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This can be adapted to a crockpot as well but does require some preparation.

Arwen's I'm Just Ribbin' Ya Stew for the Queen of Cups

Short ribs
2 onions, peeled but left whole
3 new potatoes
1 bottle hard cider
Garlic powder
Garlic crushed
Worcestershire Sauce
Tabasco Sauce
1 Can Ro-tel tomatoes (tomatoes with green chilies)
Olive Oil
1 bottle Strongbow Cider (or some hard cider)

Turn on oven to broil. Realize you want to roast the veggies. Turn
oven down to 400.

Whine about not getting to the Farmer's Market for fabulous locally
grown veggies. Pull out onions and new potatoes. Realize ribs are
still in freezer even though you KNOW you've been planning to cook
them today for a week. Pry out of container. Run under cold water
until you can peel the plastic thingy from the bottom. Praise yourself
for remembering about plastic thingy... this time.

Put frozen ribs in cast iron skillet. Place potatoes around them.
Stick onions on top. Don't chop onions. Sprinkle with garlic powder.
Ok... ok... over sprinkle because you opened up the wrong side of the
container. Add Worcestershire sauce. Liberally add Tabasco. Bake for
1 hour 15 minutes. Remove from oven. (FOR CROCKPOT SEE NOTE AT BOTTOM)

Cut onions in half. Cut potatoes in fourths. Resist urge to put one
potato on a plate and just eat it as is. You only have three! Cut ribs
into bite size nummy chunks. Put in stew pot. Add a good forkful of
crushed garlic. Add can of tomatoes/chilies. Curse when you realize
some idiot ate the last can of whole corn. Laugh because you live by
yourself.

Open fridge and stare for a few moments. Pick up different things and
put them back. Eye your very last bottle of yummy Strongbow Cider.
Realize the sacrifice is going to be worth it.

Add bottle of cider and put in another bottle's worth of water. Add a
bit more Worcestershire. Stir and cover. Turn heat up to medium. Bring
to a boil.

Reduce to simmer and cook for 2-3 hours.

CROCKPOT STEP: When you take ribs and veggies out, throw it all in the crockpot (meat on the bottom). Scrape the pan to get all the crispy, tasty bits into the crockpot. You can cut it all up if you like, but that's not necessary. Once you have added that last bottle of hard cider, taste the mix. Add another bottle of water if necessary. Cooking it in the crockpot increases the juice so you may not need the full thing.

Turn the crockpot to low and cook for 4-6 hours.

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