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[av8rmike]

Somehow I got into a conversation between the grocery store employees on how to eat pig's feet. I said they are probably boiled down, like in some kind of broth or pork stock.

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[tidesong.livejournal.com]

Not really any different than cooking down chicken parts for chicken stock!

[karlgrenze.livejournal.com]

IIRC, you can cook them in a pressure cooker or something like that. Grandpa used to cook pigs' feet that way, and even got burned by the stupid pressure cooker (this was before I was around, I never ate those things).

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Essentially the same thing-- pressure cookers just reduce the cooking time by increasing the boiling point of the water.

The real question is, why would you want to eat them?

[karlgrenze.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Some in my family claim they taste good, but I'm not interested in trying.

I do eat chicken hearts and blood sausage, so YMMV in regards to food. ;)

[bibliocat.livejournal.com]

When my kids were younger, I would sometimes pick up a package of pig's feet and casually put it in the grocery cart, just to mess with them.
They'd ask what it was, and I'd reply, "Dinner!"
(And then I'd have to go and put it back, of course)

I'm with you, though. I don't know why anyone would want to eat them.

[danceswithcats1.livejournal.com]

My parents celebrated with a package of pickled pigs feet shortly after getting married. Perhaps that explains my siblings and me.

Seriously, some things which sound gross are actually tasty. Campbell's Pepper Pot soup contains tripe, and I think it's one of the most yummy soups they make. (difficult to find in supermarkets)

The nasty sounding stuff is what the poor folk had to work with, e.g. your and my grandparents, or great grandparents, depending on who got to Ellis Island when.

Open your mind and your taste buds, and some good things might come your way.

[afuna]

I think they taste great, with a tasty sauce ;-) The texture is mildly different, kinda sticky and gelatinous, than out and out meat, but it's an interesting contrast versus the tougher meat of the... the hocks? The legs? The thighs? Whatever you call that bit that connects to the feet.

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I don't really eat any of it.

[big-girl.livejournal.com]

Pigs feets is good eatin'. Only I take off the skin because it's digusting and just eat the gooey inside-- which is also kinda disgusting but delicious.

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Was I right about the "how", though?

[guinastasia.livejournal.com]

Ugh. According to my mother, when she was little, her Uncle Pete used to make pickled pigs' feet and bring them over, and my grandmother used to sit there just gnawing on them. *shudders* We also sold them at the grocery store where I worked in high school. Just LOOKING at them was enough to make me seriously ill.

On the other hand just the thought of them is probably a good diet aid.