"Pig hands are delicious and tempting, brighter and more resistant to savoring" . Pig hands and pig feet are collectively called pig trotters in the north, and are loved by everyone. The pig's trotter bone has a glutinous skin, and the muscles are connected. It tastes fresh and fragrant and addictive. Men use it to drink wine, women use it to beautify, and children use it to satisfy their cravings. One pig's trotter can satisfy the whole family.
However, many people don’t know that there are differences in the front and back hooves of pigs and their tastes are also different. Also, some pig's trotters taste glutinous and chewy, with more meat and tendons, while some have more bones than meat, which makes it easier to get greasy after eating a few bites.
When buying pig's trotters, you often encounter pig's front hoof and pig's back hoof selling together. It will make people confused and have no idea whether to choose the front hoof or the back hoof? What are the specific differences between the two? Today I will tell you how to choose the front and rear hooves of pigs, and how to distinguish between "front hooves" and "back hooves". After reading it, pick the pig's hooves one by one, and you will never spend more money to chew bones.
1. The difference in taste between the front hoof of pig and the rear hoof of pig
The main reason for learning to distinguish the front hoof of pig and the rear hoof of pig is that the cooking methods used by the two are different and the taste is also different.
Pig front hoof: exercise more and develop muscles, bones have small lean meat, and have tendons. It tastes flexible and firm, fresh and not greasy. It is very suitable for making braised pork trotters, braised pork trotters, stewed, braised pork trotters, or roasted pork trotters.
Pig's back hoof: The amount of exercise is far less than the front hoof, , so it has a large bone, less meat, and more fat, and the pig skin is thinner, the taste is not as good as the front hoof, and it tastes greasy. It is more suitable for stewing soup with soybeans and other ingredients.
2. Four ways to distinguish the front hoof of pig and the rear hoof of pig
. Different curvature
The most intuitive difference between the front legs of pig and the rear hoof of pig is that one is slightly curved and the other is straight. During the growth process, the pig will have the habit of kneeling and bent and lying down, but when doing this action, the pig's hind hooves are still straight and not bent, which also creates a difference in appearance between the pig's front and the hooves. The pig's front hooves are curved, and the pig's hind hooves are straight and the length is longer than the front hooves.
The bend of the pig's front hooves also gave it a lot of folds, which looked like it had a "double chin". The pig's hind hooves are completely opposite, smooth and wrinkled so little.
, whether there are tenses or not
When purchasing pig's trotters, checking whether there are tenses in the pig's trotters is also a way to distinguish between the front hoof of the pig and the rear hoof of the pig. Don’t be afraid of trouble when buying pig’s trotters. Pick up the pig’s trotter and see its cross-section. If there is a bulge in the center that is as big as a coin.
The flexibility of pigs when walking and moving is mainly based on the front hoof, so the pig's front hoof has tendons, and the back hoof is just a support point. The flexibility is very poor, so the tendons are very thin and basically invisible. From this point, it can also be well distinguished between the front hoof of pig and the back hoof of pig.
. Different cross sections
When distinguishing the front and rear hooves of pigs, you can also judge the size of bones and fatness and weight of flesh on the cross section after cutting of pig trotters. The pig's front hooves have a large amount of movement, the bones are slightly thinner, the area at the cross-sectional joints is smaller, the meat is more tight and thinner.
, and the pig's back hoof has a small amount of activity, mainly supporting the body, the bones are relatively large, and the area at the joints is also more, basically twice that of the front hoof. The surrounding flesh is fat, and it looks like a lot of oil is loose, and there is also less fascia .
. Whether there are small holes
Anyone who knows it knows that there is a very subtle way to distinguish the front and back hooves. It depends on whether there is a row of small holes distributed on the inside of the pig's trotter. The number of holes is generally around 4 or 7. If there is one, it means the pig's front hooves.
This is because when the pig kneels down, the curvature increases, which makes the pores on the surface grow bigger. Then the three hairs squeeze out one hole and slowly expand. When dust and fine impurities enter these holes, the expanded holes cannot retract, and over time, a row of small holes will naturally form.
