Good for whom? I would rather be paying $2/lb (what it cost just a few years ago) vs. $9/lb today. I liked it when there was little to no demand for oxtails!
ETA: I guess it’s good for the beef industry that they can sell former trash cuts for real money.
We love oxtail too. I’ve been making it for years and it has been getting more and more expensive. If I see it for $10/lb, I’ll buy a bunch to freeze.
Don’t get started on the price of goat!
Good for everyone because everyone start to learn to enjoy oxtails.
People have been complaining about hipster foodies causing off cut prices to go up for years but they are wrong, it’s got nothing to do with that. The reason all the cheap cuts got expensive is because we started exporting to Asia, specifically Korea and China. They will buy essentially any amount of cuts like oxtail so they are simply not being sold in America for cheap any more, because they can be exported for more money. This export market has created a hard price floor on just about everything. Things like skirt steak, flap meat - things that used to be dirt cheap were the ones affected the most.
Unless a cut becomes like a national phenomenon (think chicken wings) it’s not going to meaningfully impact retail prices just because some hipster foodies are picking them up.
Tail is available at costco for 8.99! And speaking of, the costco in Plainfield sells goat. I bet Edison has it too! They also have whole lamb cut into pieces.
I still get them for $5 (on sale) from my local guy. Like you, I’ve loved this stew for many a year, and still going strong. Bet I have 4-5 lbs in the freezer. There is no meat anywhere quite like oxtail.
What? I won that contest back in the 70’s. Just because they didn’t announce a winner doesn’t mean there was none. I found the Pope in the frickin’ pizza!!
Good to know. I head up to the Edison store every so often since it’s the closest one tha sells alcohol.
I need to get to Edison more often.
We were in City Supermarket (formerly Super Supermarket on Memorial Pkwy in Asbury Park). They had goat shoulder on sale for $3.99/lb. I bought 6 packages, probably around 8 lbs
Nice, what a deal! I miss going to that market, they used to have good sale prices on tails too.
One item of interest is that the Chinese markets here (such as Asian Food market) have 2 kinds of goat, skin on and skin off. To my annoyance, they charge more for skin on! I’m not sure I’ve ever had skin on goat but I’ll try it one day.
What do you make with your goat?
They’ve redone the meat area - no more actual butchers who will cut your meat for you. Now it’s all prepackaged. Luckily they still have the more “unusual” cuts and body parts.
I usually use goat for moles and Caribbean style curries.
My local Asian market generally has them from the 10.99/12.99/lb range, but will have fairly regular sales for 8.99 or 9.99.
Seen today at our local supermarket.
Around $4.90/lb. Guess the “trend” hasn’t ruined the oxtail prices in Germany yet 
Let’s hope it stays that way.
Meat in general is too cheap in Germany which is a complex topic with not one key factor but it would be beneficial if meat prices (and prices for certain other food items) would be higher.
Are there a lot of CAFOs in Ireland? I don’t spend enough time researching meat raised in other countries than Germany, where you can go to a Neuland Schlachter, which is certified organic (that actually means something here, as in humanely raised and slaughtered) and def more expensive than what you get at REWE.
I’m actually a huge fan of the German NutriScore. It finally stopped me from getting the Quälwurst (Pistazienmortadella) from Wilhelm Brandenburg. Can’t do it anymore.
Dang, I’d be all over that.
I would have bought more but I need to conserve freezer room now that fishing season has opened.
Dat’s what I like to hear! 'Tis the season! Last winter had almost no ice, so no fishing. Time to make up for it in the warm weather. Going to N WI soon and hope to come back with some bags-o-walleye.
Mr Bean is strictly an ocean fisher though sometimes will stay in the inlet he has to use to get to the ocean, depending upon conditions.
Too bad there’s not an easy way for us to swap fish.
