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Ribbed for your pleasure

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Since the blogosphere, as the lovely and gracious Karen (in honor of whose bizarro sensibilities I offer the title above) has aptly decreed, is now on a foodie kick; and since we managed to get to the market; and since this has been a relatively cool (for us, anyway) autumn, I decided to make one of the very first Real Grown Up edibles I ever made* only I'd try some flavor variations. So, I bring you Chipotle Braised Short Ribs of Beef with Tropical Gremolata (Serves two, but it doubles or triples very nicely if you have the hardware and/or patience for this sort of thing. Well worth it.) Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Peanut oil (or whatever you are not allergic to) 1 lime 4 cups beef stock 7-8 short ribs, bone in, about 1¾ lbs (cut into individual ribs, not across) 1 small yellow onion (sweet onions are fine, but avoid the "supersweets") 4 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (coriander leaf) 2 chipotle chiles (the kind packed in "adobo" w