Ham. Help

[Melman Giraffe]

Last Christmas I ordered a Hock of ham thinking it was going to be the size of those hams you see in France. When I went to collect it I was suprised to see it was the complete rear leg of the animal which was massive . So I spent the best part of christmas eve trying to butcher this thing to get it to a size that would fit in the pot!!!

Where did I go wrong?? Can anyone tell me what I should of asked for??

[whitechief]

Melman Giraffe said:

Last Christmas I ordered a Hock of ham thinking it was going to be the size of those hams you see in France. When I went to collect it I was suprised to see it was the complete rear leg of the animal which was massive . So I spent the best part of christmas eve trying to butcher this thing to get it to a size that would fit in the pot!!!

Where did I go wrong?? Can anyone tell me what I should of asked for??

Get you Butcher to take the two slipper joints off and the hock, then take the bone out and roll the main joint. Job done.

Edited by whitechief on Tuesday 9th December 12:05

[SwanJack]

IMO your Butcher got it wrong as the hock is ' a small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot' or ' tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle'.

Edited by SwanJack on Tuesday 9th December 12:14

[Big Al.]

This may help

http://www.emmettsham.co.uk/store/customer/home.ph...