In daily life, many people like to eat pig's hooves very much. We all know that pig's hooves contain rich collagen. Especially for women, eating more pig's hooves can effectively increase the content of collagen in the body. Do you know how to distinguish the front and back hooves?
Don't worry about this. Today Xiaobian will share with you the method of buying pig's hooves to ensure that you can select delicious pig's hooves next time. As long as you keep this "2 points" in mind when selecting, don't buy wrong meat next time you go to the vegetable market.
1. Look at tendons
Because of the different positions, its growth structure will also be different, so it can be seen directly from the cross section of the pig's hoof that which is the front hoof and which is the back hoof. If there is a thick tendon, it is the front hoof. If the tendon is not very obvious or the tendon is relatively small, then it is the back hoof. Isn't this method very simple, but there is one case It is the businessmen who sell the tendons inside the front hoof directly, which is difficult to distinguish.
2. Look at the shape
In particular, the walking degree of pigs is not the same, and the curvature of their feet will also be different, and pigs often support their bodies with their front hooves, so from the appearance, the front hooves of pigs will be more curved. In addition, there are a lot of lean meat and fat meat, so the two pig hoofs are larger than each other, and the rear hooves of pigs are not very curved, so they look straight.
As long as you learn these two methods, I believe you can definitely distinguish the front hoof and the back hoof. Generally, you can choose the front hoof if you like to eat something with a bit of chewiness, and the back hoof if you use it to make soup. Have you learned?
How to buy fresh pig's hooves?
1. Look at the color
First of all, when selecting pig's hooves, we can observe the color of pig's hooves from the appearance. Generally speaking, the normal pig's hooves should be light yellow, that is to say, they are almost the same color as our skin. However, we will find that some pig's skin is particularly white and clean on the market. Such pig's hooves are likely to be soaked in some solutions, Or add some additives, so when you buy pig's hooves, don't buy them just for the sake of cleaning.
2. Look at the size
We can't buy good pig's hooves just by looking at the color. We need to look at the size of pig's hooves again. We all know that the hooves of pig's hooves are particularly obvious, just like our usual toes. So when selecting pig's hooves, we should never select those hooves whose hooves are too big. Generally speaking, they are caused by soaking, because they are soaked After soaking, it will make the hoof flap of pig's hoof bigger. And after soaking, because of swelling, pig's hooves will be combined. If you encounter such pig's hooves, you'd better not buy them.
3. Touch by hand
When buying pig's hooves, we can touch them with our hands. If the surface is particularly soft and there is no sticky feeling, it means that they are of good quality. If they are sticky or not smooth at all, they are probably not fresh.