The other day when I was at Meijer (regional grocery chain), I noticed that they had barbequed ribs in the hot food case.

Now, the thought of hot barbequed ribs intrigued me.  After all, they could be a dandy Sunday evening meal.  So, when Sunday arrived, I headed to Meijer to grab  some ribs.

Of course, when I got to the hot food case, the ribs were all gone.  So, I asked the counter clerk about the ribs.  The clerk told me that they could whip up a batch in about thirty minutes.  Or, I could just buy the ribs cold and warm them myself.  Well, since the ribs were precooked before Meijer rewarmed them and put them up for sale, I figured that I could do the same.  So, I bought the cold ribs and took them home.

At home, I opened the package, sliced off five ribs from the rack and popped them into the microwave.  A couple of minutes later, they were ready to eat.

I picked up the first rib and took a bite.  The sauce was sweet and tomatoie.  OK.   The meat was tender.  OK.  The taste of pork was, well, missing.  In fact, the only thing that I could taste was the sauce.  BAH!!

Needless to say, I was disappointed.    I won’t buy them again.