On 1/21/2013 12:34 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:17:34 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/21/2013 11:14 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>> I went to a new grocery store (for me) the other day that is focused
>>> on the Mexican segment of the population and they had huge ox tails at
>>> a price that wouldn't require a new mortgage on the house. I don't
>>> understand how stores can get away with charging so much for things
>>> like ox tails and lamb shanks, but they do and they have for so long
>>> that I can barely remember when those things were sold cheap.
>>
>> I suppose supply and demand. I used to get lamb shanks very cheaply.
>> Also ox tails. To me it's weird that chicken wings are so darned expensive.
>>
> It makes sense with the popularity of "buffalo wings".
>
>
If you watch television you'll see all the ads for "buffalo wings" and
"hot wings" at the chain restaurants. Chicken wings used to be
considered scraps. Go figure.

Jill