Hambone Jake

So, we hosted Christmas dinner at our place, sick though we were. I got a big ol' ham, the spiral sliced kind, and everyone loved it. I had so much left over than we now have ham coming out of our ears. We've had sliced ham, ham sandwiches, and even a ham frittata. And yesterday I made ham and lentil soup for tonight's dinner. Early reports say it's going to be good.

After the soup was done simmering I had a few giant ham bones to hand out to the pups. To say they loved them is a grotesque understatement. They finally came hobbling into the living room a couple hours later, licking their chops and groaning with pleasure. It is amazing to me that Jake ate almost the entire femur of a pig in a couple hours. Where does he put it? And what kind of internal geometry do you need to be able to process a leg bone from a large mammal? I'm not sure I want to know, come to think of it.