Ingredients

  • 3 pounds spare ribs
  • 1 quart water boiling hot
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet
  • 14 ounces catsup bottle
  • salt
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tablespoons butter or shortening

Method

  • Add boiling water to a large roasting pan, add vinegar, brown sugar, lemon juice, Kitchen Bouquet, and catsup, stir and mix well.
  • Cut spare ribs into strips and add salt and pepper to taste. Brown spare ribs in 2 tablespoons shortening. When brown, put in a roaster with catsup mixture. Peel onion and put in pan. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour then turn meat over. Add more water to sauce if necessary. Return to oven and bake 1 more hour. To thicken sauce combine 3 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup water and mix. Take onion out of pan and add mixture to thicken sauce 1/2 hour before end of cooking time. The sauce will thicken during the last half hour of cooking.