Pig's feet aren't exactly rare or exotic. They show up on menus across the country, from high-end Parisian restaurants to no-frills Southern soul food spots. They're intrinsic to much of the globe ...

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 ...

But pig feet? Why would you want to eat a pig's feet ... After that, though, you can cook them any number of ways, with both Soul Food and Chinese recipes being good contenders.