I spend a lot of time day dreaming, making hypothetical plans, conjuring up fantasy scenarios.
I wonder if I should get Lasik even though I am freaked out by anything touching my eyes. I panic out about a laser touching my eyeball and envision the whole surgery. I work myself in to a lather, practically break out in hives, over a completely fabricated scenario.
I decorate a future apartment I have never even seen, fantasy shop online for a place that doesn’t exist. I think of color schemes and fabricate art work for the walls that does not exist.
I envision running in to a certain person and telling him exactly what I feel. There would be yelling and shaming and perhaps a kick in the shin. I haven’t chosen between the shins and the balls.
I run these scenarios over and over again in my brain. I’d say I need a hobby, but it IS a hobby.
But one scenario I know will be true?
When I die, I will be buried in short ribs. It will be divine. It will be right. It will be everything I have always wanted.
It may not be these short ribs, though these short ribs are stellar. They are way less complicated than my go-to recipe, so this also scores them point. Eternity buried in these would, in fact, be a real delight.
So please, please…make one of my fantasies come true. Bury me in these.
Braised Short Ribs
From the Pioneer Woman
* 8 whole Beef Short Ribs
* Kosher Salt & Pepper To Taste
* ¼ cups All-purpose Flour
* 6 pieces Pancetta, Diced
* 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
* 1 whole Medium Onion, Diced
* 3 whole Carrots, Diced
* 2 whole Shallots, Peeled And Finely Minced
* 2 cups Red Or White Wine
* 2 cups Beef Or Chicken Broth (enough To Almost Cover Ribs)
* 2 sprigs Thyme
* 2 sprigs Rosemary
Preparation Instructions
Salt and pepper ribs, then dredge in flour. Set aside.
In a large dutch oven, cook pancetta over medium heat until complete crispy and all fat is rendered. Remove pancetta and set aside. Do not discard grease.
Add olive oil to pan with the pancetta grease, and raise heat to high. Brown ribs on all sides, about 45 seconds per side. Remove ribs and set aside. Turn heat to medium.
Add onions, carrots, and shallots to pan and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in wine and scrape bottom of pan to release all the flavorful bits of glory. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes.
Add broth, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Taste and add more salt if needed. Add ribs to the liquid; they should be almost completely submerged. Add thyme and rosemary sprigs (whole) to the liquid.
Put on the lid and place into the oven. Cook at 350 for 2 hours, then reduce heat to 325 and cook for an additional 30 to 45 minutes. Ribs should be fork-tender and falling off the bone. Remove pan from oven and allow to sit for at least 20 minutes, lid on, before serving. At the last minute, skim fat off the top of the liquid. (Can also refrigerate mixture, then remove solid fat from the top.)
Serve 2 ribs on bed of creamy polenta, spooning a little juice over the top.
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Oh I will make it happen.
Only after I take a body shot off of your corpse.
You think I’m joking.
Please don’t die, though.
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Freakin’ LOVE short ribs. Anything from PW is phenomenal. Have you made her sheet cake??
I spend a huge amount of my time day dreaming during the day too. Living somewhere else, being with someone else, doing something else – wonder what it all would be like.
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Hah. Now I’m trying to think of what I want to buried in. Ice cream, but that’s not very practical (but it is my favorite dessert). Possibly chocolate truffles.
Looks delicious.
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These look delicious; I’ve been reading about short ribs recently (not in a “let’s investigate this foreign thing” kind of way, but in a “let’s read about this thing I love” way). “Heat” (yes, the book I’ve been quoting a lot lately) has a great section about how they came to be sold in restaurants, and how they’re a very NYC (now Eastern seaboard, I guess) thing still. Interesting read (ahem).
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Oh the Pioneer Woman…love love love.
I need Lasik too. Let’s do online dating and lasik together. Good plan.
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Always the balls, Lex.
Also? Those look fucking amazing.
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Any braised meat over polenta is an amazing thing. Do it all the time. Osso Bucco guy, myself but short ribs and lamb shanks are great too. Recently had a braised pork shank at a restaurant and it was stellar as well.
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Aim for the balls. Not the shin, the balls.
I would like to lick that picture if it could give me just a slight taste of what that meal really tasted like.
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You’re hilarious. I suppose I should ask to be buried in the green beans, or is that asparagus.
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I made these in December when my mom came to visit. They were amazing. The leftovers were amazing. I’d really outdone myself. I put them in the oven before I left for the airport to pick her up. We got home, and her first visit to our home was enhanced by that amazing, short-rib in the oven for t hours smell…
They were so good she couldn’t even complain about the amount of butter and goat cheese she saw me stir into the polenta. Amazing.
(And, an aside, I do that made up scenario thing too. I work myself up into a right dither, I’ve even made myself cry. Some people won’t ever understand it, but I’ve met other people who are exceedingly empathetic and imaginative too. I like to think it’s a gift.)
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I’ve decided against Lasik for now. It freaks me the hell out. Plus, my glasses are an accessory! I stopped imagining things a long time ago. It’s why I went to therapy. To get that back. It hasn’t happened yet.
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Hee hee! “Dutch Oven”…
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dear god that picture is appetizing, but the picture in my head of you buried in short ribs? is scaring me a little.
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Uh, YUM! I’m hoping to take a page out of cavy’s book and start cooking some of your recipes during the week soon, and these will be near the top of the list!
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Shin AND balls. Kick the shin, then while they’re all “Ow, WTF?” punch ‘em in the balls.
Oh, and can I be mummified in bacon?
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This looks so delish, I haven’t had short ribs since high school.
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Oh wow, these are making me salivate and I don’t think I ever had short ribs before. Whatever it is, I muuuust have a taste-y soon ! Thanks for sharing
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mmm…sounds really good. I’ll have to give it a try.
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mmm, im drooling. i need to look into my new pioneer woman cookbook because she always has the best shit on the block.
i also do the imagination thing of scenarios that may or may not ever even happen. it can get a bit exhausting at times.
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1) Droooool.
2) Tangent, but I’ve heard nothing but great thing about Lasik — even from people who are too eye-phobic even to wear contacts. I mean, dudes breaking down in tears, talking about how it changed their lives — the whole bit. Apparently Lasik is serious news.
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I know I’m taking this so literally, but I hate the idea of being buried, and the idea of being buried in food just freaks me out.
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Well. This puts my lunch to shame.
Also, Lasik: something about taking a laser to the eye gives me pause. I know this is now antiquated concern. I want to be able to see, but, you know, it’s a laser to the eye.
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Can you smother me with those? Like, to death?
OMG THIS DAY.
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Okay, I could eat the screen those look so good. Confession: I’ve never had short ribs. What is wrong with me? I don’t know.
One other thing: I dream of Lasik. Like, I think it would be fabulous. I would want to watch the procedure. Touching my eyeballs doesn’t even cause me to blink. And I like gross things so the combination of seeing well without the aid of some optical device, watching some weird procedure with a laser, and my eyeballs…sounds like heaven.
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I could never get Lasik. I’m terrified of being awake for it. If you knocked me out and pried my eyes open, sure why not.
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I spend a lot of time daydreaming, too. Often I think I should be doing something more productive, like learning how to cook. Then I remind myself that I hate the word “should.” I mean, I don’t really want to be doing something more productive or I’d already be doing it, right?
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sounds good wanna try this recipe
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