On 1/10/2018 1:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/9/2018 1:53 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:10:22 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 7:42:54 AM UTC-10, Casa estilo antiguo
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's not "most" that much I would observe.
>>>>
>>>> But it's up and coming, sort of like lamb shanks are.
>>>
>>> I can totally believe up and coming. The younger generation are more
>>> open to these "ethnic" foods. They see themselves as multicultural.
>>> That is a good thing. I was surprised when my daughter and brother
>>> ordered pork shanks in a restaurant recently. That was downhome
>>> upscale food and it was just wonderful stuff.
>>
>> Up and coming is stupid.Â* Oxtails have been for sale all over the U.S.
>> since I was a child.Â* Someone must have been buying and eating them.
>> Up and Coming also applies to Mexican, Thai, etc.
>>
> What's this about lamb shanks?Â* They're not "up and coming", either.
> I've been buying them a couple of times a year for the last 20 years at
> least.

So?

They ARE an up and coming restaurant menu item, last 4-5 years, iirc...

http://www.restaurant-hospitality.co...nks-rise-ranks

http://www.culinarytrends.net/Lamb%2...he%20Rack.html

http://www.restaurant-hospitality.co...nks-rise-ranks

> There have been so many threads here about lamb shanks in that
> time I couldn't begin to count them.Â* Also threads about oxtail soup.
>
> Methinks dsi1 needs to study up on food on the mainland before he starts
> trying to pretend he knows what is trending.
>
> Jill

Oh stop being such an old dowager about it.

Anyone with any food service background at all can confirm that lamb
shanks are trending.