In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> 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.

Well, there you go. And I suspect that part of their cost is what the
traffic will bear.

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