Talk:Pork ribs

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[edit] "Spare ribs", One word or Two

It seems to me that "spareribs" one word, refers to a cooked pork dish, usually cooked or served with sauce, and that "spare ribs" refers to having extra ribs. "Spare" means excess, extra, more than is needed, desired, or required. The single word term "spareribs" derives from Low German 'ribbesper', and the two word terminology derives from the two separate words "spare", meaning extra, and "ribs". "Spare ribs" would be what a paleontologist has left over after putting together a dinosaur skeleton. In any case, both versions have been used in this article. I think we should go with one or the other, and I would vote for "spareribs". I guess this comment also applies to the Spare ribs article, so I'll put the comment there as well. Mcraigw 19:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling of "cartilage"

Just wanted to point out the spelling error of CARTILAGE.

fixed. -Agyle 08:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)