Ribs Silverskin - Strip Down or AuNatural ??


 
Sometimes a teaspoon can be used to get at the membrane.
From there, you choice of weapons... be it pliers, paper towel, etc.
 
I always remove the silver skin on the bone side of the ribs before rubbing. I generally use a butter knife to get underneath and then grab it with a paper towel and RIIIIIP!

I remove it because I find it gets a paper like texture after being cooked and isn't pleasant when eating. I also believe the rub can penetrate easier without this membrane.

Just my $0.02.
 
I not only remove the membrane on the back of BB ribs, I also remove that silverskin strip that very often runs along the top also. Takes a little practice and I find a sharp thin boning knife works best. That way there's nothing inedible (except the bone) on/in the ribs before going into the cooker.

Russ
 
ok then. its pretty dam unianiminauous, uh I mean yall all agree. looks like ill be skinning them down from now on (the sweet wifey offerered to do it for me, she def has the knack). I appreciate the comments and the explanations. I knew the texture reasons but I had not considered the bare meat taking in the flavor/rub better.

thanks again. keep the comments or tips coming.

don't lift the lid....
 
When I learned to make ribs in 1959 from my next door neighbor he did not remove the silverskin. He had built a
home made glass window rotiss over a cheapo charcoal grill from the era. They tasted great to me, the silverskin
just got to be a crunchy bit on the bottom of the rib. But what did I know, I was only 8 years old at the time.
So I made a lot of ribs between then and now, but only just started to remove the silver in the last 10 years. Sure
its a pain, but I think that the people eating the ribs enjoy them more without the silverskin.
 
Cliff Bartlett said:
If you shop at Costco, their ribs have the skins removed already. I believe the brand I've gotten there is Swift. They're great ribs and come three slabs to a pack.
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Funny you mention Costco. I've been hit and miss with ribs and skins from Costco. I've gotten packs ribs (Swift brand) there that have been both ways. I think I even got one pack where one of the racks in the cryovac had the skin removed, but the other didn't! Moral of the story is to always double check for the skin.

Also if you get the Swift SLC cut ribs, I'd double check the cut. They aren't always cut cleanly when it comes to removing the tip meat. Not that I'm complaining, because I really like the tip meat, but I have been caught off guard one too many times by biting into the tip bones that weren't supposed to be there.

Just my $0.02!
 
Sometimes the grocery store I get my ribs from skins their ribs. I hate when they do it because I cant always tell and I sit there and try to remove that super thin membrane thinking it is the thicker one. Plus I like to feel like I did something to prepare the meat
 
Don't see any reason to remove
It considering it's usually directly on the bone where there is no meat never ate at a bbq joint that removed it either
 
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