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It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
It's been so long since I made it that I had to get out the recipe. I
used to do it a couple of times per year but that was back when
oxtails were inexpensive. Hah!
Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
I break the box apart and make up 3 or 4 packages to keep in the
freezer. They are much nicer tails than I can get at the supermarket.
This soup is truly tasty. I cut off most of the fat from the tails.
Or, I let the beginning portion of the soup sit overnight in the
fridge so that I can lift any fat off. This is a mother-in-law
recipe.

OXTAIL SOUP
from
ELOISE
Wash one or two packages of oxtails. Cover with water generously, add
about 1 tsp. salt per lb. Cook along with chopped onion, chopped
celery leaves and celery, one can tomatoes until tender. This will
take about three hours. About one hour before you plan to eat add
chopped carrots about two or three, then cubed potatoes, and just as
you are about to serve the soup add a package of frozen corn and a
generous handful of parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
It is so important not to cook all the vegetables for the whole length
of time. The meat could even cook longer than three hours - it takes
a long time.

Janet US

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:34:34 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

>
>It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>It's been so long since I made it that I had to get out the recipe. I
>used to do it a couple of times per year but that was back when
>oxtails were inexpensive. Hah!
>Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>I break the box apart and make up 3 or 4 packages to keep in the
>freezer. They are much nicer tails than I can get at the supermarket.
>This soup is truly tasty. I cut off most of the fat from the tails.
>Or, I let the beginning portion of the soup sit overnight in the
>fridge so that I can lift any fat off. This is a mother-in-law
>recipe.
>
>OXTAIL SOUP
>from
>ELOISE
>Wash one or two packages of oxtails. Cover with water generously, add
>about 1 tsp. salt per lb. Cook along with chopped onion, chopped
>celery leaves and celery, one can tomatoes until tender. This will
>take about three hours. About one hour before you plan to eat add
>chopped carrots about two or three, then cubed potatoes, and just as
>you are about to serve the soup add a package of frozen corn and a
>generous handful of parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
>It is so important not to cook all the vegetables for the whole length
>of time. The meat could even cook longer than three hours - it takes
>a long time.
>
>Janet US

Pretty much what I do, skipping the tomatoes and spud, I add pearl
barley instead of spud.

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:34:34 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

> I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.

How many pounds of ox tails are in a box?

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sf

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On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 9:34:33 AM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>
> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.


who woulda ever thunk that the ass end of a cow would ever have gotten expensive?

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:35:31 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:34:34 -0700, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
>> I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>
>How many pounds of ox tails are in a box?

I don't remember. 10+
The oxtails are large with lots of meat. They are fairly well trimmed
of fat. I'd say most of them are the size of, maybe, a teacup.
Janet US

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On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:41:57 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 9:34:33 AM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
>> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>>
>> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>
>
>who woulda ever thunk that the ass end of a cow would ever have gotten expensive?

Or chicken wings, I can't remember what price I saw on tripe or just
plain bones, but that was expensive too. Even chitlins are expensive.
(my Winco carrie those things) I can get calves feet for big bucks at
Cash and Carry. I'm glad that no part is wasted, but like you said,
who woulda thunk?
Janet US

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On 2016-03-08, Janet B > wrote:

> who woulda thunk?

A couple wks ago, I saw cube stks for sale fer $8.99lb! Not even
organic. 8|

nb

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On 8 Mar 2016 20:19:51 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2016-03-08, Janet B > wrote:
>
>> who woulda thunk?
>
>A couple wks ago, I saw cube stks for sale fer $8.99lb! Not even
>organic. 8|
>
>nb
yeah, I saw that too. Maybe with the lower oil prices and the rain in
the ranching country to grow hay, maybe meat prices will stay the same
or lower.
Janet US

