I have never tried one of the Barefoot Contessa's recipes. I've tevo'd her show, watched it over and over, but have never had the guts to try out one of her meals. Till yesterday, that is.
I made short ribs in a wine sauce, jalapeno cheese bread, and black eyed peas. The short ribs were her recipe, and it took over three hours to make them. The rest of the stuff I just made it up as I went. Well, I was excited about the short ribs seeing how they took so long and took so much effort.
One bite, and I was horrified. They were as tough as shoe leather. Maybe worse. I don't know what I did wrong--something in the sequence must've been left out, because it was the worst ribs I'd ever made. WORST!!!
But the bread and peas were awesome.