The best one is that there are 7 holes on the front hoof of a pig, which is also called seven-hole pig trotter , seven-star pig trotter , , which means that the pig has a higher exercise volume, more lean meat, bright red color, and tastes more delicate than the front hoof of an ordinary pig, and the fat part is also fat but not greasy, soft, glutinous and fresh.
3. Remember 3 mantras when buying fresh pig trotters
. Be careful when white and fat trotter
Many people subconsciously choose good-looking ones when buying ingredients. If a white and fat pig trotter and a yellow and small pig trotter are put together, most people will choose the white and fat one.
In fact, this is a wrong choice. After pig's trotters are hair-removed, the color of the skin is generally pale yellow, and even does not look so clean. If the pig's trotters are too white and bright, they may be "bleached" by the store's chemical "potion". After "bleaching", the pig's trotters will not only become whiter, but also "expanded" in volume, and the hoof petals can be clearly seen to be separated. If you encounter such white, fat and fat people with separate hoof petals, you must buy them with caution.
. The touch is sticky and hard to find the next home
If you want to eat it with confidence and peace of mind, don’t be afraid of trouble, and be embarrassed to do it. Remember to "touch and press" when buying pig’s trotters. When you touch the skin of the pig's trotter, it will feel sticky or astringent. Generally, the pig's trotters are sticky to the touch, and the ones soaked in the potion will feel particularly smooth to the touch. The freshest pig's trotters worth buying should feel a little astringent to the touch.
Pressing the pig's trotter depends on the softness and hardness of the pig's trotter. The touch of the fingers is soft and elastic, which proves that the pig's trotter is very fresh. If the pressing feels very hard and the pressing pit does not rebound quickly, it means that the pig's trotter has been left for a while, so it is best to check out the pig's trotters from other families before making a decision.
. The most suitable curved rhinestone
When purchasing front hoofs of pigs, having or not having tendons is an effective way to distinguish the front and back hoofs, but this method is only applicable to some stores selling pig's hoofs. Because nowadays, many vendors will pull out the tendon from the front hoof of the pig and sell it to restaurants or braised meat shops. Therefore, if you want to have the best and most complete pig's front hooves, must carefully distinguish the pig's front hooves and pig's rear hooves. Buy those that are curved and have tendons.
Share a recipe for [Burn Pig's Trooster]:
Ingredients required: pig's trotters, a pack of dried tofu skewers, four eggs; ginger, cinnamon, pepper, dried pepper, bay leaves, soybean paste, light soy sauce, sugar color, salt, chicken essence, sugar
, rinse the pig's trotters after chopping, put them in clean water and soak for about 15 minutes, soak the blood in the pig's trotters, wash and control the water for later use. Boil the four eggs and peel them in the shell. Then prepare a packet of dried tofu skewers and soak them in water. Half a bowl of sugar-colored or appropriate amount of braised soy sauce, as well as appropriate amount of star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, dried chili, pepper and ginger slices.
. Pour oil into the wok, pour star anise, ginger slices, bay leaves and other spices into the pot, stir-fry over medium-low heat to achieve the aroma, pour the pig's trotters into the pot, and fry until the surface is slightly browned.
. Put two spoonfuls of soybean paste and three spoonfuls of light soy sauce in the pot, continue to stir-fry over medium heat, stir-fry to bring out the aroma of sauce, and pour in the prepared sugar or braised soy sauce to adjust the color.. Pour the pig's trotters into a pressure cooker, add appropriate amount of boiling water to flood the pig's trotters, add appropriate amount of salt, chicken essence and sugar to stir, add eggs and tofu skewers, simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes, and then open the lid and fill the juice over high heat.
——Lao Jing said—
. Choose the front and back hoofs for a pig's trotter. You must first decide based on the purpose of eating and cooking methods. A simple summary is "eat meat on the front hoof and drink soup on the back hoof". In addition to stewing soup, you must choose the front hoof of the pig. If it is the front hoof of the same pound, you can eat about six or seven taels of meat per pound, while one pound of hind hoof can probably only eat four or five taels of meat at most.
However, the front and rear hooves are the same in nutrition, so if you want to drink the nourishing pig trotter soup , choose the soup stewed with a slightly fatter back hooves. You can rest assured that the nutritional value is, and the stewed hind hooves may be more fresh, fragrant and delicious.
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