rib roast
- a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
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Origin of rib roast
First recorded in 1885–90
Also called standing rib roast.
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Season a rib-roast of beef with salt, pepper and ginger and rub with vinegar.
365 Foreign DishesUnknown
The English way of baking beef is to allow nine minutes to the pound for a rib-roast and eight minutes for a sirloin.
Health on the FarmH. F. Harris
It is not generally known, however, that the second cut of the rib-roast from the fore quarter is the finest roast from the beef.
Housekeeping in Old VirginiaMarion Cabell Tyree