On Fri, 11 May 2012 20:21:03 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
> wrote:

>In article >,
> (Victor Sack) wrote:
>
>> Malcom "Mal" Reynolds > wrote:
>>
>> > when just a tad my mother would make a jewish recipe for what she said was
>> > cow
>> > neck. was pronounced something like chalikal or khalikal or near that. was
>> > boneless and a roast.
>> >
>> > any hints on what it might be?
>>
>> Look up kolichel or kalichel.
>>
>> Victor
>
>yeh, that's probably it, but it's hard to imagine my folks spending that kind of
>money on it.

If you're over 60 when you were a kid that cut was dirt cheap. It's a
lean boneless chuck roast. If you buy it from a non kosher butcher
it'll cost about $4/lb, half as much:
https://www.koshermeatstore.com/product_p/3737.htm
Ask your butcher for "chuck eye roast":
http://www.askthemeatman.com/beef_chuck_primal_cuts.htm