Subj : Ribs
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Aug 02 2022 14:05:07

Hi Dale,


RH> Tho today Steve is smoking a rack of ribs & I made a potato salad to go
RH> with them. Don't know what else we'll do, running low on fresh veggies.

DS> What sort of ribs?  I have often wondered about the popularity of "St.
DS> Louis style" ribs.  You take a full rack of ribs and trim off a lot of
DS> stuff (more than half?) and then sell the rest for more than the price
DS> of the full rack would have been.  I'll grant that there might be a
DS> higher yield of meat on the SL ribs, but it just seems wastful to me.
DS> What do the butchers do with the part of the ribs that they trim off?

To be honest, I don't know. AFAIK, it's just a full rack of pregular
pork ribs. Sam's Club had them on sale a while ago so we got 2 packs,
each one with 2 slabs of ribs. We smoked one right away, been holding
off on the others but now that I'm feeling better, we won't take as long
to do the others. (G)


DS> I got to thinking about this again because the restaurants where we
DS> are now living only have the SL style ribs.

You're missing your smoker? (G)


DS> I don't think that dropping the corn would seriously hurt this recipe.


DS>       Title: Mexican Soup
DS>  Categories: Easy, Leftovers
DS>       Yield: 5 Servings

Probably not, just add a few more beans.


DS>       1 c  Diced onions
DS>       3 ea Cloves garlic, diced
DS>       1 tb Olive oil
DS>       3 c  Cooked chicken or turkey
DS>            -diced or shredded


DS>       1 pk Taco seasoning Mix*
DS>            1 1/4 oz pkg)
DS>            *I used 1/4 cup from bulk
DS>            - jar

I'd add a mix of dried peppers, some cumin, maybe a bit of dried orange
peel, a touch of salt and black pepper.........


DS>     1/2 tb Cornstarch

That might have to be increased a bit if the taco seasoning mix had
thickener in it and I'd subbed in my own seasoning. Maybe a teaspoon or
so?


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