Print Version. Biting midges are minute to tiny flies that can be severe biting pests of humans, pets, livestock, and wildlife. Their blood-sucking habits also raise concerns about possible involvement in the transmission of disease agents.
The best cut of beef ribs comes from the lower, ventral, section, from the 6th through 10th rib, roughly the same cut as the St. Louis cut of pork ribs. It is called the short plate, and the ribs are called short ribs not because they are short in length, but because they come from what is called the short plate.
Where do the short ribs come from on a cow? Obviously, they come from the rib section, but why are they called 'short ribs' and not 'beef ribs'. Answer Wiki. Short ribs come from the lower rib cage of the steer, referred to as a 'short plate' (or sometimes, just 'plate'), hence, the name. The upper portion of the rib cage, in contrast, is often just called 'beef ribs' or 'beef back ribs', which is the attached to the cut of meat that you know as prime rib (or rib eye steak).