The front feet do not bear the body weight as much as the back feet, so the front feet will be a little fattier than the back feet, suitable for making brine type, or making stew type. For example, pickled pork knuckles. Eat more flavorful and smooth than the back foot.

The back foot bears most of the weight of the body, so the meat of the back foot is a little harder than the front foot, but the bone quality is better than the front foot, the toughness is a little bit better, suitable for making soups, you can make up for the calcium. For example, lotus coupling pig's foot soup. Nutritional value is a little higher than the front foot.

But if the beauty of the front foot better, the front foot meat more bone small, hoof tendons of the gelatinous many, rich in collagen, eating often have the effect of beauty and moisturizing skin