Wow! $4.50 a pound for ox tails!

[ejfly]

Ox tails this expensive where you live too? Seems like they used to be
_much_ cheaper - after all they're mostly fat and bone.



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"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

[neo_t_virus]

On Feb 7, 9:56?am, KenK wrote:

Only one tail per ox.

Things like beef shank bones are crazy expensive, but this is the
stockmaking time of year.

[lee d]

On 7 Feb 2011 17:56:34 GMT, KenK wrote:


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

[Tay B]

On 7 Feb 2011 17:56:34 GMT, KenK wrote:


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.

[ard16]

Sqwertz wrote:

I'll have to check, last time I noticed them around here recently I
recall them being $2-something a pound.

[??leven]

In article ,
KenK wrote:


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

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[lilyzgirl]

On 07/02/2011 2:07 PM, Miche wrote:

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.

[mU???3cA]

On Feb 7, 12:56?pm, KenK wrote:

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.

[IvettQ]

In article ,
Dave Smith wrote:


Well, there you go. And I suspect that part of their cost is what the
traffic will bear.

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[wileen c]

On Feb 7, 10:32?am, Brooklyn1 wrote:

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.