The Joneses > wrote in
:

> Do y'all skim off the fat or keep it? The last oxtails I cooked seemed
> to have lots of fat.
> Edrena
>
>

I skim off the fat. The refridgerate and peel method. And cook the barley
in a seperate pot and add it near the end.

I like Pot barley over Pearl barley, but it gets too starchy if the barley
is cooked in the soup.

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