tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post113743092018695028..comments2024-03-14T05:55:13.709-05:00Comments on Farmgirl Fare: Some Pig Blogging WeekendFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-71053490308511778032008-08-12T19:18:00.000-05:002008-08-12T19:18:00.000-05:00Thank you for such an easy recipe for ham hocks.Hu...Thank you for such an easy recipe for ham hocks.Hubby picked one up at the local butchers and I had no idea what to do with it, so I googled it as so many have before me, and bingo your recipe came up!I am going to put the pot on now, can't wait for tea. Thank you again. SallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-85432339920922472222008-05-09T06:23:00.000-05:002008-05-09T06:23:00.000-05:00Naturally, I spent hours searching Ham Hocks befor...Naturally, I spent hours searching Ham Hocks before I discovered these pages. Then spent more and more hours reading your stuff, can only say ty for fun, insight and inspiration.<BR/>regard, RowanRowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594427604916885998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-50837315922225550252008-03-02T20:24:00.000-06:002008-03-02T20:24:00.000-06:00WOW!!! i bought bacon hocks for $2.50 aud each and...WOW!!! i bought bacon hocks for $2.50 aud each and thought that was a bargain and didnt want it for soup & was looking for a recipe that would be easy and VOILA! I'm going to make the gravy right now!! thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-72413008665373820332007-02-13T12:31:00.000-06:002007-02-13T12:31:00.000-06:00My Memere' use to make ham hocks with gravy. She p...My Memere' use to make ham hocks with gravy. She passed away 17 years ago and no one in the family knew how she did it. We're expecting a snow storm tonight and this morning I was day dreaming about that comfort food, so I went out and bought some hocks. When I came home I googled the recipe and there you were. The recipe and picture look perfect. Thanks for helping me re-create that beautiful memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1169094860059734192007-01-17T22:34:00.000-06:002007-01-17T22:34:00.000-06:00We raised our own pigs for the first time this yea...We raised our own pigs for the first time this year. I've been wondering what to do with the hocks other than soup. I'm headed to the freezer to find them now. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137608098123884122006-01-18T12:14:00.000-06:002006-01-18T12:14:00.000-06:00oh. my. god. i'm drooling.oh. my. god. i'm drooling.raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990545338375892770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137538872498766352006-01-17T17:01:00.000-06:002006-01-17T17:01:00.000-06:00I LOVE COOKING PORK HOCKS!!! divine if you know ho...I LOVE COOKING PORK HOCKS!!! divine if you know how to cook them well..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137537638313441702006-01-17T16:40:00.000-06:002006-01-17T16:40:00.000-06:00Girl, I am salivating!!!That looks delicious. As f...Girl, I am salivating!!!<BR/>That looks delicious. As for pork and the pig, I think Homer Simpson put it best, albiet in disbelief:<BR/><I>"Sure, Lisa, there's some <B>magical</B> that gives us tasty pork chops, bacon, ham steaks, and sausage in one go. Pish. Yeah right!"</I><BR/><BR/>Beautiful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137530436950737772006-01-17T14:40:00.000-06:002006-01-17T14:40:00.000-06:00i just can't get my head around white gravy. but i...i just can't get my head around white gravy. but if you call it sauce, then I am love with the look of this dish. WHo says it's not pretty, huh?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081680210434938456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137521118320209662006-01-17T12:05:00.000-06:002006-01-17T12:05:00.000-06:00Susan,Go away. Just go away and quit posting and t...Susan,<BR/><BR/>Go away. Just go away and quit posting and take your ham hocks and gravy and bread with you. It's just not fair to post stuff like this.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385923797403540154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137510437433259332006-01-17T09:07:00.000-06:002006-01-17T09:07:00.000-06:00Naturally smoked bacon..."uncured"? Hardly! If any...Naturally smoked bacon..."uncured"? Hardly! If anything, it's cured twice. Bravo for saying no to the nitrates!