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Pigs foot stew.

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sargasosal

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I can remember my dad shaving the trotters before dropping them into the stew. I loved pigs foot stew as a child, far better than rabbit stew which was full of small bones. Funny as I wouldn't eat either now if you paid me. Lol
 
Welcome to the Forum.

Dad used to do the pigs trotters - he loved them - but not for me, though as a kid I loved the broth. I hadn't had rabbit since I was a child, but opted for roast rabbit here in Crete about five years ago and I could have used it as shoe leather! Meatwise the only thing I eat now is chicken or fish.

Maurice :cool:
 
The Tails are so much better.You can suck the meat of the bone if they are boiled long enough before they are put in the stew
 
sargasosal said:
I can remember my dad shaving the trotters before dropping them into the stew. I loved pigs foot stew as a child, far better than rabbit stew which was full of small bones. Funny as I wouldn't eat either now if you paid me. Lol
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I have relatives living in Limerick RoI,when visiting there in 1967 the late night carry out after a drink was pigs feet as opposed to fish and chips . The trotters were very gelatinous , hence very sticky on the fingers , I think I could still eat a trotter after all I still enjoy faggots , scratchings etc
 
Growing up, Rabbit stew was always one of my favourites. I didn't mind the bones. The meat just fell off them. More recently, we've had a Pub 'doing' Rabbit but it wasn't a stew, and nothing like the stew I remember. But it was tasty.;)

I've read somewhere that, after killing a Rabbit, it is important to empty the bladder [of the Rabbit, before anyone gets the wrong idea :):)] otherwise it can contaminate the meat.

Living in a rural area, we do have some specialist Butchers that offer Game, etc. I'm often tempted to go along and buy a dressed Rabbit. Into the pot with Onions and Carrots for an afternoon, and see if it brings back those memories.:cool:
 
Ken_R said:
Growing up, Rabbit stew was always one of my favourites. I didn't mind the bones. The meat just fell off them. More recently, we've had a Pub 'doing' Rabbit but it wasn't a stew, and nothing like the stew I remember. But it was tasty.;)

I've read somewhere that, after killing a Rabbit, it is important to empty the bladder [of the Rabbit, before anyone gets the wrong idea :):)] otherwise it can contaminate the meat.

Living in a rural area, we do have some specialist Butchers that offer Game, etc. I'm often tempted to go along and buy a dressed Rabbit. Into the pot with Onions and Carrots for an afternoon, and see if it brings back those memories.:cool:
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yer back then they were a great cheap food source.
 

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I think you'd probably eat anything put in front of you in those days. I must have done - provided it wasn't cabbage! Dad's brawn - all jelly and chunks of meaty bits; bully beef of course; and Spam which was much nicer. It was just the Parson's Nose at Christmas that I could never get my head around. I let others compete for that.

Chris
 
When my mother worked at Marsh& Baxters ,as well as bringing home pigs feet and tails every Friday she managed to bring home a large piece of what we called Undermeat ( Pork LoinToday).She used to get it out by wrapping it around her waist( Naughty Girl )so security didn't find it after the war had finished.She would cut it into small squares and deep fry it in Lard on the Sat afternoon,and we would have it On Saturday night for our evening meal,dipping the bread into the fat.After that it was Piano on the pavement and a singsong as they turned out the Midland Tavern at the bottom of Inkerman St.Good Times
 
ChrisM said:
I think you'd probably eat anything put in front of you in those days. I must have done - provided it wasn't cabbage! Dad's brawn - all jelly and chunks of meaty bits; bully beef of course; and Spam which was much nicer. It was just the Parson's Nose at Christmas that I could never get my head around. I let others compete for that.

Chris
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yer spam was nice back then. it tasts yuk now. a big lump of spam fryed was great.
 

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rosie said:
Friday night was tin-bath-night. My mother would have a big pan of pigs feet on the gas to keep the kitchen warm in the Winter. It was lovely, carrots and onions with Oxo!
rosie.
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a lovely image rosie...warm and comforting..i have a very large stew saucepan and everytime i cook one the smells waft through the house taking me back to what i call the old days when mom would do a stew and we would site around the coal fire eating it :)

lyn
 
Pete,

Fried Spam was one of my favourite meals when I was a kid, but I wouldn't look at it now, though I do see tins of Spam in the Greek supermarkets, so I presume someone must eat it. Pork is still the favourite meat in Greece, and lamb if you can afford it.

Maurice :cool:
 
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Pete,

Fried Spam was one of my favourite meals when I was a kid, but I wouldn't look at it now, though I do see tins of Spam in the Greek supermarkets, so I presume someone must eat it. Pork is still the favourite meat in Greece, and lamb if you can afford it.

Maurice :cool:
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When I was at school we always came home for lunch, we either had banana sandwiches, which I still love, or spam sandwiches with brown sauce on. I'd be sent to the local shop to get a 1/4 of spam cut thin. Hated the stuff and haven't touched it since.
 
It was still going strong in the 1980s, Edifi, when I used to drive from Bournemouth to visit folks in Brum, I always used to go via Evesham and pick some fruit to take to them - and ate a few in the process! But we're getting way off topic again!

Maurice :cool:
 
My children loved to climb up the ladders for the juice Victoria's .After an hour they would say don't want any more ,got a tummy ache:yum:yum
 
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