I have discovered celery salt! Don't know why this hasn't been in my life much...

karennoca

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I had an old bottle of it from Spice Islands sitting in my spice racks for a long time. I finally threw it out because I realized it had lost it's flavor. A few weeks ago on The Kitchen I heard Zakarian make a quick comment about meats and celery salt and the other hosts agreed with him. So with my next order of Penzeys, I included it.

Today I prepped a rack of baby back pork ribs the way my mother used to cook them. Cooked long and slow, with soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic powder, salt and pepper. I decided to sprinkle a generous portion of celery salt on both sides. I just now took a taste of the marinade that had accumulated on the bottom of the pan and WOW, was it delicious and the celery salt was definitely the charmer. I cannot wait to try the ribs tonight and see how they taste with my new spice friend.

 
oh, this is almost my mom's spare rib recipe. Except she didn't have soy sauce. Or brown sugar. Or

garlic powder. Or celery salt.

She did use salt and pepper.

 
You are too funny Marilyn...this recipe is my top baby back pork recipe. Cook it at 325

for 2-1/2 hours. Uncover last 30 minutes to allow to brown. Yum! Yep, and mom called them spare ribs. The ribs were much longer and thinner. Maybe they were beef. My hubby likes these better as they have a lot of meat.

 
Me too, but it is not a good thing. I have too many and some have never been used. Friends who

travel to places like Turkey, India, have brought me all sorts of spices. I have them tightly sealed hoping I can use them all before they loose their best taste.

 
celery is a secret ingredient in lots of things I think. Celery salt is

de rigeur in bloody marys

 
I bet it would be great in Gazpacho too! I will have to add it to my morning breakfast drink

Knudsen's Very Veggie, with fresh lemon juice cube, lime wedge, hot sauce and sometimes, TJ's Chile Lime or Tajin. I love this concoction.

 
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