Oxtail Soup

[dcarch]

2 hours ago, chromedome said:

Shank and neck pieces are the closest, to my mind, but not really the same. And neck is almost impossible to get in my neck of the woods, unless you know the meatcutter personally. 

 

Please! Please don't tell the world about neck bones. Keep it a secret between you and me.

The next thing you know neck bones will be $$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!

 

dcarch

[Martin Fisher]

1 hour ago, dcarch said:

The next thing you know neck bones will be $$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!

 

Yep!!!! 

[heidih]

Walked over to Korean market between classes and stumbled on this oxtail display

[lindag]

OMG!!!!       I am SO envious!

Edited August 29, 2017 by lindag (log)

[Okanagancook]

WOW?  On sale AND great looking quality.

[heidih]

I think the incredible volume of sales at the local ethnic markets allows for incredible prices. The produce costs  are crazy low

[Thanks for the Crepes]

1 hour ago, heidih said:

I think the incredible volume of sales at the local ethnic markets allows for incredible prices. The produce costs  are crazy low

 

Our ethnic markets tend to be non-chain mom and pops. No stockholders to please, and I think that allows them to price things lower too.

[cdh]

You can get nice delmonico steaks for $10.99... and entirely servicable strip steaks for $8.59... the value proposition for oxtails has gone out the window.

[Anna N]

1 minute ago, cdh said:

You can get nice delmonico steaks for $10.99... and entirely servicable strip steaks for $8.59... the value proposition for oxtails has gone out the window.

I used to follow that same line of thinking. I would compare the price of beef cuts against the price of a decent if not phenomenal steak. Now I would rather have a phenomenal ox tail stew than  a so-so steak.  Just a different point of view. 

[rotuts]

@Anna N 

 

""  I would rather have a phenomenal ox tail stew ""

 

I completely agree with you ...

 

the tastiest meat comes generally from the Meat that Works.

 

tails work a lot.  they are now  Chee-Chee  ( only God knows how to spell this )

 

and therefor $$

 

and none of them come from an Ox.

 

they come from a 1 1/2 YO Steer or so.

 

however , they still have had to work.   so does the ' cheek '   but that's pretty CC now two.

 

Id try to find some Neck muscles .  best of luck.

 

I do think it might be worth trying a flavorful  but less pricy cut of meat

 

ie  Chuck ? and age it a bit in the refrig.

 

and pretend its an Ox's tail.

 

since you can't find and Ox , that's only a 1/2 fib.

 

just saying.

Edited August 31, 2017 by rotuts (log)

[Toliver]

I never had Oxtail Soup until I moved here to the Southern San Joaquin Valley. There's a large Basque community here and Oxtail Soup can be found in many of the local Basque restaurants (along with pickled tongue ).

It's funny, for years my mom has made her beef vegetable soup using cuts of meat called something like "beef for soup" or "beef for stews". And that beef in the soup reminds me quite a bit of Oxtails. Perhaps it's a case of "A rose by any other name..." yada, yada, yada.

[rotuts]

@Toliver 

 

OTS and pickled tongue ?

 

the T sliced very thin in a Sandwich w ultra fresh bread w good crumb ?

 

Nirvana ?

 

Oh, sorry I forgot.

 

Pretty hot there in the summer , is it ?

 

 

and yes , Im a Native Son , so I can commit.

 

just from a bit cooler area.

[jmacnaughtan]

18 hours ago, rotuts said:

 

tails work a lot.  they are now  Chee-Chee  ( only God knows how to spell this )

 

 

It's spelled chichi, I believe.

 

But still, 17 dollars a kilo is ridiculously expensive for something that contains around two thirds bone, fat and gristle, and that requires 5 hours' cooking.  You could get a very good steak for that.

[chromedome]

Yes, but steak is just...steak. Oxtail is different. 

[rotuts]

has anyone done oxtails SV ?

[Katie Meadow]

20 hours ago, Toliver said:

 

It's funny, for years my mom has made her beef vegetable soup using cuts of meat called something like "beef for soup" or "beef for stews". And that beef in the soup reminds me quite a bit of Oxtails. Perhaps it's a case of "A rose by any other name..." yada, yada, yada.

In my experience most cuts labeled "beef for stew" make a decent broth, but oxtails make a broth with more depth of flavor and even texture. And in addition, oxtail meat seems more tender and more tasty after two hours or so of cooking than many other so called "stewing" beef cuts. If only cows had more than one tail each. Surely it would help them swat flies.

[scubadoo97]

13 hours ago, rotuts said:

has anyone done oxtails SV ?

That's how I've been doing them

[gfweb]

On 8/28/2017 at 11:48 AM, cdh said:

What is causing the prices to go through the roof like this?  Is there some trendy fad recipe everybody is making that I've just never heard of?  Has Campbell's Soup cornered the market? I'm perplexed.

Its like tri-tip. What used to be a nice cheap cut has been discovered. I blame those turds at Bon Appetit and The Food Network.  Annoys the crap out of me.  Same thing happened with Pappy Van Winkel, the food press latched on to it and blew up a nice thing.

[rotuts]

I had to look up PappyVW

 

serves you right

 

 

I stick to MR.

 

nobody is going to discover that.

 

why ?

 

although its minimal  , take some work.

 

BTW

 

TT is $ 4.99 this week.

 

Sirloin Flap  ( trimmed whole by request )  $ 4.77

 

no contest.

Edited September 2, 2017 by rotuts (log)

[lindag]

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I stopped in at very small grocery store on my way to town and found OXTAILS in the frozen meat case!!!  I bought some (and, no, they weren't cheap) and I'm on my way to planning the soup I've been wanting.

Every one of the larger stores around me has had none so this was pretty darned exciting.  

[chileheadmike]

On 9/1/2017 at 11:27 PM, gfweb said:

Its like tri-tip. What used to be a nice cheap cut has been discovered. I blame those turds at Bon Appetit and The Food Network.  Annoys the crap out of me.  Same thing happened with Pappy Van Winkel, the food press latched on to it and blew up a nice thing.

I used to by a whole packer brisket for about 20 to 25 bucks. The last one cost me close to 70. 

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

My amazon fresh order this week included three pounds of oxtails for curry.  And yes they were expensive.  But amazon informed me they could not supply them.