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On 3/8/2016 1:20 PM, wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:34:34 -0700, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>> It's been so long since I made it that I had to get out the recipe. I
>> used to do it a couple of times per year but that was back when
>> oxtails were inexpensive. Hah!
>> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>> I break the box apart and make up 3 or 4 packages to keep in the
>> freezer. They are much nicer tails than I can get at the supermarket.
>> This soup is truly tasty. I cut off most of the fat from the tails.
>> Or, I let the beginning portion of the soup sit overnight in the
>> fridge so that I can lift any fat off. This is a mother-in-law
>> recipe.
>>
>> OXTAIL SOUP
>>from
>> ELOISE
>> Wash one or two packages of oxtails. Cover with water generously, add
>> about 1 tsp. salt per lb. Cook along with chopped onion, chopped
>> celery leaves and celery, one can tomatoes until tender. This will
>> take about three hours. About one hour before you plan to eat add
>> chopped carrots about two or three, then cubed potatoes, and just as
>> you are about to serve the soup add a package of frozen corn and a
>> generous handful of parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
>> It is so important not to cook all the vegetables for the whole length
>> of time. The meat could even cook longer than three hours - it takes
>> a long time.
>>
>> Janet US
>
> Pretty much what I do, skipping the tomatoes and spud, I add pearl
> barley instead of spud.
>
Same here, lucretia. WHEN I can find pearl barley!

Jill

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On 3/8/2016 3:10 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:41:57 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 9:34:33 AM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
>>> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>>>
>>> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>>
>>
>> who woulda ever thunk that the ass end of a cow would ever have gotten expensive?
>
> Or chicken wings, I can't remember what price I saw on tripe or just
> plain bones, but that was expensive too. Even chitlins are expensive.
> (my Winco carrie those things) I can get calves feet for big bucks at
> Cash and Carry. I'm glad that no part is wasted, but like you said,
> who woulda thunk?
> Janet US
>
Yeah, the economics of it is rather interesting. Oxtails used to be
very inexpensive. I first heard of oxtail soup as a kid when my family
was driving across the US in a station wagon. Dad was transferred back
to Southern California. Apparently he wasn't in any hurry; we drove
across the country from Virginia. We stopped at a diner in some small
town and Dad looked at the menu and exclaimed, "Oh! They have oxtail
soup!" :)

As for prices, remember when flank steak used to be a cheap cut of beef?
Last time I saw one it was $16/lb. Yikes! Lamb shanks used to be
fairly inexpensive, too. Not anymore.

I never was a big fan of chicken wings, ala "Buffalo" or "hot" wings,
even though I like some spicy things. But I do understand the price
going up on wings. Unless someone comes up with a multi-winged chicken,
there are only two wings per bird. LOL People who like to buy big bags
of them at, say, Costco, are the ones driving the price of wings up.
Doesn't bother me since I don't buy them.

I do miss a good flank steak, but not at that price. I buy oxtails
every once in a while. Not a big box of them, but when the price is
right and the urge for oxtail soup hits... :)

Jill

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On 3/8/2016 3:19 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-03-08, Janet B > wrote:
>
>> who woulda thunk?
>
> A couple wks ago, I saw cube stks for sale fer $8.99lb! Not even
> organic. 8|
>
> nb
>
Sorry to repeat myself, but yes, the price of beef cube steaks is
ridiculous.

Jill

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:34:34 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/8/2016 3:10 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:41:57 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 9:34:33 AM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
>>>> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>>>>
>>>> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>>>
>>>
>>> who woulda ever thunk that the ass end of a cow would ever have gotten expensive?
>>
>> Or chicken wings, I can't remember what price I saw on tripe or just
>> plain bones, but that was expensive too. Even chitlins are expensive.
>> (my Winco carrie those things) I can get calves feet for big bucks at
>> Cash and Carry. I'm glad that no part is wasted, but like you said,
>> who woulda thunk?
>> Janet US
>>
>Yeah, the economics of it is rather interesting. Oxtails used to be
>very inexpensive. I first heard of oxtail soup as a kid when my family
>was driving across the US in a station wagon. Dad was transferred back
>to Southern California. Apparently he wasn't in any hurry; we drove
>across the country from Virginia. We stopped at a diner in some small
>town and Dad looked at the menu and exclaimed, "Oh! They have oxtail
>soup!" :)
>
>As for prices, remember when flank steak used to be a cheap cut of beef?
> Last time I saw one it was $16/lb. Yikes! Lamb shanks used to be
>fairly inexpensive, too. Not anymore.
>
>I never was a big fan of chicken wings, ala "Buffalo" or "hot" wings,
>even though I like some spicy things. But I do understand the price
>going up on wings. Unless someone comes up with a multi-winged chicken,
>there are only two wings per bird. LOL People who like to buy big bags
>of them at, say, Costco, are the ones driving the price of wings up.
>Doesn't bother me since I don't buy them.
>
>I do miss a good flank steak, but not at that price. I buy oxtails
>every once in a while. Not a big box of them, but when the price is
>right and the urge for oxtail soup hits... :)
>
>Jill

