asked my wife to pop into the butchers that i use quite a lot and asked her to get a rack of spare ribs, i explained what she needed to ask him for, and as he doesn't seem to have any trouble doing what i want i thought it wouldn't be a problem. anyway, she comes back half an hour later with what can only be described as the thin end of a belly with the skin removed (and added to the bag) £19 the cheeky sod charged her! i can only assume that he ripped her off as she wasn't confident describing what she needed, as he knows what a rack of spares looks like, he's done it enough times for me and they normally come in at £8 or £9 a pop.
anyway, shan't be using that butchers again (ball hill butchers in coventry)
ribs cooked nicely and very VERY meaty. now i've only got about a kilo of skin to deal with.
rant over