# Ok who the hell is eating the pig's feet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841 "2000-08-26T16:16:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/1 "2000-08-26T16:16:09Z")
I see them on the grocery shelf. Canned (or bottled) whatever…by Hormel. Who the hell is eating these gross assed things? Huh somebody just answer me that question and I will be happy. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/2 "2000-08-26T16:23:48Z")
I wanna know who or what eats the pig’s brains in mikg gravy. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/3 "2000-08-26T16:29:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*I wanna know who or what eats the pig’s brains in mikg gravy. > \*\* Wanna rephrase that CP? Milk gravy? Never heard of it but it sounds yummy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/4 "2000-08-26T16:35:30Z")
Probably subconciously trying to spell milch. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/5 "2000-08-26T16:47:03Z")
My grandmother used to eat them…blech! I’m not about pig brains OR feet, but I certainly love me some pork rinds! Yumm-mmy! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/6 "2000-08-26T19:04:20Z")
Is there a part of the pig that does not get used? ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/7 "2000-08-26T19:13:46Z")
pigs brain’t are eaten fried on sandwiches, by my mother, not by me. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/8 "2000-08-26T19:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aha \* > \*\*Who the hell is eating these gross assed things? > \*\* My guess is they’re a delicacy somewhere. Stereotypically I’m thinking the South. IIRC one of the guys on MASH used to eat them, among other things. And I believe what you mean here is “Who the hell is eating these gross-hooved things?” because the OP is clearly about feet, not asses. ::running:: ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/9 "2000-08-26T19:32:21Z")
My dad eats them alond side his cow tongue. blech. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/10 "2000-08-26T19:37:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > Stereotypically I’m thinking the South. \*\* Remember in Gone With The Wind Scarlet returns to Tara and all there is to eat is horse radish? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/11 "2000-08-26T19:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\*Is there a part of the pig that does not get used? \*\* The Oink. I’m serious about that. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/12 "2000-08-26T19:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*My guess is they’re a delicacy somewhere. Stereotypically I’m thinking the South. IIRC one of the guys on MASH used to eat them, among other things. > \*\* Partially right. I think they are a component of “Soul Food”. I’ve never come close to the things. _Ugh_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/13 "2000-08-26T19:47:30Z")
All but the oink is right. My husband is an accountant and used to work in a pork-processing plant. He called me one day when he came upon entries for … drum roll … frozen bung. As in hole. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/14 "2000-08-26T19:50:11Z")
Oh yeah … Anyone who thinks pigs feet are gross: I’d like to introduce you to a lil ole delicacy called chittlins. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/15 "2000-08-26T20:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh yeah … Anyone who thinks pigs feet are gross: I’d like to introduce you to a lil ole delicacy called chittlins. ohhhh mamy Ellen tell us what them chittlins is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/16 "2000-08-26T20:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen \* > \*\*Oh yeah … Anyone who thinks pigs feet are gross: I’d like to introduce you to a lil ole delicacy called chittlins. \*\* That’s pig fat sorta burned and sorta not, right? Yeah, I have heard of that, if that’s what it is. As I said in the brie thread, there are only two things I’ve seen and won’t eat (b/c I don’t like the taste, not due to allergies): liver and raw sewage. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/17 "2000-08-26T20:15:47Z")
Actually it is intestines. Of course, they wrap sausage in them and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/18 "2000-08-26T20:22:57Z")
I live and work in Asia. If you think pigsfeet is bad, you haven’t seen anything! ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/19 "2000-08-26T20:48:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NiceGuyJack \* > \*\*I live and work in Asia. > If you think pigsfeet is bad, you haven’t seen anything! \*\* Niceguyjack don’t keep us hanging…what is anything? ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841/20 "2000-08-26T21:04:33Z")
When i was in Germany last year, my favorite dish was Schwinehaxen (sorry if I spelled that wrong). It’s essentially deep-fried pig’s feet in a rich brown sauce. It was served with a knoedle, which is a potatoey dumpling that is heaven. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-the-hell-is-eating-the-pigs-feet/30841.md?page=2)