pig feet
I used to share a house with a portuguese guy who worked in a slaughterhouse. As I'd never tried trotters before he bought some home. He cooked them to a traditional Portuguese recipe and they were utterly, uterly foul. A tiny bit of OK tasting meat right in the middle of a huge amount of gristle and rubbery skin. I also tried cooking them to a traditional irish recipe with the same result.

A few months later, after he'd moved away, I had a Chinese couchsurfer staying with me. As a thank you for putting her up, she offered to cook for me and asked if there was anything I didn't like. "pig's trotters" I replied, thinking I was being funny. Of course, she loved them and it was decided that she'd show me her mother's way of cooking them. A few hours later and I was amazed to find myself devouring pig feet with gusto.
(teasus likes tea, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 20:39, Reply)