On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:15:02 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:28:59 -0500, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> Hrmph-- I was sure I could grab trotters at the market I went to this
>> morning. All they had was hocks. [smoked and fresh-- I was tempted
>> to go with the smoked ones, but I got fresh]
>>
>> I've never made the jelly before-
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/raisedporkpie_684
>>
>> The more I think about it, I wonder if there is enough collagen in the
>> hocks. [I've got 2- the recipe called for 1 trotter]
>>
>> Anyone know? And if they won't work for the jelly-- got a plan for
>> a couple fresh hocks?
>
>If you can get tails, they would sub for feet even better than feet
>themselves.
>
Thanks-

I have seen them at the same place I got the hocks [and think I saw
the trotters before.] I wondered what they were for-- I raised
pigs a few years and we sold the skin, but I thought I used everything
else-- head cheese is more fun to eat than make. [we rinsed the
intestines and gave them to the skin guy- he got the trotters, too,
attached to the skin-- I think we only threw away the lungs & stomach]

All I ever noticed for the tails was making a whistle. . . or was
that the penis?

Jim