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Hello and welcome to Recipe Club, where we debate the best way to cook the things that

you want to eat.

My name is Chris Ying and today we are stewing up some ox tails.

So as we were recording this episode, we were doing a little uninform speculating about

why they call it an ox tail.

And being a complete and utter city slicker, I could not tell you what an ox actually

is or the difference between an ox and a bull or a steer.

I mean, I thought they were all just cows.

If you're out there and you're as a grunt and curious as I was, here's what I found out.

The ox, the steer, the bull, the heifer and the cow all fall under the collective term

cattle.

We typically say cow when we're pointing out a single, big, delicious beast wandering

on a field over there.

But technically a cow is an adult female that's given birth to a calf.

Out of that, it's known as a heifer and ox is a fully mature, castrated male.

Before it reaches maturity, it's known as a steer and a full grown male that has its bits

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