Expert butcher Tom Mylan talks pork with Modern Farmer, walking us through the commonly sold cuts of pork from nose to tail.. PDF - bilingual (1,299 kb) On this page Diagram of meat cuts Skeletal diagram Meat cut nomenclature and description 1. Pork 2. Dressed pork carcass 3. Side of pork 4. Head 5. Shoulder 5.1 Foot 5.2 Hock 5.3 Lacone 5.4 Jowl 5.5 Neck bones 5.6 Riblets 5.7 Shoulder picnic 5.8 Shoulder blade 6. Leg 6.1 Foot 6.2 Shank 6.3 Leg shank portion 6.4 Leg centre 6.5 Leg butt portion 6.6 Leg shank half 6.7.
Shank Half/Portion Ham Carving Instructions The shank is the lower potion of the leg of the hog. It is often shaped more like a funnel and it has a piece of the femur and of course, a shank bone. It can often be very flavourful and not that difficult to carve.. Fear not: all you need to carve a bone-in shank half or portion ham is a sharp blade and a little advice from the ham expert.