ʻO ka mea puaʻa, he puaʻa, a uaʻokiʻia mai kaʻaoʻao lalo o nā iwiʻaoʻao a me ka umauma o ka puaʻa, ma luna o ka'ōpū. (Mai nā piko o ka iwiʻaoʻao mai kaʻaoʻao o ka iwiʻaoʻao.) Me ka laweʻiaʻana o ka puaʻa bale, e hoʻomauʻia ana keʻano o kaʻiʻo o kaʻiʻo. Hoʻopiliʻia nā meaʻono eʻoi aku kaʻai a me ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā pēpē. Hoʻohālikeʻia nā pāpaʻi ma waena o 2 a me 5 paona, aʻo nā kaula iʻoi aku ka nui iʻokiʻia i ka liʻiliʻi, aʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nāʻaʻa.
Ke kumu o ka Term "Spareribs"
ʻIke maopopo ,ʻaʻole e pili nā hua'ōlelo sparebabs i nāʻaoʻao'ē aʻe. ʻO ka hua'ōlelo maoli mai ka German Rippenspeer ka mea i unuhi maoliʻia i "nā iwiʻoi aku," ʻoiaiʻo kaʻokiʻokiʻiaʻana o kēiaʻoki i ka kuha a me ka ihe. I ka'ōlelo Pelekānia, ua lilo ia i mea pahū a me ka lako palekana. ʻO kēia hua'ōleloʻaʻole wale nō i pili i keʻano o ka'ānenaʻana i kaʻiʻo ma ka ihe a me ka kuhaʻana, akā, he kūpono maikaʻi loa ia o kaʻokiʻokiʻana iā ia iho,ʻo ia hoʻi ka meaʻai o nā meaʻai. Eʻikeʻoe i kēiaʻokiʻoki i kapaʻia he mau mea pale (word compound) a me nā'āpana hao (ʻelua hua'ōlelo), aʻo nā meaʻelua e like me ka meaʻaeʻia.