Four (or Five!) Reasons Why

….Ribs Totally Rock

1. Ribs are meat that you get to eat with your hands. I mean, how much better can it get unless you’re one of those meat-dissing vegans content to live on a steady but bland diet of pellets, beans, rice and tofu. You can, by the way, make vegetarian ribs but why bother!

2. It’s meat. I mean, you can decide between two kinds of meat - pork or beef. Personally, I like beef. Well, I like pork as well but if I had a choice..mmm….yeah, I’d go with beef…or maybe pork.

3. You can prepare ribs wet or dry (aka messy or less messy). It’s kind of like country and western - different but both as good as the other.

4. Did I mention they were meat? Well, where was I? Okay, you can eat them with a wide variety of sauces. Whether you like them tongue-burning hot or sweet as molasses, there’s a sauce for you.

5. There’s a variety of ways to cook ribs - BBQ-ed, baked, grilled, broiled.

Hey, don’t get me wrong, some of my other favorite foods do not involve meat such raspberries, blueberries, pumpkin pie, chocolate pudding and a nice medium-rare steak.

More: The Flavour Guy claims the best ribs are made with time. Nothing like a little slow cookin’ ribs over low heat to get those taste buds salivating. For a list of the best BBQ places in the world, all of which must make ribs, check out About.com.