Pigs trotters!

[sheddie]

Heard today that pigs trotters are the new anti ageing food, no joking they contain lots of collegan.Feel free to correct my spelling if spelt wrong! Just boil them and eat the meat.Who's going to try them first?:D

[franbee]

Where are you going to buy your trotters, Sheddie? I think I saw some on Bury market the other week.

[sheddie]

Supposed to be very available, did you say you are trying them first franbee? X lol

[franbee]

No, didn't say I would try them first, I'm not a big meat eater at the best of times, but if I wanted to I'd know where to buy!

[dinger]

I remember we used to have a cooked meat shop in town and people used to have them regular also chitlings and you could but Tripe and peace pudding as well .ugh horrible!!!!

[franbee]

Bury's famous market has a stall selling black puddings, plus tripe and all those other unmentionables. There is always a queue, you can have your black pudding hot, to eat then and there, with mustard. We take ours home for tea.

[Crocus]

Have you had your first tasting then Sheds?! If it's cleaned up nice and proper, and add some beef, whole cloves (to taste) a little bit of vinegar, it makes a super brawn. That's how my mum used to make brawn. Not any other "meat", only the trotter, but as I've said cleand properly, and beef. Lovely!

[dinger]

I always thought brawn came from the pigs head Crocus so I have got it wrong again .

Have you noticed sheds has got us onto piggies again.x

[Healing Hands]

I am not sure about trotters sheddie, are they not a bit on the fatty side?

[sheddie]

Clarisa the cook one of the 'two fat ladies' said this. The recipe is on ITV website Alan Titchmarsh show for Tuesday 11th March if you would like more details. Now who's going to try them first, it shouldn't be me because I've come up with the details. X lol

[dinger]

My o h loves a bit of black pudding but i don't let him have it if I have to cook it . I just think dried ox blood and thats enough for me I'm afraid . I just offered him a pigs trotter for his lunch but got a grunt for a reply lol xxxx

[eleanor2]

river cottage was cooking trotters and pigs ears the other night.i'm not up for it with my cooking i'd make a bit of a sows ear of it.no going telling us little porkers sheddy.

[Crocus]

Dinger, I think you're quite right with brawn made from brains, but my mum and grandmother wouldn't touch it if it was made with it. So that's how the trotters and "normal" beef for brawn came about, and I must say, it's absolutely delicious!
And yes, Sheds cannot stay away from the piggies - perhaps you should give her a piggy for her birthday, and she can take it for walks when she takes Jess, what do you think?

Eleanor, the trotters arn't that fatty, and I don't use so much in the brawn.

[Katelb]

You took the words out of my mouth Crocus,when I was first married,we used to make brawn out of the trotters,and very good it was too.

[Crocus]

All this talking of brawn (in Afrikaans = SULT) started me of considering to make us some!

[sheddie]

You must look at the recipe because ham was added too. X I think many of you could do with a quick wipe around the face with a nice cold pigs trotter. They are my friends.X

[Crocus]

Not my face you won't! xxxx