Although smoking does not always affect scores on smell-tests, it is widely believed to reduce sensitivity. A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that, contrary to popular belief, blind people do not necessarily have a keener sense of smell than sighted people.
In American cuisine, ribs usually refers to barbecue pork ribs, or sometimes beef ribs, which are served with various barbecue sauces. They are served as a rack of meat which diners customarily tear apart by hand, then eat the meat from the bone.
This cut of meat is actually cut from the sirloin or rib end of the pork loin near the shoulder. Country-style ribs are a meaty cut that is more like a pork chop than a rib. They are sold either as âslabsâ or in individual servings. Individual pieces seem to be more prevalent.