On 2014-09-01 12:51 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

>> People discovered they're good! Then restaurants started using
>> them and
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>> the prices soared.
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>> Jill
>
> Yup, I blame chefs for it. Chefs are always looking for ways to
> stand out and the cheap cuts were a way to make them noticed by the
> media. They ruined it for the rest of us....and fajitas are the
> culprits for the rise in price of flank steak too. dammit ;-)
>

Being close to Buffalo, it was hot wings that did the same for chicken
wings around here. They were dirt cheap here before bars learned that
wings were a cheap and easy way to sell lots more beer.
My wife used to make amazing ox tail stew, but now we can get a nice
steak for less and not have all the other work and expense to prepare.