On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:01:06 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I don't know about any trend.... not around here. I never see them on
> menus anywhere. We never had them when I was a kid, but my mother in law
> used to make them once in a while, and she taught my wife how to cook
> them. It was love at first bite. I really enjoy ox tail stew, and I
> came to enjoy them back in the early 1970s when we used to be able to
> buy enough oxtails to make a huge stew that would be enough for a real
> pig out followed up by a leftovers pig out for less about 30 cents.

It's not part of my childhood either. When I was first married, I
remember my then SIL would cook them in the pressure cooker. I must
have eaten them at least once, but I'm not a fan of bones so I don't
remember anything about it if I did.

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A kitchen without a cook is just a room.