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Default Split Pea Soup a simmering

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "King's Crown" > wrote:
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>>> Ok, and the difference between shanks and hocks is.......

>> More meat and less fat.
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>> Lynne

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> Did you follow my link?
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> It comes from the same part of the pig.


Except one is from higher on the leg than the other.
I noticed your link doesn't include hog jowl or fat back, which some
also use in beans or soups for flavor.