I really enjoy baby back ribs. Long time favorite.
I ordered a full rack the other day at a local dinner establishment and was startled to the the full rack contained 6 ribs. I made sure the waitress didn't misunderstand me when I ordered the full rack, as opposed to the half rack. The full rack was about $30.
Either they are making pigs a lot smaller than they used to or someone ate the other half of my full rack.
Is 6 ribs really a full rack anywhere in this great country? Now, I am no porcine physiologist so I can't speak to how long that part of a piggy's rib cage is but I buy those vacuum sealed packages at Costco and darned if they aren't 15 or 16 ribs long.
I'd like to hear a few of your thoughts.
JA, PLS SoCal
Sounds like a place I wouldn't visit again. I've been in a few of those, eat there once but never again.
Andy
Andy Bruner, post: 348026, member: 1123 wrote: Sounds like a place I wouldn't visit again. I've been in a few of those, eat there once but never again.
Andy
Ate there twice. The first time and the last time..
A pig side has 15 to 16 ribs (depending on the breed), but usually two or three are left on the shoulder when it is separated from the loin. So, a rack of back ribs contains a minimum of eight ribs (some may be trimmed if damaged), but can include up to 13 ribs, depending on how it has been prepared by the butcher.
A rack usually has 8 or 9 around here. I would think six ribs isn't right. But I don't know if the "baby back" makes any difference...
