Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:45:52 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks, Janet I was all ready to persuade my butcher to get some
>> for me, until I read an instruction here.....'first clip the
>> nails'!!! Dunno why, but that squicked me, terribly.
>>
>> I have saved your instructions, and If I can get over that, I shall
>> follow your instructions.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>
> I learned from some blog, to just take a cleaver or knife to the feet,
> and trim off the ends of the feet...hence the nails. I just whack them
> off....

Do you mean take the cleaver to bash the whole foot, to break it up?

> Allows more gelatin to be released....which is why I do it.

Heh, thanks, Christine That sounds much more doable