On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:38:44 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-12-04 5:12 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Flank steak and chicken wings used to be dirt cheap and beef bones were
>> free.* I paid $6.99/lb but the three tails are nice and meaty.* 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.

Chances are they're cow tails, not oxtails