The two have their own advantages, and can not arbitrarily think which one is better. The front hooves are more sinewy and thicker, with fewer bones, while the rear hooves are the opposite. And the front hooves are more active than the back hooves, so the meat is more flavorful. The front leg Cantonese call pig hand, meat fat thicker; back leg Cantonese call pig foot, type more thin, less meat hard.

Pig's trotters are a flavorful, nutritious food with a high protein content. In addition, pig's feet also contain a certain amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and other nutrients, so it has the effect of replenishing blood, lubricating the skin, strong waist and legs, very suitable for the elderly and the weak blood deficiency people eat. In addition, pig's feet contain more glycine, this substance has a certain calming effect, can relieve the plague of elderly neurasthenia, insomnia and other symptoms.

Most people in the north do not buy pig's feet before and after the hooves, while the south, in particular, the Guangdong people are divided into a very clear, the pig's front hooves known as pig's hands, pig's rear hooves known as pig's feet. Pork front hooves of lean meat more, more suitable for practical use to braise or made into marinated pig's trotters, sauce pig's trotters and other dishes. The back of the pig's hooves have more bones and thin skin, and are usually only suitable for making pig's feet soup.

From the cost to distinguish between the two kinds of pig's feet, the cost of the front hooves is usually higher than the rear hooves. There is a Chinese proverb called "front hooves after bladder", that is to say, eat pig's feet to eat the front hooves, eat hooves to eat the back of the back, because the front foot than the back of the bladder more meat and less bones.