Pig's trotter

[2] Before sale, the trotters are cleaned and typically have the hairs pulled with a hot tank and beaters.

[3] They are often used in cooking to make stocks, as they add thickness to gravy, although they are also served as a normal cut of meat.

[3] In Puerto Rico, a tomato-based stew of pigs' trotters with chickpeas is called patitas de cerdo.

[5] Following the Great Recession, there was a boom in popularity of pigs' trotters in the United Kingdom as a revival in cheap meat recipes occurred.

[2] In 2008, British supermarket Waitrose reintroduced trotters to its stores,[4] and found that they quickly became popular.