Dearly Devoted to Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Sunday night is the season 3 premiere of Dexter and what better way to celebrate everyone’s favourite serial killer than with ribs?! For those unfortunate souls out there who are not familiar with the TV show Dexter, it’s based on books by Jeff Lindsay and stars Michael C. Hall as a blood spatter analyst who works for the Miami Metro Police Department by day but is a serial killer by night. An awkwardly charming and wonderful serial killer though, who only kills other serial killers. You may be skeptical upon hearing the premise of the show, but please trust me on this one, it’s amazing. I rarely get hooked on TV shows but I’m hopelessly addicted to Dexter. The writing is smart and funny and the show is perfectly cast.

Of course, like many things, I never would have found it on my own and for the first two seasons I had to rely on the kindness of others to let me watch Dexter at their house with cable or endure the wait time and lackluster quality of downloaded Dexter. This season is going to be different though because I’ve finally got the proper channel to watch Dexter on the big screen and it’s going to be glorious. I need to recruit others to watch with me though because it’s as great as Dexter is, the show is even better with friends who love it as much as I do. Because at least then they’ll understand when I say things like “Surprise motherf***er!”

Coca-Cola BBQ Sauce

½ can coke

¾ cups ketchup

1 small onion, finely chopped

1/8 cup cider vinegar

1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon paprika

½ teaspoon mustard powder

1 teaspoon salt

A few shakes of hot sauce

In a medium saucepan, combine all the ingredients. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer, stirring occasionally until the sauce has thickened. Strain if desired. Makes enough for 2 racks of ribs, which I rubbed with whatever spices were in my cupboard, smoked and then bbq’d for 5 hours. During the last hour I basted the ribs with the BBQ sauce every 15 minutes.