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jmcquown[_2_]

On 1/20/2013 7:28 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:15:43 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:56:04 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/20/2013 11:32 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:38:41 +1100, "Farm1" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I tried a new recipe for lamb shanks the other day and it was worth
>>>>> repeating.
>>>> snip
>>>> I'm so glad you mentioned lamb parts. You caused me to clean out the
>>>> freezer on top of the fridge to find the package of lamb neck bones I
>>>> had in there somewhere. You know how the fridge/freezer can get out of
>>>> control during the holiday season. I'd forgotten that I had them. I
>>>> use them to make a sort of stew that is just for me.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> I don't have the freezer out of hand thing. But all this soup and stew
>>> and lamb shanks talk makes me want to look for oxtails. I love oxtail
>>> soup
>>>
>>> Jill
>> me too. I'd love to know what they cost where you are. The last
>> decent ones I was able to get was a restaurant pack that I got at Cash
>> and Carry. Really nice meaty ones. Pretty expensive here.
>> Janet US
>
> I cooked some yesterday, five of the larger sections $12. Not that
> many years ago people didn't care for them and they were sold
> very cheaply, not so anymore. Then again, marrow bones you just asked
> the butcher and he gave them to you for soup making, now they are $2/3
> a pair. I'm in eastern Canada.
>
I'm probably not old enough to remember the butcher giving out marrow
bones. (If I was and they did, it never occurred to me to ask.) I *am*
old enough to remember when oxtails were dirt cheap.

Jill