Market Stall · Pig's Trotters
Crubeens
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The name comes from the Irish crúibín, meaning 'little hoof', and they were once a standard pub snack eaten alongside a pint of stout.
Pig's trotters are boiled until soft, sometimes battered and fried for extra crunch, then eaten hot with the fingers, bone and all. Cork's market stalls and pubs have sold them as an inexpensive, hands-on snack for generations.
Why it's made this way: Like drisheen, they're a legacy of Cork's meat-trading history, when the cheap cuts left over from the provisions trade fed the city's working people.
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