If you liked the photo in the previous post, here's the recipe I started with:

And here are the modifications:

Only 3 cloves of garlic? Are you KIDDING? Tripled.
Salt & peppered, then browned the meat on all sides
Put browned meat + liquid + veggies back in pot & brought to a boil before...
Put pot in oven at 350F for 2.5-3 hours (until meat was falling off of the short-ribs bones)
Part way through, tasted & it was a bit too anise-y, so pulled some out
Threw in a large bag of spinach as we served

Next time:

I'll remember to add the pickled mustard greens! Totally forgot'em.
Would start w/ a little less start anise
I might throw in some tendon & maybe even more beef - we have lots of (awesome) soup left over, but the ratio seems a little off