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Default Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:22:10 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > 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.

>
> So then they should be MORE than hamburger. I don't get your logic.


And other than its taste and tenderness, USDA Prime prime rib should be
a *lot* cheaper than hamburger also, due to the waste of the former.

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