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U.S. Janet B.

On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:05:07 -0400, wrote:

>On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 06:22:29 -0800, "Cheri" >
>wrote:
>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am off to the grocery store presently and now I absolutely have to
>>>> have some oxtail! I don't care if people in NA don't eat it, when we
>>>> came here 50 years ago they didn't and the butcher would just give you
>>>> some, same with nice marrow soup bones, now they are an item and
>>>> expensive
>>>
>>> Remember the very inexpensive packages of chicken backs? Never
>>> see them anymore either. Nor beef bones for stock.
>>
>>=======
>>
>>Look what happened to chicken wings and turkey parts, used to be dirt cheap,
>>not anymore.
>>
>>Cheri
>
>True enough, oxtails are cooking away now, cost me $24.95 for 4 medium
>ones.

It costs me $60 for a ten-pound box of huge meaty oxtails where there
is far more meat than bone. Today is rainy and cold. I'm going to
get some out of the deep freeze.
Janet US