ham hock and pig hock bargain food!

TerminallyShortOfCash

is this the same as a pestle? My granny used to make us all pea and pestle soup when it was bonfire night.....

Gryfon

Took the pork hock out of my bean jar with some difficutly as it fell apart on me! But it only cost me £1.20 as it was reduced (then we froze it) and there was loads of meat on!

It's soooooooo nice...I keep picking at it :rotfl: So pork hock is cheap, well worth getting...but make sure you cook it well!

I want my bean jar now!!! Though waiting for my parents to come so we can have fireworks first

Queenie

:T :T :T Well done, Gryfon! :T :T :T

I often put a pork hock into the slow cooker with a bag of those mixed dried pulses called something like "country soup mix" ... the combination is :drool:

What is a bean jar?

mrs_baggins

did you get it from a butcher? i tend only to go to supermarkets and i think i saw one once at tesco but it was something like £4!!!. How did you cook it? and is it very fatty? sorry for all the questions!

ariba10

Morrisons sell them.

Gryfon

Here's the link to bean jar:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2004/07/22/bean_jar_feature.shtml

Fed 6 of us with seconds and enough to save for at least 2 more bowls but DH decided to eat it all!

Got mine from one of the supermarkets, was about £2.50 reduced to £1.20. It is quite fatty but when it's well cooked you get peel all the fat off and feed it to the dog/cat, the fat and bone though add to the cooked taste...and it's still got lots of meat on

tr3mor

That sounds lovely, I might try it with shin of beef or something.

Addiscomber

Ham hocks are £1.30 each from my butcher. Two cooked gave me over 700g of lean meat for quiches etc.

Gryfon

Wow that's a good price! Think I might try the butcher next time

gingin_2

Just received the most beautiful free range smoked gammon hock (well 3 of them but 2 are in the freezer). I weighs 1.7 kilo's and looks more like a leg of lamb to me (only cost £1.80).

I want to make the most of it. My children lurve bacon/ ham/ gammon so I am thinking I will put some aside to put in dishes for them but it still leaves me with a massive lump of meat!

I would be grateful for any ideas or recipes?