Comment on Why do we not eat pig or cow?
ME5SENGER_24@lemm.ee 11 months agoBeef’s turn…
c. 1300, “an ox, bull, or cow,” also the flesh of one when killed, used as food, from Old French buef “ox; beef; ox hide” (11c., Modern French boeuf), from Latin bovem (nominative bos, genitive bovis) “ox, cow,” from PIE root *gwou- “ox, bull, cow.” The original plural in the animal sense was beeves
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 11 months ago
Then you get oddities like ox used for the offcuts/ofal (tail, cheeks, tongue, heart)
Case@unilem.org 11 months ago
Wait, I’ve heard of oxtail as a delicious southern dish, but never had the opportunity to try it.
Is it really just a generic cow tail?
English is stupid, and I say that as a native speaker.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 11 months ago
yep ;)