Am Mittwoch, 10. Januar 2018 11:25:15 UTC+1 schrieb Ophelia:
> "Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...
>
> On 1/9/2018 3:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 10:09:21 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> >>
> >> In the US what's sold as oxtail is actually cow tail.
> >
> > I know. My dad told me that when I was a kid. When was the last time you
> > saw oxen in the United States? I guess they have some in Texas. Perhaps
> > there are some where Paul Bunyan lives. I just know that one of ya'alls
> > going to be insisting oxen are all over the place in America. It's what
> > yoose guys do.
> >
>
> I'd not kid about something like that, we do have oxen all over in the
> mainland. I just went out for the mail and had to chase a couple out of
> my driveway. You should have seen their tails too, very big. You can
> cut the tails off and they grow another one in a few months. Most every
> restaurant here has ox tail stew on the menu since it is so plentiful.
>
> ==
>
> Do they do that??? ... cut off their tails?

Usually not - "only" their Rocky Mountain oysters before they're called
oxen.

Bye, Sanne.