How to choose pig's feet for some dishes

Dishes made from pig's feet are very diverse and rich. In particular, on the Tet holiday tray, many families often have dishes of stewed pig's feet or braised bamboo shoots, stewed pig's feet with herbs or soaked in fish sauce... These dishes are all nutritious and delicious, however, many people still do not know how to choose pig's feet to prepare the right dish.

The two types of hams are clearly distinguished as front hams and hind hams, and the taste of these two types of hams is also different. Because they often bear the weight of the body pressing down and move quite a lot, the front hams are large, rough, and look slightly curved, the meat on the front hams is also thicker, and the wrinkles on the surface of the hams are also very obvious. The hind hams, because they only support movement and bear less weight of the body, look relatively thinner and straighter, have less meat, and have fewer wrinkles on the surface. Similarly, pig hooves usually have 4 toes, but when moving, only 2 toes are on the ground. The toes of the front hams are relatively large and even in size, and the toes look smoother. The two toes of the hind hams will look rougher and the toe sizes are not the same.

In short, it is not difficult to distinguish between the front and back legs. The front leg has thick meat and lots of tendons, is chewy and delicious, suitable for braised or roasted dishes. The back leg has less meat and larger bones, often used in soups, stews, etc.

In addition to popular dishes made from pig's trotters such as noodles, rice noodles, crab noodles, beef noodles with pig's trotters, in Bac Lieu there is also a restaurant specializing in selling delicious fake dog trotters. Located in Ward 3 (Bac Lieu City - near the old Cao Van Lau Theater), the restaurant only opens in the afternoon. The meat is rich in flavor, the sauce is soaked in spices, both fatty and slightly spicy, with a harmonious salty and sweet taste. Depending on the customer's preference, the seller will scoop out a portion of fake dog trotters for the customer to eat with noodles, noodles, bread or pork trotters..., very attractive!

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