G Wiv wrote:While Steve's suggestion is a good one, I'm wondering if the ribs in question are hot smoked or cured and cold smoked such as Kassler Ribs, which I find salty and in need of braising to leach out salt content.
I know I'm late to the party here, but the smoked ribs I've always seen at Bobak's are cold-smoked. In our family, those types of ribs are used mostly in Polish soups and stews in which you want to impart a smoked flavor (we use it for zurek and bean soup, for instance.) You can eat it straight, but generally you simmer it in water, because, like you said, it's much too salty to eat straight.