Winter Ribs

• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• About 4 pounds spareribs

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.
2. Mix seasonings together and rub ribs all over with this mixture.
3. Put them in a roasting pan in one layer.
4. Bake, pouring off accumulated fat every 30 minutes or so, for 2 hours or longer, or until ribs are cooked through and very tender.
5. (If you are in a hurry, cover roasting pan with aluminum foil, which will shorten the cooking time by about a third.)
6. When you are ready to eat, roast ribs at 500 degrees for about 10 minutes (or grill them or run them under a broiler), until nicely browned; watch carefully for burning.

salt, sugar, ground cumin, freshly ground black pepper, paprika, spareribs

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11714 (may not work)