Comments on: Waiter, there’s a tail in my soup

By: Pauline

Pauline — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:36:25 +0000

Having grown up in both Germany and the Netherlands, oxtail soup (Ochsenschwanzsuppe in German, Ossestaartsoep in Dutch) was highly common in my youth. I still like it from time to time, when I’m cold or something like that. The strong taste of beef seems to give me strength, similar to the effect of chicken soup. Glad you liked it!

By: kentuckienne

kentuckienne — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:54:48 +0000

Should you make it down our way, we can take you to the Oaxacan restaurant that serves crickets :) Loki ordered them, mostly to freak out his mom. Or we can take you to the restaurant that serves tiny oxtail tacos — yummy!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:22:24 +0000

Oh! You are very brave! I have been dying to try Bison. I heard it was very tasty and very good for me….and now that they have it at my local grocery store….perhaps I will give it a go.

By: Carm

Carm — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:12:45 +0000

Good for you for the adventurous eating. My mother always made oxtail soup for us when we were growing up. I miss it. If you ever prepare it yourself watch out for extra fat because I remember that sometimes there was a fair amount of fat surrounding the meat. I’m sure they just cut that off in restaurants.

By: egoldstein

egoldstein — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:59:37 +0000

I remember reading somewhere that paleolithic man ate around 100 different foods during the course of a full year (and full turning of seasons), whereas modern Americans seem to get most of their calories from 25 or fewer foods. It’s probably one of the many reasons we are missing vital nutriets or trace elements. Kudos to you for being adventurous.

By: George Chernikov

George Chernikov — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:51:24 +0000

Wow, you sure are daring! I, for one, am not at all sure whether I would risk having a bit of an ox in my soup. Mind you, I’m not opposed to trying out new meals, but the tail of an ox might just be stretching it a bit for me, insofar as I’m concerned.

Ah well, glad you found it “ox-some!” :-)

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:09:31 +0000

Ummm, I already commented, is there a rule about commenting twice?

I just have a question totally unrelated to this post. That’s all.

I want the fancy scale you have listed. When it says, not appropriate for “athletic” people does that mean like don’t go jogging 4 times a week and then try to weigh yourself on this scale, or is it more like Lance Armstrong may or may not get an accurate reading because his body fat is about .04%?

By: Juanita

Juanita — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:22:06 +0000

I admire you for trying new foods. While I’m familiar with the Oxtailsoup from growing up in Germany, I’m a chicken when it comes to trying new things.

BTW, they ought to fix the spelling for Kassler Rippchen (not Ripchen) on the menu.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:17:24 +0000

The moment I read “Ochsenschwanz Suppe,” I knew where you’d been. Then again, I have the benefit of personal local knowledge. Strangely enough, though I’ve never been there before, I ended up at the Biergarten on Friday night with a group of friends. Didn’t go to whatever the concert was across the street, but we enjoyed the food, the alcohol, and (somewhat) the music.

I know we live in the same town, but it’s still big. Odd that I’ve accidentally ended up in the same places as you two weekends in a row…

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:15:25 +0000

::Giggle::

I do draw the line at some things (no brains, tongue, dog/cat/horse), but we tend to be pretty adventuresome as a family with our foods.

LOVE escargot, have not yet tried snake (almost tried rattler but my mom said NO). Gator is delicious, froglegs only if done right. I’ve had turtle (very bony), rabbit, octopus, and bison.

I have to say, after reading this, I’d probably try oxtail soup.