<BR/><BR/>Your porky creation is gorgeous. :-)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304958139383108809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137506905243971632006-01-17T08:08:00.000-06:002006-01-17T08:08:00.000-06:00Just wonderful. I wanted to participate in this b...Just wonderful. I wanted to participate in this but I just couldn't fit it in. But I am having fun reading what other people came up with!Kalyn Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137468692077629272006-01-16T21:31:00.000-06:002006-01-16T21:31:00.000-06:00The gravy - outstanding! Great blog!The gravy - outstanding! Great blog!chaddqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161711201264599924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137468158855319782006-01-16T21:22:00.000-06:002006-01-16T21:22:00.000-06:00Bread looks wonderful!!Bread looks wonderful!!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308985318232029578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137461256665009442006-01-16T19:27:00.000-06:002006-01-16T19:27:00.000-06:00An occassional pork chop???How many times did I he...An occassional pork chop???<BR/><BR/>How many times did I hear you kids mimic the Brady Bunch's "Poooork choops and appllesaauce"?<BR/><BR/>Can hardly wait for this on my next visit!<BR/><BR/>Love, MumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137460419165242462006-01-16T19:13:00.000-06:002006-01-16T19:13:00.000-06:00Yum yum! I enjoyed hearing about what you get fro...Yum yum! I enjoyed hearing about what you get from your pig. Do you follow a Nourishing Traditions type of diet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137460180725186922006-01-16T19:09:00.000-06:002006-01-16T19:09:00.000-06:00YUM!!!!!It is pouring with rain here I haven't had...YUM!!!!!<BR/>It is pouring with rain here I haven't had breakfast and that pic is KILLING ME Oh MY!<BR/><BR/>BTW u r 2 hard on urself ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137457934368683172006-01-16T18:32:00.000-06:002006-01-16T18:32:00.000-06:00Frankly, I think most any food that I do not have ...Frankly, I think most any food that I do not have to cook or clean up after is pretty to me. Comfort food isn't always known for how pretty is looks but what warm and loving memories it evokes. That's pretty to me.vlb5757https://www.blogger.com/profile/05444876262831798051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137456565953431482006-01-16T18:09:00.000-06:002006-01-16T18:09:00.000-06:00Oh kill me now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh kill me now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137454305110665302006-01-16T17:31:00.000-06:002006-01-16T17:31:00.000-06:00Now all it needs is a few good dashes of hot sauce...Now all it needs is a few good dashes of hot sauce. :G: What can I say? Living in California, the Southwest and the edge of the South, I'm addicted to the stuff.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever thought about making scrapple with some of them tender cooked ham hocks and their broth? Sounds yum. And it's sooo good with hot sauce! Do, you detect a them? Why, yes you do. And I may just switch and do that instead of adobo.ZaZahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612336460423701718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137446050126565262006-01-16T15:14:00.000-06:002006-01-16T15:14:00.000-06:00Looks pretty to me!Looks pretty to me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137439959150030662006-01-16T13:32:00.000-06:002006-01-16T13:32:00.000-06:00I don't know that I have ever eaten the hock, but ...I don't know that I have ever eaten the hock, but it looks like a lot of the comfort food I grew up on. I'm always up for more pig, so I will be pursuing our local butcher in the near future!<BR/><BR/>Zuni Cafe Cookbook has a recipe for pork stock that uses the whole head of the pig. Yours sounds much more appetizing!Sasha Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421364525903126859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137439070055529702006-01-16T13:17:00.000-06:002006-01-16T13:17:00.000-06:00I had to laugh when Judy wrote about pork shanks.....I had to laugh when Judy wrote about pork shanks... both of us had forgotten the H word- ham hock! You do the whole beast honor, Susan. And just hold that Donkey up to your screen tomorrow for his blessing at goingwholehog.blogspot.com<BR/>Thanks!Kate Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820363700663730384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137434760545111892006-01-16T12:06:00.000-06:002006-01-16T12:06:00.000-06:00Holy hamhock! Can you believe I simply buy really ...Holy hamhock! Can you believe I simply buy really good smoked hamhocks at Safeway? Thanks for drawing attention to a really valuable part of the pig.<BR/>But, oh how I envy your whole butchered hog. (Time to get another one, eh?)cookiecrumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741894180391507513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1137433599972932462006-01-16T11:46:00.000-06:002006-01-16T11:46:00.000-06:00That looks absolutely delicious!That looks absolutely delicious!Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924741708406041795noreply@blogger.com