On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:56:55 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:08:43 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 1/21/2013 10:15 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:09:44 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>> snip
>>>
>>>I'll have to look at them, but I'm sure you're right. Oxtail soup
>>>requires a nice ratio of meat & fat to the bone. These are already
>>>disjointed.
>>>
>>>> tea cup size tails with lots of meat between the wings of the bones.
>>>> I've got to ask Cash and Carry if they can get some in for me. A
>>>> restaurant pack is over $50, but it is worth it. It is a little
>>>> tricky to break the pack apart into family-size amounts, but I can
>>>> manage with some of my husband's tools ;o)
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>Power tools? Even with my freezer and love of soup I don't need a huge
>>>package of oxtails. I doubt I could find them in restaurant size
>>>packages. Still, I do love oxtail soup/stew. Very hearty.
>>>
>>>Jill
>> No power tools, just a short pry bar and maybe a hammer or something.
>> Because the tails are round, there are spaces where you can get
>> between to pry the frozen tails apart in serviceable chunks.
>
>Just use secateurs or branch loppers. Both would do the job easier than a
>hammer and a pry bar.
>
not really. This is a frozen box of 3+-inch thick by 3+ inch across
-- all frozen together in a flat plane. The box is 15 pounds. I'm
not trying to cut the tails into pieces. I'm trying to separate
chunks of pieces into meal-size portions without thawing the whole
pack. There is nothing about this job that branch loppers would
handle.
Janet US