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Take a Pork Belly, a knife, and a 26 year butcher, and voila! St. Louis Cut Ribs

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    Take a Pork Belly, a knife, and a 26 year butcher, and voila! St. Louis Cut Ribs

    My work brought me to Eunice, Louisiana yesterday, where there exists the fabulous http://eunicesuperette.com/. It's a full slaughterhouse, smokehouse and meat market. Oh Yeah!!!!

    So, of course, I had to stop by after I fixed the washer at the hotel. It's a full on butcher counter, with real, live butchers right there, cutting large pieces of meat into smaller ones, right there before your eyes!

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    I saw marinated duck in the cooler, so I grabbed that to add to the dinner party I was going to last night. And the more I looked, the more I bought.

    Ground meat? Yes!!! Looks way full of gorgeous fat!

    Then I saw it, St. Louis Cut ribs right there on one of the bins at the meat counter. I asked for 2 racks. He said I'll then them as soon at the butcher finished with the current customer. He ordered a full pork loin. The butcher brought it out of the cooler with skin on, asked if the guy wanted the skin, "no sir" the the butcher removed it, then proceeded to cut part of the center bone portion out, making it easier to handle. Wow, that was fun!

    He then got to me, and brought out this:
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    Yep, that looks like one side of a pork belly. Above he is pulling off this great layer of fat, which went into those cool gray boxes behind. They use that meat for sausage, boudin, etc. I was mesmerized. He kept cutting.

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    I asked if I could record the moment to share with my BBQ peeps, and he was fine with that. And we chatted. His knife seemed to move though that fresh pork like butter!Click image for larger version

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    And just like that, St. Louis Cut Ribs from a fresh, Louisiana pig!
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    Plus, I made some new friends, and have the card for the commercial sales person so I can buy cases. They deliver to Lake Charles twice a week.

    This week's specials:
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    I'll try to embed the video of the experience here:
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    Here is a link to the video of the fun:


    Yeah!!!!!!
    paul

    #2
    Cool post, cool video Paul!

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    #3
    Thanks, Paul, for the "tour" of the superette. It is so enjoyable to watch people do what they do so well.

    Kathryn

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      #4
      Cool, i'll take a couple of those whole hogs.

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        I cannot wait to cook one!

      #5
      Awesome post Paul!! The fella on the left just makes you smile. He looks like he's happy as can be!!! Just made my morning!!! Thanks.

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        He was great! Friendly and patient with everyone.

      #6
      And you left without LARD????????

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      • PaulstheRibList
        PaulstheRibList commented
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        Well, thanks to you, now I'll remember!

      #7
      Thanks for sharing PaulstheRibList. I'm in Baton Rouge and will have to find a reason for my work to bring me to Eunice now!

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      #8
      Did you catch what a half calve cost....man I would fill my freezer !

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        Well, I already have more than they can fit! I'm aging my briskets in an ice chest in the garage - buy a couple bags of ice every other day! #HowDoesJarrodDoIt

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      Well, I almost could not wait for the weekend to cook these super-cool ribs!
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      Did I mention yet how HUGE and MEATY these ribs are? Want to take a look. OK, here you go.Click image for larger version

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      That's the thinner rack; here's the thicker one:
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      Are you freakin kidding me!

      Onto the stick burner they go, along with some rockin' Beek Chuck Ribs I also got from Eunice Superette. Top rack of ribs is Salt and Pepper, bottom rack is generously rubbed with Memphis Dust.
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      About 5+ hours later, after a 275 target temp in the Stick Burner (pretty clean fire throughout!)

      Get ready...you probably aren't ready for this quite yet...
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ID:	96883 #Boom These are the WAY THICKEST Ribs I have ever seen! Meathead, have you seen any like this before?
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      Here is a little of the bits sliced from the end..YUM!Click image for larger version

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      I am so ready to go back to the Superette and get some of these ribs!

      And, YES, they were delicious!!!!

      #KeepingItFun
      paul
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        #10
        This may be one of the coolest posts I've come across on this site. Those ribs look amazing...pun intended.

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        • PaulstheRibList
          PaulstheRibList commented
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          When I asked for St Louis cut ribs...he pulled out a half a pork belly and cut them out of there, Wow! That was fun. I'm sure you could hear it in my voice! #BBQGeek

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          And Thank you!

        #11
        Didn't see the video the first time, i'll take that knife, but who is it that orders so many single ribs that it is the default cut??

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          I was wondering the same thing?

          I def need to go back here and get more! My next Pulled Pork gig, I'm going to buy a case of fresh butts from them, and add on a couple racks of St. Louis...maybe I'll get lucky and they will be these huge ones!

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