shankbone
Lower leg bone
A shankbone is the tibia or shinbone—the main bone of the lower leg between knee and ankle.
In culinary contexts, it refers to the bone from the lower leg of an animal, often used for soup stock or served with meat attached: lamb shankbone, beef shankbone braised until tender.
A roasted shankbone appears on the Passover seder plate as a symbolic element.
Festival of liberation
- seder plateCeremonial Passover serving dish
- matzoYeastless Passover cracker
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
- afikomanConcealed Seder finale piece
Haggadah · bitter herbs · roasted · egg · salt water · horseradish · four cups · festival
Juvenile sheep
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- braiseSear, then slow-simmer
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- osso bucoBraised cross-cut shanks
marrow · meat · cut · butchery · carve · slow-cook · stock · broth
Main lower leg bone
fibula · metatarsal · socket · cartilage · periosteum · ossification · skeletal · limb
Giving up something precious
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- liberationRelease from constraint
paschal lamb · covenant · deliverance · affliction · Temple · offering · commemoration
Passover
Festival of liberation
- seder plateCeremonial Passover serving dish
- matzoYeastless Passover cracker
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
afikoman · Haggadah · bitter herbs · roasted · egg · salt water · horseradish · four cups · festival · ritual
lamb
Juvenile sheep
osso buco · marrow · meat · cut · butchery · carve · slow-cook · stock · broth · tender
tibia
Main lower leg bone
femur · fibula · metatarsal · socket · cartilage · periosteum · ossification · skeletal · limb
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
liberation · paschal lamb · covenant · deliverance · affliction · Temple · offering · commemoration
- Passoverseder plate, Passover, matzah, seder, charoset
- Passover Sederseder, seder plate, seder meal, matzah, matzo
- ritual foodscommunion wafer, communion wine, communion wafers, sacramental wine, seder