Pico de Gallo

4 Tomatoes
1 White Onion
1 Jalapeño
1 Lime
1 Bunch of Cilantro
Salt & Pepper

- Chop the onion using the Vidalia chopper and put it in a bowl.
- Take half a lime and pour its juices over the chopped onion.
- Cut the tomatoes in quarts and chop them using the chopper. You might want to throw some of the juice it before adding to the onions
- Add chopped tomatoes to the mix with the onions.
- Peel the jalapeño and remove the seeds.
- Cut the jalapeño pieces as small as you can.
- Add chopped jalapeño to the mix of onions and tomatoes.
- Take the cilantro and cut the bottom of the stems out.
- Rough chop the rest of the cilantro.
- Add the cilantro to the mix.
- Using a spoon, mix the pico de gallo so the ingredients get thoroughly mixed.
- Pour in the rest of the lime juice and mix again.
- Add salt and black pepper and mix again.
- Put on Tupperware and refrigerate for half hour.
- Serve on nice bowl and enjoy with tortilla chips.

Kitchen Gadgets - Vidalia Chop Wizard

One of the gadgets we constantly use is the Vidalia Chop Wizard. It is essential when making salsas or cutting vegetables. Easy to use, easy to clean and no more crying when chopping onions. This will be useful for recipes we'll be posting soon.

Fred's Slow Cooked Barbecued Country-Style Ribs

Karen and Fred cooked this one at our ski trip in Stratton this past January (2010).

3 to 4 pound boneless pork country stule ribs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 large onions, halved, thinly sliced
1 cup apple juice
1 - 2 bottles of "Bullseye" Barbecue sauce
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne red pepper
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/8 cup honey

- Lightly grease the crockery insert of a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker.
- Wash pork, trim excess fat and pat dry with paper towels.
- Put the sliced onions in the bottom of the slow cooker and then place the pork on top.
- Sprinkle the pork with all spices (salt, pepper, cayenne, cinnamon and cumin), brown sugar and minced garlic; turn the pork ribs to coat all pieces.
- Pour apple juice evenly over the pork, along with honey.
- Cover and cook on LOW for seven hours.
- Drain liquids from the pork.
- Pour Barbecue sauce over the pork and stir slightly to distribute the sauce.
- Cover and cook on LOW for two hours longer.

Submitted by Fred Roberts