Ham hock in german?

[ComradeJing]

The German butcher is the best one in town but they don't know what ham hock is. The Chinese man who runs my local branch thought it might be a Kassler (sp?) chop but he wasn't sure and I'm not sure either having looked online.

Any thoughts?

Schinken is German for ham. Kassler is slightly different and is cured/smoked - probably more gammon like.

Haxe would be hock (or perhaps shank)

You often get scwhein haxe here (I'm in Germany!) which are pork hocks so that is probably what you want.

Eisbein, Hachse, Haxe or Stelze.

What Cogito said - as I recall, Eisbein and Schweinshaxe both ham hock, Eisbein usually boiled, Haxe usually roasted?

Thank you! I'll pop down and see him tomorrow and report back.