It was actually my husband’s “fearlessness” – getting ready for HIS in-laws’ visit and overcoming (or trying to) his desire to, um, NOT entertain!

Great fearless Friday selection. The Olive Oil suggestion is going to be utilized the next time I make these…I usually use a bit of spray coating but I think Olive Oil will be much tastier!

I did innovate one dish this week, pork ribs in the crock pot. Ribs were on sale and it’s too hot to grill or run the oven, so I smeared them down with a sauce I made from a can of tomato paste and a nearly equal quantity of yellow “hot dog” mustard (the cheap stuff), into which I stirred a generous amount of oregano, sea salt, minced garlic, black pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. I oiled the crock with olive oil and poured about a half-inch of beer in the bottom (oh darn, I had to drink the rest before it went flat!), then “rolled up” the ribs and stuck ‘em in. Then I roughly chopped up an onion, a bell pepper, three stalks of celery, and some small red potatoes (skin on) and dumped these on top, put the lid on, and turned the crock pot on high. About five hours later, the meat was falling off the bone and absolutely delicious, sort of “poor man’s osso bucco”! I’ll be doing that again.