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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be
_much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On Feb 7, 9:56*am, KenK > wrote:
> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > Only one tail per ox. Things like beef shank bones are crazy expensive, but this is the stockmaking time of year. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On 7 Feb 2011 17:56:34 GMT, KenK > wrote:
>Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be >_much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. And for many years now they're not even ox tails, they're beef tails... I remember as a kid real ox tails were free; po' folks food. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
Sqwertz wrote: > > On 7 Feb 2011 17:56:34 GMT, KenK wrote: > > > Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > > _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > They're always expensive. I've never seen them less than $3.79. > $4.50 is regular price for the last 5-8 years. > > -sw I'll have to check, last time I noticed them around here recently I recall them being $2-something a pound. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
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KenK > wrote: > Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. I'd love things like ox tail to be only $4.50 per pound. That's what we pay for beef mince (ground beef) on a good week. Miche -- Electricians do it in three phases |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On 07/02/2011 2:07 PM, Miche wrote:
> In >, > > wrote: > >> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be >> _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > I'd love things like ox tail to be only $4.50 per pound. That's what we > pay for beef mince (ground beef) on a good week. > Given the small amount of meat on ox tails, they should be less than hamburger. Hamburg my not be the best beef, but it is all edible, and it is a hell of a lot less labour intensive to cook. The thing that oxtails have going for them is that they are so damned good when you cook them right. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On Feb 7, 12:56*pm, KenK > wrote:
> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > -- > "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always > remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner Yes they are about $3.99 to $4.49 where I live, and that's about as cheap as you can get them. I won't buy them at that price. I can get good beef shank for $2.99 per pound; and I can get nice meaty ones if I go through the packages. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
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Dave Smith > wrote: > On 07/02/2011 2:07 PM, Miche wrote: > > In >, > > > wrote: > > > >> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > >> _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > > > I'd love things like ox tail to be only $4.50 per pound. That's what we > > pay for beef mince (ground beef) on a good week. > > > > Given the small amount of meat on ox tails, they should be less than > hamburger. Hamburg my not be the best beef, but it is all edible, and it > is a hell of a lot less labour intensive to cook. The thing that > oxtails have going for them is that they are so damned good when you > cook them right. Well, there you go. And I suspect that part of their cost is what the traffic will bear. -- Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella "Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle." Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010; http://web.me.com/barbschaller |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On Feb 7, 10:32*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On 7 Feb 2011 17:56:34 GMT, KenK > wrote: > > >Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > >_much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > And for many years now they're not even ox tails, they're beef > tails... I remember as a kid real ox tails were free; po' folks food. and so were beef bones...used to get the free from the local butcher and they always had meat that my mom would trim off and then use the bones for seasoning beef stew. |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
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KenK > wrote: > Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. I can get them for $3/lb at the secret meat store. Supermarket price is at least $4.50/lb. -- Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella "Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle." Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010; http://web.me.com/barbschaller |
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Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!
On Feb 7, 2:22*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 07/02/2011 2:07 PM, Miche wrote: > > > In >, > > * > *wrote: > > >> Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be > >> _much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone. > > > I'd love things like ox tail to be only $4.50 per pound. *That's what we > > pay for beef mince (ground beef) on a good week. > > Given the small amount of meat on ox tails, they should be less than > hamburger. Hamburg my not be the best beef, but it is all edible, and it > is a hell of a lot less labour intensive to cook. *The thing that > oxtails have going for them is that they are so damned good when you > cook them right. People don't buy oxtails for their meat to bone ratio. |
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