Rotules de boeuf/ mammouth?

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We were given a raw bone by the breeder for our Airedale teenager to chew. In an email to us she described it as a “rotule de boeuf / mammouth”. It seems a very sensible chew as it is a knuckle bone and there are no sharp bone splinters. She loves it and I am now looking to get another one, but I am somewhat confused by this word “mammouth”. Is this a brand name? The size of the beef joint? I had assumed I would just ask our local butcher for a rotule de boeuf but now I’m not sure.

Has anyone come across this and know what she was talking about please?

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Hi Sue. Just did a Goggle and this pooped up: Amazon.fr…

Cheers - Steve

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Yes I also Googled and got similar results.

It seems they are using the term “Mammouth” to describe a very large leg bone from a cow or ox, rather than it being from an actual mammoth!

“rotules de boeuf” translates as “beef kneecaps” :slight_smile:

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@scrawford500 @ChrisMann Thank you both.

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I remember Mammouth being a French supermarket chain in my early years of travelling around France and bought out by Auchan in the late 90s.

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Our local butcher refers them as ‘Postman’s leg’

:grimacing: :leg: :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Not a Depardieu film then?

Naughty boy got found guilty, I note.