Plum Barbecued Spareribs

Serves:

Ingredients:

4 Pounds fresh pork spareribs,
Dash of ground nutmeg
Dash of ground cloves
1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Grated lemon peel
2 ts Soy sauce
3 tb Chopped onion
1 tb Packed brown sugar
reserved
plums Drained and syrup
1 cn (16 ounces) whole purple
1 tb Salt
Into serving pieces
3 dr Red food color

Method:

Great at picnics! Have plenty of Coleslaw, Cornbread and napkins on.
Place pork spareribs in Dutch oven.
Add enough water to cover spareribs (about 3 quarts) and the salt.
Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 40 minutes; drain.
While spareribs are simmering, remove pits from plums.
Sieve plums into 2-quart saucepan.
Stir in reserved plum syrup and remaining ingredients.
Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Place spareribs, meaty sides up, on rack in shallow roasting pan.
Spread with 2/3 of the plum mixture.
Bake uncovered about 45 minutes, brushing with remaining plum mixture 3 times, until spareribs are tender.
4 SERVINGS; 825 CALORIES PER SERVING.