Ham Hocks

[unclebuck]

I picked up some pork hocks, brined them and smoked them with cherry and apple.  Some of the finest eating that I can recall.  My father used to make them when we butchered our own barley fed hogs on the farm.  One of the finest ethnic German meals that you can eat.  Freshly smoked ham hocks, saurkraut, and roasted potato wedges.  Pumpernickle is optional!!!!

[Wildcat]

Sounds good.  I like to put my hocks into blackeye peas.

[HCT]

Wow, I haven't had them since i was a kid, errrrr, a kid in years that is. ;D

[stillsmoking]

The wife likes to make ham hocks and beans.  Says the stuff I do at home is head and shoulders above what she can get at the store.  I use cherry and hickory, smoke for 4-5 hours at low temps and when she cooks them the meat just falls off the bone.  Can't imagine how good they must have been from a home raised hog, your dad knew what he was doing!

[KyNola]

They sound great.  I have a recipe for smoked ham hocks and cabbage gumbo.  Sounds a bit strange but holy cow(or pig) is it good!  Have never smoked my own ham hocks but you've given me an idea.

Thanks very much!
KyNola