On 6/19/2010 8:31 AM, piedmont wrote:
> > wrote in
> :
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> snip
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>> For trimming spares, GOTTA have a GOOD knife. Maybe a good shears
>> would work to. I used to use a never need sharpening knife. Was
>> always a PIA to trim spares and make them look good to. But I still
>> didn't pay the extra buck and buy them trimmed...
>>
>> BBQ
>>
>
> Just a simple knife does fine if you trim a spare, but trimming a spare to
> me is simply cutting thru soft meat running along the end of the rib bones.
> which ends up giving you ribs and rib tips, nothing says you gotta trim,
> personal preference only. Sometimes I do and today not.
>


I have a hard time finding the end of the rib bones to separate that
from the rest of the spare. Of course, after they are cooked, it is easy
to locate !!

BBQ