On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:32:23 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>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.

they are called restaurants here too. I was trying to indicate where
you might find oxtails, short ribs or something like that.