"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> Appears to be the same cut of meat:
>
> http://www.mealsforyou.com/cgi-bin/c...tcutspork.html

Nope:

shank
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shank[1,noun]shank[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: 1shank
Pronunciation: 'sha[ng]k
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English shanke, from Old English scanca; akin to Old Norse
skakkr crooked, Greek skazein to limp
1 a : the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the
corresponding part in various other vertebrates b : LEG c : a cut of beef, veal,
mutton, or lamb from the upper or the lower part of the leg : SHIN

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Main Entry: 1hock
Pronunciation: 'häk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English hoch, hough, from Old English hOh heel; akin to Old
Norse hAsin hock
1 a : the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as
the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward --
see HORSE illustration b : a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock
of a quadruped
2 : a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot <ham hocks>


Dimitri