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.
The pork rib roast is the pork equivalent of a standing beef rib roast or a rack of lamb. You may have seen this cut of pork as a pork crown roast, which is a pork rib roast turned into a circle and tied. This cut makes a show-stopping, elegant dinner.