On 2017-03-26 12:10 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:47:31 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2017-03-26 8:47 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 09:48:27 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/26/2017 8:51 AM, Janet wrote:
>>>>> A beef carcase can provide plenty of roasts and steaks, but only one
>>>>> tail and two kidneys...demand pushes up the price.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>> For *years* I've wanted to make a steak & kidney pie. I cannot find
>>>> beef kidneys anywhere. Not even at the independent meat market which
>>>> just happens to be co-owned by a British woman. She told me she simply
>>>> can't get them, not even lamb kidneys. So, no steak & kidney pie for me.
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> my husband told his mother during a phone call that we were having
>>> oxtail soup for supper. She said 'Oh, I don't think I would like
>>> that.' This from a farm woman in Iowa. It's beef, for heaven's
>>> sake. And very delicious too. The only way I can get satisfactory
>>> oxtails is to buy them at Cash and Carry (a restaurant supply). 10 #
>>> for $60. They are huge, meaty things.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Oxtail brawn is also good. I.e., like a pork/head cheese but made with
>> oxtails.
>> Graham
>
> I've never seen or heard of that. I've only seen head cheese
> Janet US
>

Here's a recipe for Suffolk* Oxtail Brawn.
https://nungkysman.wordpress.com/200...-oxtail-brawn/

*The county in England from where I originate.
Graham