"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message
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>> >
>> Man!, It's tough to be a 73 year old dummy, but I don't know what
>> the heck these "riblets" are.
>>
>> Would somebody please take pity and educate me?
>
> This one year younger than bobwhite awaits enlightenment on riblets, too.

Derrick Riches on About.com defines riblets as the thin strip trimmed from
the rack of back or spare ribs to straighten them out to make St. Louis
style ribs. The ones I get are probably 2:1 ratio meat to bone.