# Cooking Serendipity: “Just threw it together” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 16, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-serendipity-just-threw-it-together/940118 "2021-04-16T00:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-serendipity-just-threw-it-together/940118/12 "2021-04-17T13:17:23Z")
Speaking of ribs, as the OP mentioned, just last week I posted this: > [@Ribs: from frozen solid to falling off the bone tender in 4 1/2 hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ribs-from-frozen-solid-to-falling-off-the-bone-tender-in-4-1-2-hours/939607): > > So I did an impromptu little BBQ experiment yesterday. It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm day, and I’ve been slow with work lately, so I took a ‘me day’ off. I was outside all day, first doing a few outdoor chores, then just sitting and soaking up a little Vitamin D. Then it occurred to me hey, ribs would be good! I had two racks of baby back ribs I had bought on sale a few weeks back, but they were frozen solid in the freezer and it was already after noon. So normally, if I was to make rib… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-serendipity-just-threw-it-together/940118)._