The Rib Diaries
October ‘23
G'dayduction – Join us on our basic, shits and giggles inaugural meatalicious rib diary blog, starting at Little C’s in Hillarys, where our lack of culinary expertise will surely be on tip top display. On the menu – Jack Daniels Pork Ribs.
Critter meat – Slow braised pork ribs - $34
Appearance – Other than looking like the waiter had taken a gnaw out of one rib on the way to the table, the dish can easily pass as a typical pub meal available in the back alleys of Kalgoorlie.
Sauce / seasoning – Homemade Jack Daniels smokey BBQ sauce. Noice
Sniff test – Like all good sniffers, this factor of a tucker plate can’t be disregarded. The sweet and smoky whiff was enough to cause nose hair erections and excite the alcoholic in us all.
Tucker buddies – Naturally a slathering of chips deep fried into submission was provided, because what's a pub meal without a battalion of those sturdy soldiers? Laced with just salt, these western potatas (sic) had trouble going down the ole throat tunnel.
The coleslaw / salad mix was unimpressive and while we like things naked, the lack of dressing resulted in a boring salad that would be more suited to feeding rabbits.
Good thing there was beer available to flush a blockage.
Pros
- Homemade JD sauce!
Cons
- Significant amount of cartilage to chew through in the ribs
- Ribs were mostly bone
- Tucker buddies were nothing exciting. Nipples were registering only 2mm on the nipplometre
- Amount of ribs could have been more. Surely there was another 999/1000th of a pig back there
Naked recommendations
- More ribs if providing such meatless ribs!
- Gravy for the chips
- Dress up the coleslaw / salad… gravy even!
Nipplometre rating system (millimetres – out of 10)
- Meatiness 4mm
- Tenderness 6mm
- Moisture 5mm
- Sauce 8mm
- Tucker buddies 2mm
- Portion size 4mm
- Price 6mm
- Overall 5mm