While most people refer to all four of the pig's limbs as the feet (or trotters), Chinese butchers call the front legs (which are larger, meatier and more expensive) the "hands" and the back legs ...

Although many recipes for the ... of skin still attached. Pig's feet, also known as trotters, are also very rich in collagen, which will yield a super-rich, thick broth to use as a base.