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Sheep's Trotters

1190. These in the country compose a most nourishing and cheap dish, but in London they are so highly valued that they are not to be bought at a correspondingly low price. In the latter city, besides, they are not to be obtained in their raw state, but always boiled and deprived of half their value, while at the same time the cost is doubled. Nevertheless they are eagerly sought for at the tripe-shops in the poor neighbourhoods, the price being from a farthing to threefarthings a-piece. On the other hand, in the country, they are neglected, and are generally to be bought of the tanners who collect the skins at the rate of eight or ten for a penny, and often as many as a dozen may be had for that sum. A trotter, after cleaning, will generally average two ounces; so that here we have more than a pound of nutritious