A few weeks ago I ordered Creekstone's Prime Chuck Short Ribs. There were on "special" at $68, regular price $98. I've never ordered from them before, but I love Beef Ribs of all sorts. These come as 2 racks, 4 bones each. These are not technically Dino ribs or Plate Ribs, but I've cooked a lot of this cut - most markets around here will sell them already cutup into individual ribs, and almost always cutting them in half. Once in awhile you can get the meat counter guy (can't really call them butchers) to pull the full racks they get from the back, which is much preferred.
I just thawed one of the two racks and was surprised at the amount of fat still on it. I mean, trimmed a good pound off the top. More importantly, these seem to have very little meat. Attached are pics of the rack trimmed and salted for smoking tomorrow. Not sayi9ng they won't be very tasty, but for the price, I really expected a superior rack with plenty of meat - afterall, they are short ribs, not back ribs.
What do you think? Am I expecting too much?
I just thawed one of the two racks and was surprised at the amount of fat still on it. I mean, trimmed a good pound off the top. More importantly, these seem to have very little meat. Attached are pics of the rack trimmed and salted for smoking tomorrow. Not sayi9ng they won't be very tasty, but for the price, I really expected a superior rack with plenty of meat - afterall, they are short ribs, not back ribs.
What do you think? Am I expecting too much?
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