Gryphon's Aeire Food Fact - Oxtail Soup

Oxtail soup very likely originated during the French Revolution 
when the slaughterhouses sent the their hides to the tanneries 
without cleaning them, leaving on the tails. A French noble 
asked for a tail, which was willingly given to him, and he 
created the first oxtail soup. Soon, the tanners began charging 
for the tails because of the constant demand that had been 
created for them. The dish was probably introduced to England 
by French refugees from the 'terror'.


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