On 2018-12-04 5:12 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> Flank steak and chicken wings used to be dirt cheap and beef bones were
> free.Â* I paid $6.99/lb but the three tails are nice and meaty.Â* I'll get
> several meals (which I can freeze) out of the oxtail stew.
>

I am very picky when it comes to oxtails. They have to be on sale cheap,
and there has to be a lot of meat on the bones. It is bad enough to be
charged steak prices for a cut of meat that requires so much work to
make it tender and tasty, but I especially dislike paying that much for
bones.