On 3/26/2017 9:53 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-03-26 9:48 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Fortunately I can find "ox tails" but yes, the price is exhorbitant. I
>> had to laugh a couple of years ago while talking with a neighbor. I
>> mentioned I was making ox tail soup. He had no idea what it was. Then
>> again, he doesn't cook. When I told him ox tails are, essentially, the
>> beefy part of a cow's tail he cringed. LOL
>>
>
> My son won't eat ox tails because he says it comes from too close to the
> cow's ass. Having grown up in the country I am surprised that he would
> reject it on that basis. He has certainly seen enough cattle in the
> fields to know that they usually have a lot of manure all over them.
>
LOL That's funny. Maybe that's the reason my neighbor cringed, but I
doubt it. More likely it was just the thought that people actually
*eat* the meaty part of a cow's tail.

Jill