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Default Stoopid question: cutting "country ribs" from a pork shoulder roast


"Zz Yzx" > wrote in message
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> I've heard that "country" or "farmer" style ribs are just sliced pork
> shoulder roast.
>
> So I got one ($1.49/lb). But no matter how I cut it, none of the cuts
> looked like the stuff sold in the store ($2.59/lb).
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks a heap,
> -Zz


See the chart he


http://virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html


Loin - 33.8 pounds, 18 percent of the carcass

3.2 pounds of backribs,
10.7 pounds of boneless loin,
7.6 pounds of country-style ribs,
5.7 pounds of sirloin roast,
1.6 pounds of tenderloin,
1.6 pounds of trimmings
and 3.4 pounds of fat and bone

Dimitri