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Hank Rogers[_2_]

jmcquown wrote:
> 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. 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
>>
> We all know that since oxen haven't been used in this country for
> pulling plows in a very long time. LOL
>
> Jill

Maybe Popeye still uses them on that high altitude ranch of his.