Is oxtail really ox's tail or it is just called oxtail?

Answer 1

Just called oxtail it is really the tail of a cow.

"Ox" was once a name given to castrated bulls ... and the name has carried forward in time simply to refer to the tail meat from any cow.

I suppose if you were in an open air market in Mongolia or other rural place in many parts of the world and you saw something claimed to be oxtail it probably came from an ox, along with ox meat, ox ribs, ox stomach, and virtually every other part of an ox. But if you are in any supermarket in the United States or Canada or Britain or (well you get the idea) and see a package of oxtails sitting between the package of ground chuck and the t-bone steak, you are looking at tail meat from the domesticated beef critter.

Answer 2

Oxtail is the culinary name for the tail of a beef animal. (Formerly, it referred only to the tail of an ox, a castrated bull.) The oxtail of a steer typically weighs 2 to 4 lbs. (1-1.8 kg) and is skinned and cut into short lengths for sale. GAAKKK!!!

Answer 3

It's really an oxtail. You'll find them, in their gory plastic shrink-wrapped see-through containers at finer supermarkets everywhere. Right next to the cow tongues.

Answer 4

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Ox covers the entire bovine group. Oxen, Cow, Bison, Yak etc. all oxtail.

Answer 5

It is really ox tail although sometimes they go for cow or bull. I have to admit ive eaten it in stews and I didnt die...t was actually pretty good.

Answer 6

Ox tail is beef tail. YES !!!! The thing that swats flies! It makes great soup.

Answer 7

Cow/Bull/Steer's tail - yes it is!
And it is yummy! They cut it into slices - like ham slices but much smaller. Cooked like a stew so it is tender and tasty!

Answer 8

well it isn't called that for no reason so I'm using that it an oxtail.

Answer 9

Its really cow tail cut between vertabrae.

Answer 10

Yes it s cow's tails