6th December 2020

So tonight we tried a recipe from a new cookbook.  The recipe looked lovely, beef ribs in a sticky sauce.  The sauce did not reduce as much as I had hoped or become as sticky as the sauce looked in the picture.  

I think I am a fairly good cook and even though we tried to boil it down it still did not go that sticky.  I think maybe sugar in some form is missing as the picture looks super sticky and glossy.  Anyway despite that it was delicious and because I pepped it up with cinnamon and cloves the whole house smelt like Christmas.  Christmas ribs. We served them with buttered cabbage and rice - it was just lovely.  Although if I am honest the buttery cabbage was the star.