Comments on: Succulent Oxtail Stew http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/09/29/succulent-oxtail-stew/ An urban insurgent's guide to real food for life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ed Bruske http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/09/29/succulent-oxtail-stew/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Ed Bruske Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:52:10 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=2715#comment-3323 El, I don't know why oxtail is hard to find. Used to be lamb shanks were treated as garbage (or pet food) as well, but you pay a pretty penny for them now that they've become so popular. I would put tails in that same category. Huge flavor. Maybe a bit intimidating when you first set eyes on them, but you there's more meat on them bones than first appears. I'll bet it makes a super demi glace. That's awfully upscale for a Michigan farm girl. Very impressive. El, I don’t know why oxtail is hard to find. Used to be lamb shanks were treated as garbage (or pet food) as well, but you pay a pretty penny for them now that they’ve become so popular. I would put tails in that same category. Huge flavor. Maybe a bit intimidating when you first set eyes on them, but you there’s more meat on them bones than first appears. I’ll bet it makes a super demi glace. That’s awfully upscale for a Michigan farm girl. Very impressive.

]]> By: fastweedpuller http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/09/29/succulent-oxtail-stew/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 fastweedpuller Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:24:25 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=2715#comment-3320 Wow: what a hearty stew! Oxtail is hard to come by, I had to argue with my butcher when we got our 1/4 of beef last year that I really, really wanted the tail. Goodness knows what else I could've got if I tried hard enough, but I was happy I got what I got. I made a demi-glace with mine, so I could use it repeatedly when I need that beefy punch. It took about forever to make it but wow is it ever tasty. I roasted the tail first. Wow: what a hearty stew!

Oxtail is hard to come by, I had to argue with my butcher when we got our 1/4 of beef last year that I really, really wanted the tail. Goodness knows what else I could’ve got if I tried hard enough, but I was happy I got what I got.

I made a demi-glace with mine, so I could use it repeatedly when I need that beefy punch. It took about forever to make it but wow is it ever tasty. I roasted the tail first.

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