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jmcquown[_2_]

On 12/4/2018 7:22 PM, wrote:
> 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.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.
>
> Chances are they're cow tails, not oxtails
>
We all know that since oxen haven't been used in this country for
pulling plows in a very long time. LOL

Jill