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Remove ribs Silver skin tips

FM Former Member
I have a Smokette and have done ribs for a number of years. Now I have been elected to do babybacks for a group of 40 people and want to remove the silver skin as usual. I have tried the usual way of inserting a butter knife underneath the skin and working it up then grabbing the skin with a paper towel and stripping it off. This time I can't seem to get started. The skin tears into about 1" pieces and I'm getting very frustrated. Do any of you have a clue to help with removing it? Thanks.
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T twoferMember
My last batch of babybacks were the same, so I took some internet writer's advice and left the silverskin on. Skin cooks to the texture of parchment paper, and actually was not that easy to remove even after cooking. Nobody complains, of course, but I really felt the need to apologize to someone.
Only trick I have heard of that you didn't mention is rolling the rack to stretch the silverskin before removing it, but I have not found this to be much help myself.
FM Former Member
I think you're talking Membrane.

Little confusion, but "silver skin" is actually on the top side, it's the strip of white sinew that you can't really cut very easy. It runs perpendicular to the rib bones.

The comments above how to remove are for the membrane.

Note, there actually are 2 and if you go toooooo deep, you'll really have a hard time. I just use a fingernail to get it started, starting at a corner.

Never have an issue with BB, but Spare's well there I've had lots of problems, more so the worse my arthritis gets
FM Former Member
Thanks Guys, I wasn't expecting to get so many answer so soon and I appreciate it. I'll try the roll-em-up and see if it helps me. Smokin', you're right. I was talking about the membrane and I was going too deep and the meat didn't want to let go of the membrane. As I get older there 82 year old eyes and fingers just don't seem to be able to hack some things. Thanks again, I'm going out and start the roll on all those racks (slabs).
K kapnMember
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Originally posted by SmokinOkie:
I think you're talking Membrane.

Little confusion, but "silver skin" is actually on the top side, it's the strip of white sinew that you can't really cut very easy. It runs perpendicular to the rib bones.

The comments above how to remove are for the membrane.

Note, there actually are 2 and if you go toooooo deep, you'll really have a hard time. I just use a fingernail to get it started, starting at a corner.

Never have an issue with BB, but Spare's well there I've had lots of problems, more so the worse my arthritis gets


Dead on advice there.
I find Baby/Loin backs much easier that spares to identify and pull the membrane.
I just prepped a case of Baby Backs that were "half frozen" and all of the membranes came off super easy.

I do think that "second membrane" below the first one needs to be avoided. If I stay with just the thick upper mambrane--easy peasey.

FWIW

TIM

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