"readandpostrosie" > wrote in message
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> i always called them HAM HOCKS and used them in my black eyed pea recipe.
> why did i think they were from ankle area?
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Ham hocks are the ankles, all four of them. A ham shank is the narrow end
of a whole Ham, above the ankle, rear end only. A shank has a lot of meat
on it and one bone, a hock has two or three little nuggets of meat and many
bones.