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Bone marrow was kept in a Stone Age meat locker

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Bone marrow, still in the bone and with Fleur de Sel, is one of my favorite dishes! How do Americans think about bone marrow as a dish?

It's rare in American cuisine but in New York one of my favorite restaurants has a bone marrow fried rice and it's sublime.

Blue Ribbon? With the Oxtail?

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I don't understand how meat stored in ambient conditions and quite warm temperatures (main article seems to say ~20C) doesn't go off.

Oxygen - or lack of. Think about it - marrow is sealed inside the bone. They had to use stone chisels to free it so it could be consumed :)

Christ I'm an idiot - for some reason I thought they'd opened the bones up before storing them :( Of course not. Thanks.

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Bone marrow, still in the bone and with Fleur de Sel, is one of my favorite dishes! How do Americans think about bone marrow as a dish?

Crickets is what you'll get from Americans on this topic. Chances are they haven't seen it in a restaurant or anywhere else.

No. Marrow bones were a super big fine dining trend about 10 years ago, though it's died off a bit; you'll still find them at high-end gastropubs. And of course, you'll find osso buco even at red sauce Italian joints.

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Crickets is what you'll get from Americans on this topic. Chances are they haven't seen it in a restaurant or anywhere else.

I can’t speak for all Americans, but it’s fantastic and sadly inaccessible. Grocery stores either don’t have them, want to charge an unreasonable premium as if it’s exotic, or ideally will give them away. However that’s a perk the butcher gets for friends, family, and loyal customers. Unfortunately, I don’t have such a relationship with a butcher, so it’s a rare treat. Those who do have access are very much into it.

I don't know if "exotic" is the right word, but they are scarce; there aren't many good marrow bones compared to the amount of meat on a cow. I have good relationships with a couple Chicago butchers (I was an investor) and I'd have to ask far ahead for the marrow bones. Since there's so little of it to sell, they're more likely to make a product that stretches them, like marrow butter or bone marrow burgers, than to simply sell the bones.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can’t speak for all Americans, but it’s fantastic and sadly inaccessible. Grocery stores either don’t have them, want to charge an unreasonable premium as if it’s exotic, or ideally will give them away. However that’s a perk the butcher gets for friends, family, and loyal customers. Unfortunately, I don’t have such a relationship with a butcher, so it’s a rare treat. Those who do have access are very much into it.

I don't know if "exotic" is the right word, but they are scarce; there aren't many good marrow bones compared to the amount of meat on a cow. I have good relationships with a couple Chicago butchers (I was an investor) and I'd have to ask far ahead for the marrow bones. Since there's so little of it to sell, they're more likely to make a product that stretches them, like marrow butter or bone marrow burgers, than to…

I was reliably able to get them at Paulina Meat Market without advanced notice a couple years ago when I lived nearby. The only caveat is they don't like to saw them when it's busy or close to closing time. So if you don't have a bandsaw, go off hours
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