Saturday, June 25, 2016

Jamaican Rum Ribs by Chef Watson

I was going to make Chef Watson's garlic cake today, but I don't have a kitchen aid and the thought of standing and holding a mixer for 20 minutes is really unappealing to me. So instead I tried another Chef Watson recipe, Jamaican Dark Rum Ribs. The only criteria I put in for ingredients was pork ribs, the rest was a surprise. The recipes Watson generates have not been reviewed by a human and I was expecting it to be somewhat confusing and hard to follow. It wasn't. The recipe was actually straight forward and written better than many I have seen written by humans. I don't usually take pictures of my food, it'll take some work to get them pinterest quality. The ribs were not as dry as they look. 


The marinade included several ingredients that I have never combined or even thought about combining. Rum, ketchup, apricot preserves, ginger, lime, brown sugar, sesame oil, cumin, allspice, and vanilla. It's the combination sesame oil with vanilla that's new to me. I was skeptic, but it turned out delicious! "Tangy" was the word my wife used. Our consensus was that it should be made again but probably not put on a weekly rotation. 

One of my complaints about Watson is that where the recipes are generated on demand instead of held in a file in a server somewhere it is difficult to get the same recipe if you don't save it. I did not save the recipe, I was working from the browser on my phone. When I was done I closed the tab, now I can't find the recipe again. When I looked through the history, every IBM entry took me to the ingredient selection page. I tried the same search criteria and couldn't find it. On me desktop I can include up to four ingredients, and being more specific I still couldn't find it. I did however find a recipe with the same name and ingredient's close enough that substitutions would work and get similar results.


2 comments:

  1. Is there a suggestion box on the Chaf Watson page? I'm sure they would be able to add this quite easily. As well as provide a comment or rating system for the computer to use as well. I will have to try this for myself!

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  2. There is a way to provide feedback and suggestions, it's still a work in progress. It's fun to play around with and see what it comes up with. Infact, I just got a bunch of fresh figs, I should see what Watson finds.

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