Do you eat offal? (For those bored with Clive's thread).

[Dry Rot]

Cannot bring myself to try any offal other than black pudding. But have no doubt eaten a vast amount unknowingly. Sister in law took up chewing on boiled pigs trotters after she had her baby

ooh! I like trotters!

 

[Dry Rot]

Badger hams were quite sought after in 2nd WW


I had sweet breads and Reindeer liver as starters whilst on holiday in Norway. When in rome and all that

Is sweet breads what the vets would call mesentery? That's the fatty veil like material surrounding the intestine. The best thing ever to put flesh on a sick dog and what a vet once told me should be stitched into any operation on an animal's intestines.

 

[spin cycle]

my posher boxed lamb customers are the ones that love offal the most....other customers give it back and i give it to them

IMO you don't need fancy cuts or offal....just good decent reared, hung and well butchered meat

and as for all those posters raving about 'loving tongue'

 

[Dry Rot]

Any Scandinavians on here? There is an idea rattling about in my head that the stomach contents of reindeer grazed on lichen is eaten, possibly in Norway? I think I heard it mentioned in connection with soldiers living behind the lines during WWII. It's all a bit vague now...Anyone? It would need to be boiled for a long time to make lichen digestible!

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

I got the impression there is some spongy material that acts as shock absorbers. This was the documentary:

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Yes, commonly known as digital cushion and found at the back of the foot. It has the consistency of blubber and I'd imagine it would be like eating the squashy bit on the end of your nose.

 

[ollie989898]

I don't eat offal but does eating ass count?

 

[Farma Parma]

Stornoway Black pud is pretty much the Carviar of Blk Pud..... nowt like a good pud !!

 

[primmiemoo]

Why is offal considered so plebeian? It used to be that it was the food of aristocracy, and there was an order in which it wws apportioned after a hunt.

By coincidence, I bought ox tongue, today. Cooked and sliced. It will go with a wintry salad.
In Spring, hot tongue with fresh hawthorn leaves and a tiny dab of either mustard or horseradish sauce in a wholemeal roll is a delicious treat.

My grans would cook, skin, and press ox tongue into a tight round between two pasty plates with a heavy weight on top. All delicious for Boxing Day and on to New Year.

There's a pack of Mr Brain's faggots somewhere in the freezer. I prefer them made fresh with the caul on, but Mr B's is a good meal when in a hurry.

 

[yellowbelly]

boiled sheep's head perhaps?

You should've left the eyes in that Chopsy - it would have seen you through the rest of the week


I'll get me coat.

 

[Exfarmer]

The last heart we had Clare made a stew with it, dam good it was to, of a cold winter's day
I very often get tongue sandwich as well

Her cooking sounds like the tongue is well worth it!

 

[Exfarmer]

just googled that

No its far worse!

 

[Exfarmer]

Used to have a mate who would drive a fair way to fetch bulls balls,sometimes a 5 gallon bucket full at a time

There was a famed gastronome who travelled far and wide to sample the best dishes from the best restaurants in the world.
one day he heard of a little restaurant in Pamplona Spain, he was told that they served the best dish in the world! He had to try this .
he had to wait ages to get a table and on the appointed day he turned up, the menu was incredible, the wine amazing but some how a dish served at the next table smelled far better than anything he had ever tasted. So he said to the waiter, what is that amazing dish? Senor, they are cojones From the bull who was killed in the ring today, fried and roasted for 30 minutes and served in our special sauce. sadly we can only serve very few, and you must speak to the patron . So our gastronome spoke to the patron but sadly the first time he could book a table with this special dish was A year hence, but the smell mesmorisedhim and he would have to wait .
one year on he eagerly returned to the little restaurant and he was escorted to the prime table overlooking the kitchen. After an hour enduring the wonderful smells of cooking and the resultant salivation and expectation a dish appeared, but although the smell was right, it was downright disappointing. His memory was like two large grapefruit shapes but this was like two little plums , the taste was fantastic but it was not how he remembered that amazing dish.
he called the waiter back , what is this? Cojones senor. Yes, but last year it was two great Mounds on the plate, but this?.
Senor, said the waiter , today, the bull won

 

[Exfarmer]

I love offal particularly kidney and liver we eat it very often.
my sister is not so keen, when she was held hostage for thirteen months she ans her husband were fed fresh goats liver every singly day!in Somalia it is considered the best cut!

 

[primmiemoo]

Yes, commonly known as digital cushion and found at the back of the foot. It has the consistency of blubber and I'd imagine it would be like eating the squashy bit on the end of your nose.

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Would make excellent glue, once upon a time.

 

[Lili]

Used to get brawn from the butcher years ago. I've got an old recipe book of Mum's with lamb tail pie in it.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

When I was at Seale Hayne one of the pubs we drank in did a cracking liver and bacon. If I had it my housemates used to complain and put me on another table they thought it disgusting

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Which pub?

Dartmoor Halfway used to do it, I thought

 

[Bury the Trash]

Is sweet breads what the vets would call mesentery? That's the fatty veil like material surrounding the intestine. The best thing ever to put flesh on a sick dog and what a vet once told me should be stitched into any operation on an animal's intestines.

No, Sweatbreads are glands.
The Thymus and / or pancreas .... from lambs anyway.

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They look and taste a bit like chicken bits ....only nicer/ sweeter

 

[Boysground]

Which pub?

Dartmoor Halfway used to do it, I thought

Church House at Torbryan, lived in Ipplepen. The half way did a good cottage pie I remember

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[Bill the Bass]

Eat plenty of liver
Does that count

Only with flava beans and a good chianti

 

[Dry Rot]

Yes, commonly known as digital cushion and found at the back of the foot. It has the consistency of blubber and I'd imagine it would be like eating the squashy bit on the end of your nose.

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You are now duty bound to try some and report back.