PIG PARTS AT PIGGLY WIGGLY

Fran just reminded me that I forgot to share with all of you about an experience we had recently when we stopped at the local Piggly Wiggly grocery store one night this week after work. As we walked the aisles looking for milk we came to the meat display and discovered lots of pork cuts we had never seen before. There were, among other things, pig's snouts, pig's feet, pig's ears, pig's stomachs (maws), head cheese (souse), sliced jowl meat just to name a few. There was also an "economy family pack" of pig skin which, when unfolded, stretched about 6" by 18". I guess it can be sliced up to make homemade fried pork rinds or a football, I guess. Bob's cholesterol went up 100 points just reading the labels and looking at the offerings. There was frozen chitterlings (pronounced "chit-lynns") and 25# buckets of lard. The only thing we couldn't find in a package was that pig's squeal! As we walked away from the meat case we encountered a family pack of chicken feet. That's right, pale, with nails, chicken feet. I'm not sure exactly how they are prepared or if they might be used as back scratchers! Once again, we realized "we aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto!" Bob hurried to the chip aisle and bought some "chip & dip" to replace some of the visual images of his trip through the Piggly Wiggly. Just another interesting experience living our here "on the road".