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Yes, but it will lack most of the jelly. How thin is this ham cut? I wouldn't try it with sandwich slice unless really stuck for options.
Yeah, that's kinda what I was thinking, it lacks the collagen that hock would come with.
You could try asking for the end bits? Will still lack jelly but can be cut chunky.
You could add a pigs foot like for holodets but idk how palatable that sounds. Chicken wings would also add collagen
Otherwise bones with a little vinegar work.
This would work very well. Most butchers will have packs of 1 or 2 pigs trotters - scrub well, heave ONE into the pot with the pease and when cooked you'll have a lovely gelatinous stock.
They don't have much taste - you can make sweet fruit jellies with pigs trotters and very nice they are too - but the collagen/gelatine they release is incredible. Freeze the other trotter for the next time.
Wondering if Melbcat might enjoy. She wasn’t big on bone broth though because it didn’t have a strong flavour. She likes a meaty taste