced with a light squeeze of lemon juice to keep the bun from getting soggy.
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