On 12/4/2018 6:38 PM, 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.Â* 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.
>
Oxtails don't require any more work than anything else you'd braise low
and slow. The oxtails I bought are very meaty. All they require is
browning then slow braising. Nothing difficult about that. I
appreciate the rich beefy taste of oxtail stew. YMMV.

Jill