Stuffed baked potatoes, stuffed mushrooms, cornbread, Caesar salad.

dcarch - chicken wings would be 1:1 with ribs, but the ribs are easier.

fawn ridge - Caesar salad might do it! Thanks.

I do have ownership of a nice sweet potato come to think about it - we've been in a rental in St. Augustine for 2 weeks and I picked up groceries at a Winn Dixie in self defense. I told my DH I could roast the sweet potato before the ribs went in the oven, then cut it in half and reheat it in the microwave with honey cinnamon butter.

But I had that tuber earmarked for Massamam chicken curry.

More ideas??

Thnx.

Cole slaw, baked beans, sweet potato fries.

Is this it? Tried & true?

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-want-your-baby-back-ribs-sure-just.html

CindyMac - yes, that's it. Tried and true but I use Penzy's BBQ of the Americas rub. I cannot tolerate smoked flavored foods, or smoked foods. We've found a Stonewall Kitchen Bourbon Molasses BBQ sauce that I can eat and enjoy. I lost my taste for smoked foods after I went through chemotherapy and never have recovered from the aversion.

I know you can make your own spice rubs and your own BBQ sauces but I don't have the interest or energy for it anymore. I just want easy and good.

I like baked sweet potatoes with ribs.

ruthanna - that will probably be it. 100% chance of rain and no Patriots fans in the South so we we won't be venturing out to a sports bar lol.

You can doctor up from B&M baked beans with more BBQ sauce, some onion and garlic. (IMP, this brand is infinitely better than Bush's.) For just the two of you, what about buying a small container of deli slaw so you won't have a huge amount from a head of cabbage? Or use pre-shredded cabbage plus some chopped green onions and shredded carrots, and a Memphis style slaw dressing? We'd had garlic bread with our ribs.

Sounds yummy!

in KC, the sides that go with ribs are: French fries (including both white and sweet), coleslaw, cheesy corn casserole, baked beans. When I fix ribs, I usually do one of the sides and generally it's either coleslaw or sweet potato fries (baked).

Seagrass, thanks! I'm going to try it. I'll make the rub and use Hot Head Country BBQ sauce. A former cooking forum member turned me on to it and I've been buying it online ever since.

Btw, there are some Patriot fans in the south. I'm married to one. ;) He's originally from Boston. Follows the Pats and the Saints.

AAh.....maybe Boston baked beans....Yankee pot roast, with Boston brown bread...???

Lindac - we thought about baked beans but they'd have to come from a can. Have also been seeing fresh sweetcorn in Florida but the rental we had didn't have a stockpot.

I cook fresh corn in the microwave. Leave it in the husk to cook. The silks peel away easily after nuking.

Yum, I want fresh corn!

I'm still debating about tomorrow. Thinking a German style potato salad since I can make that today. And a quick coleslaw. Halftime is burger sliders and baked sweet potato fries. Almost went with ribs and same sides.

Seagrass, I feel for you. We’re ensconced in our Florida beach cottage with a tiny kitchen for the winter. I have a totally different cooking style here due to not keeping any food, including spices or condiments from year to year. Baked sweet potatoes or russets and microwaved frozen vegetables are staple side dishes. I’ll use jarred pasta sauce instead of from-scratch and bagged grocery store salad greens instead of leaf lettuce because I don’t have room for a salad spinner.

On the up side, we have a small fish market selling local fish caught that day and a Jamaican meat house (butcher shop) with terrific meats and poultry. Baked goods are carry-outs from local restaurants and ice cream shops. But I still manage to put good meals on the table and I’m sure you will in your travels too.

The last time I was in Savannah, there was an interesting cooking store called Kitchens on the Square. It had all types of new and vintage kitchen gadgets that I didn’t realize I needed.

Thanks, Ruthanna. We've been in a rental in St. Augustine for the past two weeks and are driving up to Savannah today. I'll be sure to look up the kitchen store. We drove here from New England and brought spices and some cooking gear, including good knives.

Canned Boston baked beans beans doctored up....Connecticut corn pudding...Boston Brownbread and maybe tollhouse cookies or Indian pudding...I might even look for some oysters. you owe it to the Pats!
But shame on you for making ribs and not a Boston Butt!

Ribs at our house call for baked beans, corn on the cob, mac and cheese, and corn bread.

Lindac - Only 2 of us, in a rental. Boston butt would be way too much. I get your point, though. We've decided on coleslaw on the side. We don't eat as much as we used to and don't eat many carbs - not deliberately, just by changing tastes and appetites as we age.

I like coleslaw with pork, whether it's ribs or pulled pork. Any leftover pork can go in a tortilla with some of the leftover cole slaw and be nothing that ever resembled a taco, but still good, LOL. I also like baked beans with ribs, but it's a lot of red/molasses/tomato sauce based food if you also use red BBQ sauce. Fine with me, but some other people would prefer potato salad. I also like waldorf salad with ribs, it gives a nice fresh and crunchy side to a meal.

We also like baked potato skins, twice baked potatoes or slices of roasted potatoes topped with cheese, sour cream, crumbled bacon, sliced green onions or any combination of those things. I know the bacon is out, due to the smoked food aversion, but any of the other things could be good. Plus potato slices could be finger food, or dipped into something, along with those ribs.

Have fun at that kitchen store!

Annie