How to remove the hair or skin etc from hog legs, feet, tail and ears

[big brown horse]

I have a good friend that called dibs on my hog's legs, feet, ears and tail for some good old fashioned authentic ehtnic cooking. She is a fantastic chef with lots of worldly cooking experience. (Not sure what exactly her plans are, but she gets the snout too when it gets cut and wrapped.)

Anyway, so before the butcher pulls out of my drive he hands me what I asked for, sept it is still hairy etc. Eww! I have it double bagged up in the outside fridge at the moment.

Now, I didn't think it was a big deal until my friend says, 'how do ya get the hair off?' OH BOY! I think she is used to it being done for her at a butcher shop.

So now I get to ask you guys, 'how do ya get the hair off?' I'm ok with scalding the parts like you would to the whole hog, but I wasn't sure if that would work after the parts were, well, parted.

Is there a better way?

 

[miss_thenorth]

With chicken legs, if you scald them, the skin peels right off. Maybe the same with ears and such?

 

[big brown horse]

With chicken legs, if you scald them, the skin peels right off. Maybe the same with ears and such?

That is what I thought, I just wanted to make sure.

 

[big brown horse]

Ok, just seeing if there were any other answers.

 

[Bourbon Red]

I don't use the ears - if you pour scalding water (155*F) on them you can scrub/scrape the bristles and gunk off. The trotters I skin - lop off the toes with pruners and skin 'em out. Too hard to pull the nails off if the leg's cut off. You could scald them then too - but skinnin' is easier.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

*ofg pukes at these instrucitons*

sorry baby.. the trotters just gross me out. ick!

 

[Blackbird]

Yes but guess what OFG. It tastes like MEAT! Hehe!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I just get a kick out of the word trotters. Only eating experience with pig feet is the pickled, putrid-pink ones *blarg*

So, BBH, you're going to post some recipes from what your friend is doing with these special bits, riiiiight?

 

[big brown horse]

Sure I will!

Thanks everyone!

She gives the ears to her dogs, the rest is for soup etc. I'll give recipes soon.

 

[FarmerChick]

I never used the ears either. For some reason they are just ugly as sin! without being attached to the whole head and all