Good one, Patrick LOL~

Patrick...you are so right and so funny! Love it!!!!!!

Just returned from France. Saw pig's feet on lots of menus but didn't order them as I was afraid they wouldn't live up to my Mothers recipe. Coming from New England and with a French Canadian background It was always a treat to have pig's feet. I believe the feet were boiled for hours and thenserved with a thick ragout sauce. The meat would fall of the bone. Absolutely delicious.

Moose lips?

Pig's feet and ears are very popular in Portugal. Pigs ears may be eaten cooked or alternatively served cold as a salad with onion, olive oil and vinegar.<BR> <BR>

I am so glad I asked! I am positively looking forward to trying these now when we get to France! Thank-you all for your descriptions and encouragement!

How does the poor moose kiss another moose now ? What is the moose going to do with all the unused lip gloss ? What do the pigs do with all their unused nail varnish. Do you know how difficult it is to get such shy creatures to breed ?

rq:<BR>Remember, this is Paris, love is everywhere, they will have no problem breeding.

Nothing makes Pup happier that that delicate aroma of smoked pigs ears from the Pet Shop. <BR>I imagine there are a lot of pigs our there going "Huh???" all day, thanks to doggies with a penchant for Pigs ears:)

Maybe thats why they bring their dogs into restaurants--to feed them the pigs feet under the table.

Was in Bavaria this summer and went to what I thought was a "pig roast". I forget what it was called in German. Anyway, it was a menu where you could choose for your meal any part of the pig! I chose "liverwirst" ... not what you would expect! It was intestines stuffed with something that tasted like liverwirst! Many chose "souse", pigs feets, etc and a good time was had by all- even to the beer brewed on site.<BR>

had 'em in Paris, like Melissa said: Delicious! Every few weeks, I go to Eastern Food Center on King Street in<BR>Honolulu's Chinatown for their Sunday special - Pig's feet won ton noodle! Gee guerk tun mein, $4.75! Das right, $4.75! Stanley Hong, the former head of the Hawaii Visitors' Bureau, has proposed an annual Pig's Feet Festival in Hawaii. Anybody interested?

I just went to a gourmet wine store yesterday. The merchant told me he just went to Paris and went to (he thinks) a 2-star restaurant called Violin de Argent. On the menu was a dish called &quot;upside down pig's feet pie.&quot; He said, &quot;It sounded so <i>WRONG</i> that I just <b>had</b> to order it! And you know what? It was actually good!&quot;

I'm going to be in Paris in a few months and would like to look for this restaurant. Is anyone familiar with it?

Melissa, Accoring to the Michelin Red Guide, the only restaurant name that approaches the one you give is Le Violon d'Ingres, which is a one star restaurant. BTW, I had a dish called le petit j&eacute;sus en robe at a restaurant called L&eacute;on le Cochon in Rennes; the dish was a boned and stuffed pig's foot wrapped in a dough and deep fried. Delicious.

I think that Le Violin D'Ingres was a 2 star restaurant then had one taken away.
They do have pigs feet on the menu, happily when we were there, we were with friends who spoke fluent French and knew what was what..otherwise, I am sure I would have told the Yankee that pied du cochon was some kind of seafood ~LOL

Scarlett: you wouldn't have been too far from the truth!

Au Pied du Cochon serves a monster platter of delicious seafood!

Its onion soup is oooo-la-la-la as well!
:)

After reading this thread, never have I wanted a salad so badly. ;;)

I've never actually had pig's feet despite living in the south my whole life. I always thought it was gross when my mom made them, which is really funny since my favorite part of the pig at a pig pickin' has always been the tail! After reading this thread, I think I'm going to have to try some feet when I'm in Paris in December.

If you generally like the taste of pork, there's no reason to eschew pigs' feet. That said, I've had them in France where they were cooked - maybe braised? - in such a manner that there was a fair amount of gelatinous stuff to pick away before you got to the good stuff. The actual meat itself was delicious.

Thank you so much!! The wine guy was actually kind of fuzzy on the name, too, so I am glad I posted here to get the real scoops from each of you. I did go to Au Pied de Cochon a few years ago; I had the fried pig's trotter with bernaise sauce. Delicious!....but too rich. By the time I was done I felt like the whole pig. My brother had a pig's trotter stuffed with duck liver, that was delish as well.

I will still try to find this Le Violon d'Ingres when I get there, so I can say that I did!