On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:36:44 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2017-03-25 2:33 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> On 3/25/2017 2:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> There was a time when pork hocks were fairly cheap but not any more.
> >>> In fact
> >>> they were considered a poor man's food.
> >>>
> >>
> >> So were short ribs. baby backs, and chicken wings. Those cheap foods
> >> have been discovered by the masses and now are way too high.
> >
> >Yes sir. We have discussed this many times. What I have to ask is who
> >are these masses who discovered them? I know that chicken wings are a
> >very popular bar and restaurant item around here. It is the shirt ribs
> >and ox tails that I have to wonder about. I rarely see them on a menu.
> >As much as I love both short ribs and ox tails, I am not going to spend
> >that much on a cut of meat that takes so much preparation, so much time
> >and the addition of other ingredients when I can buy a steak for less
> >and cook it in minutes with minimal work.
>
> go to an ethnic restaurant or one that specializes in soul food or the
> like
> Janet US

We have a lot of ethnic restaurants but over here, they're called "restaurants." A soul food restaurant gives me pause though. Oddly enough, the only place I can get real barbecue is at Whole Foods. We don't have very many black folks. I can't say why that is.