Life long Jew here. Things we have used as the shank bone in no particular order:

A beet
A bone shape cut put of a paper plate
A Milkbone dog biscuit
An actual shank bone that one time I was about 5
A bone made out of construction paper
Playdough.

Anonymous wrote:I made one out of legos one year. Was a hit.

That is an amazing idea to do with the kids!

Ask at the butcher counter. We have used a chicken leg some years. 1st year of the pandemic I had my son draw a picture of one.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is another question from a Seder newbie..Can I buy just the bone? I saw a Lamb Shank at Wegmans for $15 with meat on it. Is that what I am looking for or can you just buy the bone?

That's what you are looking for - it should be kosher meat - it should have meat on it, nit just a bare bone. The one at Wegmans is likely not kosher. You will need to go to a grocery with a kosher butcher or order online.

No my mom says she asks the butcher and they usually give her just the bone for no charge. And of course if you do not keep kosher, no need for a kosher butcher.

Nope. From a religious perspective, there is a requirement that there be at least some meat on the bone. And of course, there are many people who do not keep kosher year-round, but do at Passover or don’t want to use unkosher food/wine when they are saying a blessing over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is another question from a Seder newbie..Can I buy just the bone? I saw a Lamb Shank at Wegmans for $15 with meat on it. Is that what I am looking for or can you just buy the bone?

That's what you are looking for - it should be kosher meat - it should have meat on it, nit just a bare bone. The one at Wegmans is likely not kosher. You will need to go to a grocery with a kosher butcher or order online.

No my mom says she asks the butcher and they usually give her just the bone for no charge. And of course if you do not keep kosher, no need for a kosher butcher.

Anonymous wrote:Here is another question from a Seder newbie..Can I buy just the bone? I saw a Lamb Shank at Wegmans for $15 with meat on it. Is that what I am looking for or can you just buy the bone?

That's what you are looking for - it should be kosher meat - it should have meat on it, nit just a bare bone. The one at Wegmans is likely not kosher. You will need to go to a grocery with a kosher butcher or order online.

Here is another question from a Seder newbie..Can I buy just the bone? I saw a Lamb Shank at Wegmans for $15 with meat on it. Is that what I am looking for or can you just buy the bone?

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Anonymous wrote:We always use a lollipop lamb chop and feed it to the dog after. (Minus the bone of course!)

That's a rib bone and a damn fine cut of meat to give to a dog

PP here - yep, I'm aware....learned over many years that the smell of roasting shank bone is the most revolting thing one can have in their kitchen and it lingers for days. The rest of my family eats the other chops (I don't like lamb, can you tell??) but it's become tradition to feed the one from the plate to the dog.

I made one out of legos one year. Was a hit.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again..Does your grocery store have someone to ask? I guess there are people at the deli. It is not like a see a butcher..

Glad to know about beets. I know where to find that!

Yes, ask the butcher!

where does one find the butcher at the grocery store. There are just racks of meat to grab at the stores I go to.

At the meat counter, not the deli counter. Where they have ribs, steaks, other cuts of meat in the case.

I am laughing wondering if I have walked by this meat couter hundreds of times without seeing it.

What grocery store do you go to?

Ordinary MoCo Giant..Now I want to drive over there just to check.

I’m invested in your shank journey. Did you locate the butcher?

I will report back over the weekend. I do not really have time until then.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again..Does your grocery store have someone to ask? I guess there are people at the deli. It is not like a see a butcher..

Glad to know about beets. I know where to find that!

Yes, ask the butcher!

where does one find the butcher at the grocery store. There are just racks of meat to grab at the stores I go to.

At the meat counter, not the deli counter. Where they have ribs, steaks, other cuts of meat in the case.

I am laughing wondering if I have walked by this meat couter hundreds of times without seeing it.

What grocery store do you go to?

Ordinary MoCo Giant..Now I want to drive over there just to check.

I’m invested in your shank journey. Did you locate the butcher?

Anonymous wrote:A tip from my clever MIL- one year we got a kosher shank bone and dried it out, since then after each Seder we wrap it up and stick it in the freezer for next year.

I will absolutely do this should I find one!

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Anonymous wrote:OP again..Does your grocery store have someone to ask? I guess there are people at the deli. It is not like a see a butcher..

Glad to know about beets. I know where to find that!

Yes, ask the butcher!

where does one find the butcher at the grocery store. There are just racks of meat to grab at the stores I go to.

At the meat counter, not the deli counter. Where they have ribs, steaks, other cuts of meat in the case.

I am laughing wondering if I have walked by this meat couter hundreds of times without seeing it.

What grocery store do you go to?

Ordinary MoCo Giant..Now I want to drive over there just to check.

A tip from my clever MIL- one year we got a kosher shank bone and dried it out, since then after each Seder we wrap it up and stick it in the freezer for next year.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again..Does your grocery store have someone to ask? I guess there are people at the deli. It is not like a see a butcher..

Glad to know about beets. I know where to find that!

Yes, ask the butcher!

where does one find the butcher at the grocery store. There are just racks of meat to grab at the stores I go to.

At the meat counter, not the deli counter. Where they have ribs, steaks, other cuts of meat in the case.

I am laughing wondering if I have walked by this meat couter hundreds of times without seeing it.

What grocery store do you go to?