Describe candidiasis of the skin. Skin infection with Candida usually occurs in moist areas like between toes, fat folds, and diaper rash. Lesions appear as erythematous papules or as confluent areas of tenderness and redness of skin. Diagnosis is by stains, skin scrapings, or culture showing the Candida spp.
Quick Answer. The ham hock is the lower segment of the pig's leg, equivalent to the ankle and calf region. Although it is not a particularly fatty portion of the pig, it contains a lot of collagen that breaks down during cooking and makes the meat tender. Continue Reading.
The âbutt endâ is the upper part of the ham, more ârumpâ and thus more fatty. The âshank endâ is the lower end, more leg and less fatty. The shank end has just one bone so is easier to slice. When I cooked half a ham recently, a nine-pound bone-in, shank-end ham yielded nearly eight pounds of cooked ham meat.