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feet?  I was recently confronted with this problem at my regular
vietnamese spot. It was in my soup bowl, perched on top, clearly
the "special" part of the otherwise delicious special: a whole
pig's foot. I think it was pig. I considered the possibility
that it was just another collagen-rich soup bone that had
accidentally slipped into my bowl, but every bowl of that
special I have ordered (and there have been many, because it's
freaking addictively delicious) has contained a foot, sitting
proudly atop a little hillock of melty brisket and fat noodles.
I'm not averse. Just virginal.  So please help:  - How do you
eat a whole pig's foot? Do you just pick it up and gnaw on it?
The thick rubbery skin resisted my efforts, and the rest seemed
like just fat barely cushioning trotter bones. I poked into the
severed end for marrow with my chopstick without much luck. What
part should I eat and what toss aside?  - How do you eat a whole
pig's foot with