Beef Hocks for New Years

It was a beautiful afternoon when I walked into a Cafeteria  on the first day of 2012 (Last New Years Day with the apocalyptic Mayan 2012 Doomsday?) and I saw on the menu “beef hock”.  Now I suppose many of you are wondering what is a “Beef Hock” ?  Well it is plain and simple, a cows foot.  At that time however I had no idea, seeing BBQ Ribs or pork chops displayed, I submitted to my curiosity and ordered the Beef Hock.

Cows Foot

Though I held suspicions that an unknown word as Hock matching the MO as a the foot of my dog could be a cows foot, I went along and grabbed iced tea and water melon.  Once I sat down, I took another look and dismissed any possibilities of a cows foot and took a bite out of the tender brown spot.  First bite was really salty, but I decided to give it another shot and took another.  After taking it for one more bite, I couldnt shake the image and taste of eating the underside of my dogs paw pads (the texture in roughness was the same).  Dont try it.  Its mostly fat and if youre a dog lover, I dont know if youll be able to shake the feeling and smell that youre eating your dogs paw pads.

Beef Hocks freshly cut

That is what I ate.