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heidih

heidih

38 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

What would prefer to call them?

 

They are called oxtails because they are the tails of oxen.

 

As always I could be so wrong but the vernacular here is that oxen are older and that is not cost effective so what we see are steer tails. (castrated males)  The girls get milked i think.  Feed lots are scary places- flashbacks...

heidih

heidih

33 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

What would prefer to call them?

 

They are called oxtails because they are the tails of oxen.

 

As always I could be so wrong but the vernacular here is that oxen are older and that is not cost effective so what we see are steer tails. (castrated males)  The girls get milked i think. 

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