The Glam Ass was dispatched to find the main ingredient - not an easy task as most people locally must have had the same idea - and with only one per animal supply was outstripping demand. No, no, no. Not a bull's pizzle - an oxtail.
Here the hunter (with the help of his own assistant, Chester) shows off his prize, which he tracked down in the chiller of Welshpool butcher's 'Rikki Lloyd'. He came out of the shop carrying something which could have been mistaken for a gift-wrapped shalalee.
What a curious thing it is when seen like this and not swinging at the rear end of a cow or packed neatly in a plastic tray - or even arranged artfully with potatoes and greens.
That's more like it - dusted with flour and ready to be cooked very gently with some flavoursome stock, vegetables, herbs and a glug of wine. Plenty of time to time to sit by the fire and read the newspaper while it cooks and the light falls outside. Hours in fact.
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I'd have ate it too!
Mmmm, I can almost smell that stew. I loved oxtail when I was a child - but the other end - tongue - was a real nightmare for me.
Can you believe that I've never cooked, indeed, have never seen an ox tail except on an ox. The Great Dane is in for a treat if you will please email me a recipe. Please.
Like Pondside I have never cooked one but oxtail soup was def one of my favourites as a child :-)
A x
Have just had one of our heifers back from the abattoir at Bishop's Castle this last week. One of our customers for our beef requested an oxtail for which they had already diced and more importantly didn't charge for it
Sounds lovely, looks menacing, like something your mum might whip you with if you were late for tea, LOL
Mountaineer, not for the first time, I echo Pondside's comment.
Of course, I know about oxtail soup, and think that I have even tasted it. Yet, never, never, have I ever seen the main ingredient.
Please do post a recipe for your delicious supper dish. I will then have to discover if my local market's butcher can find an oxtail...given enough advance notice.
xo
Oh gosh, I prefer seeing it in several pieces rather than one... reminds me too much of where it came from. still, I agree, it does make a perfect stew.
Catching up and talking of one piece - hope the Glam Ass is restored now too!
Oh yes! A delicious aroma wafting across the valley!! I have been making scrummy caseroles using the game packs from Tuffins - perfect with a giant Yorkshire Pudding!
An oxtail stew, now there's an idea for a freezer cook.
Or even just a soup. The thought of the smell alone makes me feel hungry.
Nice to hear from you mountainear, how's life?
Ah yes great Breton favourite ox tail I love seeing it in the shops after it was so difficult to get in our local butcher in the UK!
ooh, just love oxtail soup real comfort food
Stewed , ox tail ... or shin of beef , bone and all ... are heavenly winter food .
If we get another winter like the last one , as they forecast , these cuts of meat might stage a revival even among the Minute Steak fans .( I've never been sure , is it Minute as in 60 seconds or Minute as in barely visible to the naked eye ? )
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