Pickled pigs feet

[pmeheran]

The other day I had a hankering for some pickled pigs feet. We bought some at the La Michuacana Carneceria, but they don't really do it correctly. It is not cooked long enough and little or no seasoning is put in. I still enjoyed them. So now I am using my mother's old german recipe to make them. I did an internet search and found that the recipes are a little variable from country to country, but overall these treats appear in many places.

Some of the posts complained about the murky broth. Curiously, many people worry about the appearance of the dish. In Germany you do not concern yourself about how the food looks, only how it tastes, let the French worry about that.

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

The both is Merkel are you being sarkozy.

 

[pmeheran]

The both is Merkel are you being sarkozy.

Funny........... My Mother was from Nieder Schlesien and always was a little suspicious of the french attitude toward food. However, she wasn't above pirating some of the french techniques if it suited her.

 

[Timothy]

The French; Sauces, sauces and more sauces. What's not to love?

 

[pmeheran]

The French; Sauces, sauces and more sauces. What's not to love?

Just like their actresses, french food can be overly saucy. Ha Ha!

 

[Timothy]

Just like their actresses, french food can be overly saucy. Ha Ha!

Too much sauce? Blasphemy! Blasphemy I tell ya!

 

[Addie]

The French; Sauces, sauces and more sauces. What's not to love?

Whatever that sauce is hiding underneath.

 

[Timothy]

Whatever that sauce is hiding underneath.

It's all in the perspective. I see it as enhancing, not hiding. Dry food is nasty to me. Using sauces that compliment a dish is to me, an enhancement.

 

[Addie]

It's all in the perspective. I see it as enhancing, not hiding. Dry food is nasty to me. Using sauces that compliment a dish is to me, an enhancement.

My apoligies. My remark was said with tongue in cheek.

 

[Timothy]

My apologies. My remark was said with tongue in cheek.

No apologies are necessary. I knew you were saying that half in jest, half in Earnest (as my Mom used to say).

That's one of the reasons I don't care for white meat. It strikes me as being dry, regardless of how well it's cooked.

I don't think my saliva glands work as well as those of others. My food has to have gravy, sauce or juice of some sort on it, or I"ll smother it in ketchup or BBQ sauce.

Once it's nice and wet with something, it's much more enjoyable to me.

 

[Addie]

No apologies are necessary. I knew you were saying that half in jest, half in Earnest (as my Mom used to say).
That's one of the reasons I don't care for white meat. It strikes me as being dry, regardless of how well it's cooked.
I don't think my saliva glands work as well as those of others. My food has to have gravy, sauce or juice of some sort on it, or I"ll smother it in ketchup or BBQ sauce.
Once it's nice and wet with something, it's much more enjoyable to me.

I am with you. That's why I love the good fond on the bottom of the pan. GRAVY! It is my drug of choice.

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

Funny........... My Mother was from Nieder Schlesien and always was a little suspicious of the french attitude toward food. However, she wasn't above pirating some of the french techniques if it suited her.

My Mums Austro/Hungarian they are suspicious of everyone

 

[Bolas De Fraile]

My apoligies. My remark was said with tongue in cheek.

EE I Adio, I love ox tongue with raisin sauce and beef cheek in gravy

 

[Timothy]

I am with you. That's why I love the good fond on the bottom of the pan. GRAVY! It is my drug of choice.

The first thing I look for in a meal is a gravy boat or dish of sauce. If one or the other is present, I know I"ll enjoy the meal.

A chicken breast all by itself, with plain potatoes and veggies with no sauce or topping makes me thirsty just looking at it. Eating it? Forgetaboutit! Put some gravy on the chicken and taters, some cheese sauce on the veggies and I'm good to go!

 

[pmeheran]

No apologies are necessary. I knew you were saying that half in jest, half in Earnest (as my Mom used to say).

That's one of the reasons I don't care for white meat. It strikes me as being dry, regardless of how well it's cooked.

I don't think my saliva glands work as well as those of others. My food has to have gravy, sauce or juice of some sort on it, or I"ll smother it in ketchup or BBQ sauce.

Once it's nice and wet with something, it's much more enjoyable to me.

Ah, the infamous dry white meat problem. I had it solved for me by a very nice Jewish lady. She said, simply cook it breast down on the rack and the juices will run down into the breast rendering it moist, and to a certain extant even if it is over cooked. Try it, it works.

 

[pmeheran]

My Mums Austro/Hungarian they are suspicious of everyone

Ha Ha! The folk from the old country always give us the most peculiar attitudes.

 

[Timothy]

Ah, the infamous dry white meat problem. I had it solved for me by a very nice Jewish lady. She said, simply cook it breast down on the rack and the juices will run down into the breast rendering it moist, and to a certain extant even if it is over cooked. Try it, it works.

Thanks pmeheran, It's the type of meat, not the method of cooking it. White meat just tastes dry to me, regardless of how it's cooked. It's been that way since I was a child. With me, white meat equals gravy or sauce. That's the only cure for it.