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Bruce[_28_]

On Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:22:42 -0500, 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.* 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

Maybe they first castrate bulls and then quickly cut off their tails.