On 07/02/2011 2:07 PM, Miche wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be
>> _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone.
>
> I'd love things like ox tail to be only $4.50 per pound. That's what we
> pay for beef mince (ground beef) on a good week.
>

Given the small amount of meat on ox tails, they should be less than
hamburger. Hamburg my not be the best beef, but it is all edible, and it
is a hell of a lot less labour intensive to cook. The thing that
oxtails have going for them is that they are so damned good when you
cook them right.