Katra > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> "Hipot Al" > wrote:
>
>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > jammer wrote:
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:42:05 -0700, Arri London
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >Katra wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Lynn gets stuff from the food bank, and it's not unusual for
>> > > >> them to
>> put
>> > > >> stuff in the boxes that nobody wants...
>> > > >>
>> > > >> She gifted me with a package of frozen and cleaned pig ears
>> > > >> this morning! :-P Something I would NEVER buy! I asked her why
>> > > >> she did not just cook them up for her rottweilers and she said
>> > > >> that since I do
>> eat
>> > > >> pigs feet, she thought I might be interested.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Thanks. <bleah!>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> So, now I have this package of about 1 lb. of frozen pig ears.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I'm thinking about just simmering them until they are soft,
>> > > >> then
>> letting
>> > > >> them cool and offering them to my own dogs. I know that my
>> > > >> border
>> collie
>> > > >> would probably be delighted. ;-) All 4 dogs enjoy the
>> > > >> smoked/dried
>> pig
>> > > >> ear chewies from the feed store, as well as the freeze dried
>> > > >> pig
>> snouts.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Anyone else know what these are good for?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> TIA,
>> > > >> K.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >Can put them into menudo along with the tripe. Or simmer them
>> > > >until soft, then bread them and fry them. Or pickle them like
>> > > >the trotters.
>> Or
>> > > >cook them with sauerkraut.
>> > >
>> > > Or wrap in newspaper and dispose of them!
>> >
>> > Wasting perfectly edible and palatable food (which pigs' ear most
>> > certainly are) is stupid of course.
>>
>> I've seen them in a Puerto Rican cafeteria simmering in a steam-table
>> pan with sliced bananas!
>>
>>
>
> Hmmmmm... I may be brave when it comes to trying new foods,
> but I think I'll draw the line at serving them with fruit! LOL!
>
> K.
>

Ummmmmm! Banana split a la pig's ears!