My personal opinion is that the guys back in the meat room at the
supermarket take all the good oxtails for themselves. Because what I
see is about as big around as a quarter or fifty-cent piece. And most
of that is bone/bone marrow and fat. What I get at Cash and Carry is
about the size of a tea cup, trimmed of most fat. That's the kind of
oxtail I want to have.
Janet US

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On 3/10/2016 8:23 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:34:34 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/8/2016 3:10 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 11:41:57 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 9:34:33 AM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
>>>>> It's oxtail soup. I love the aroma of this soup when it is cooking.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I purchase a big box of oxtails from Cash and Carry for about $70.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> who woulda ever thunk that the ass end of a cow would ever have gotten expensive?
>>>
>>> Or chicken wings, I can't remember what price I saw on tripe or just
>>> plain bones, but that was expensive too. Even chitlins are expensive.
>>> (my Winco carrie those things) I can get calves feet for big bucks at
>>> Cash and Carry. I'm glad that no part is wasted, but like you said,
>>> who woulda thunk?
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Yeah, the economics of it is rather interesting. Oxtails used to be
>> very inexpensive. I first heard of oxtail soup as a kid when my family
>> was driving across the US in a station wagon. Dad was transferred back
>> to Southern California. Apparently he wasn't in any hurry; we drove
>> across the country from Virginia. We stopped at a diner in some small
>> town and Dad looked at the menu and exclaimed, "Oh! They have oxtail
>> soup!" :)
>>
>> As for prices, remember when flank steak used to be a cheap cut of beef?
>> Last time I saw one it was $16/lb. Yikes! Lamb shanks used to be
>> fairly inexpensive, too. Not anymore.
>>
>> I never was a big fan of chicken wings, ala "Buffalo" or "hot" wings,
>> even though I like some spicy things. But I do understand the price
>> going up on wings. Unless someone comes up with a multi-winged chicken,
>> there are only two wings per bird. LOL People who like to buy big bags
>> of them at, say, Costco, are the ones driving the price of wings up.
>> Doesn't bother me since I don't buy them.
>>
>> I do miss a good flank steak, but not at that price. I buy oxtails
>> every once in a while. Not a big box of them, but when the price is
>> right and the urge for oxtail soup hits... :)
>>
>> Jill
>
> My personal opinion is that the guys back in the meat room at the
> supermarket take all the good oxtails for themselves. Because what I
> see is about as big around as a quarter or fifty-cent piece. And most
> of that is bone/bone marrow and fat. What I get at Cash and Carry is
> about the size of a tea cup, trimmed of most fat. That's the kind of
> oxtail I want to have.
> Janet US
>
I understand what you're saying about the size. I don't buy the teeny
tiny ones which are usually overpriced anyway. Then again, I only buy
oxtails once in a while. They seem to come three to a package and yes,
more like tea cup size. And yes, I make the soup and chill it in the
fridge then skim off the fat.

Jill

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:35:34 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 3/8/2016 3:19 PM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2016-03-08, Janet B > wrote:
> >
> >> who woulda thunk?
> >
> > A couple wks ago, I saw cube stks for sale fer $8.99lb! Not even
> > organic. 8|
> >
> > nb
> >
> Sorry to repeat myself, but yes, the price of beef cube steaks is
> ridiculous.
>
It's $6.99 full price here, but I wait for a sale to buy.


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sf

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:19:18 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:35:34 -0500, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>> On 3/8/2016 3:19 PM, notbob wrote:
>> > On 2016-03-08, Janet B > wrote:
>> >
>> >> who woulda thunk?
>> >
>> > A couple wks ago, I saw cube stks for sale fer $8.99lb! Not even
>> > organic. 8|
>> >
>> > nb
>> >
>> Sorry to repeat myself, but yes, the price of beef cube steaks is
>> ridiculous.
>>
>It's $6.99 full price here, but I wait for a sale to buy.

I never see cube steak displayed, what doesn't sell spoils rapidly.
People choose pieces of boneless chuck or round steak and ask the meat
department to run it through their cuber, there's no extra charge. Or
it's very easy to cube steak at home, there are inexpensive hand crank
cubers that are good for occasional use (for constant use get
something heavy duty), they work better than a jaccard... it's the
best way because you know your own cuber is clean.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=sr_1_1&sr=8-1