Hi List!! I know Jefferson Co., NY is a long way from these "North Alabama Hills", but I had to reply to your request. The Traditionally we will have Ham hocks and black eyed peas for New Year Day noon meal. For those not knowing what a ham hock is; the small end of the ham is the hock. When the ham was smoked in the smoke house to preserve them, this end was up, it not as good as the rest. If it is cut off the bone and cooked in the pot with black eyed peas is very tasty. Jim jgilbert@hiwaay.net HTTP://home.hiwaay.net/~jgilbert/ma/john1/thomas1/onstrong/d1.htm