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Black pudding (blood pudding) rules ok.
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O.k., I'm back now. think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts I have tried menudo which is a mix of inwardly stuff and I thought it was quite good.
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i hadn't realized menudo was made out of tripe...thanks for ruining it for me  anyone like Korean food? there's a soup called shul-lung thang that pretty much includes the entire cow, sans the skin and bones. there's another Korean dish that is made mostly out of tripe (i can't recall the name) but at least in that case it's still 'whole' so you know what it is you're getting into as you browse the buffet. i've never been able to get past the appearance, though i've heard it's delicious. oh dear, i'm beginning to feel a bit ill...
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Oh, my. How interesting that "offal" is edible across the pond. I'm thinking happy thoughts about sun-ripened tomatoes, and corn on the cob that you pick, clean on the way back from the garden, and boil as soon as you get inside.
And speaking of "corn," I know that the term once was a generic term for "grain" (I haven't tried to explain that to my three-year-old yet, although we have a book which talks about bunnies hiding in the corn but pictures them in a wheat field; very confusing for him) and I wonder whether it is still used that way outside of the US. If so, what is the term used to describe maize? Maize, I suppose. [puzzled emoticon]
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Then perhaps the way to do it is through the discussion of words. US/UK differences I've noticed:
Cookie/Biscuit
Cookie/Cookie
Biscuit/Bun
Bacon/Pork Scratchings (joking - but it seems that way)
Canadian Bacon/Bacon
Butter/Unsalted butter
Cheese/Goo
What?/Cheese
Sandwich/"What do you mean no butter?"
Pop/Soft drink
Soda/Soft drink
Club soda/Soda
Rum/White Rum
Poison/Salt
etc
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maize = sweetcorn
In deference to certain members' sensibilities I shall not even begin to describe what goes into sop buntut .
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Shanks wrote Bacon/Pork Scratchings (joking - but it seems that way)
When in Ireland I was served Irish bacon which was like a fatty ham, more ham than fat. In US what we call bacon is called "streaky bacon" in Ireland and is cheaper than Irish bacon.
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In US what we call bacon is called "streaky bacon" in Ireland and is cheaper than Irish bacon.
Zigackly. And Ferpick!
Not just streaky, but crispy too. Crispy bacon is the way we would describe US bacon (pork scratchings was an exaggeration).
Best bacon description I've ever read - James Herriott (I misremember the book) speaking of sharing a pan that was virtually all blubber, with a farmer, after a difficult night for the vet.
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James Herriott (I misremember the book) speaking of sharing a pan that was virtually all blubber, with a farmer, after a difficult night for the vet.
Oh, yes ... and when I saw the TV version the look on the Vet's face was hilarious ... the thought of that pan of greasy fat made me gag! I'll take my bacon crisp, thank you very much. Anyone for bacon n' eggs?
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In deference to certain members' sensibilities I shall not even begin to describe what goes into sop buntut .
what in the world is an oxtail?? i tried to googlize it and got only recipes, and atomica merely calls it 'the tail of an ox'. Tail, to me, means the hind quarters. Surely it can't be the tail itself!?!? [ewww]
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