On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:55:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 5:12:22 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:32:23 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsi1yahoo.com>
>> 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.
>
>Oxtail and short rib soup/stew are popular dishes. I'm not sure how things
>are on the mainland but oxtails here are really cow tails. Well that's my
>understanding - I'm no expert on this.

They're cow tails on the mainland too, one would be extremely hard
pressed to locate genuine oxtails.