"Julie Bove" wrote:
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>I am not relying on conjecture. My husband eats them. He says they are
>fatty and greasy. I have no compunction to try them. They do not look
>appealing no matter what is done to them. I am not much of a meat eater.

i can gaurantee you'd love eating my meat.

I make spare ribs often, there's no reason they have to be messy,
actually I think spare ribs are one of the least messy finger foods,
just avoid all the gloppy sauce... and if ribs need to be slathered
with gloppy sauce all that means is they aren't worth eating. If
boiled they will taste nasty so then they need gloppy sauce. I
marinate ribs for three days in the fridge, in a big zip-loc, so
wastes little marinade. Then grill long and low. When I make spare
ribs I've seen people who say they're not big rib eaters who will eat
an entire rack and look for more. I've had women eat my ribs who have
said they're embarrassed to suck the bones but they can't resist and
they suck bones like they've been sucking all their life...
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