What part of the pig does it come from?
2006-07-20 16:04:08 · 7 answers · asked by ŧťŠ4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Basically it's the ankle.
2006-07-20 16:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by tusitala 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ham hocks are essential ingredients in soul food and other forms of Southern country cooking.
A ham "hock" in the sense contemplated here is the end of a smoked ham where the foot was attached to the hog's leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper nor the foot or ankle, but rather the extreme shank end of the leg bone and the associated skin, fat, tendons, and muscle. This piece is generally comprised of too much skin and gristle to be palatable on its own, so it is largely used to be cooked with greens and other vegetables in order to give them additional flavor (generally that of pork fat and smoke), although the meat from particularly meaty hocks may be removed and served.
2006-07-20 23:13:59 · answer #2 · answered by g-day mate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ham hock comes from the "knee" or hock of the back leg of a pig.
2006-07-20 23:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by callieanne 2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hock.
I think it comes from the upper hind leg. But I'm not positive.
2006-07-20 23:08:37 · answer #4 · answered by zil28ennov 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its hip section, sometimes referred to as the bone and leftover meat on the bone joint and is enough to season beans, soups jambalaya, etc. MMMmmmmmmm! Ham hock and lima beans and cornbread!
2006-07-20 23:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT comes from the leg, just above the foot
2006-07-20 23:07:55 · answer #6 · answered by hoodboundmami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that it is the knuckles
2006-07-20 23:10:16 · answer #7 · answered by bumblebee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