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Spareribs are located further down the side of the hog from the babybacks, running all the way down to the breast bone. That’s why they are also sometimes called side ribs. If you look at a slab of spareribs, you will notice that on one end you can see the exposed bones and marrow. This is where they were separated from the babybacks. On the other end (the one tak- en from the chest area of the hog) is basically a large strip of meat filled with small bits of cartilage and gristle called rib tips (defined below). The concave bone side of spareribs usually has a meaty flap that is part of the diaphragm called the flap meat.
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