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The term offal is used a lot in the UK. Mr Bingley isn't jsut talking about the bits inside a chicken, used for gravy. It refers to anything beyond the main meat of the animal such as liver, kidney, heart, the bits that become tripe (yuk), sweetbreads, etc. We need bel for this, the French love their offal.
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Ohhh~hhh, so does this mean i should change my plan of offering Fois Gras and Sauternes at the upcoming birthday party?? Sorry, my dear Rapunzel, but i simply *adore* the stuff...
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For offal, my dictionary gives as second meaning, "refuse, garbage". Glad to hear UK version is more palatable. I have never before heard it used to mean anything fit to eat.I can guarantee you will never see any supermarkets here advertisiing offal for sale.
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(kicking Jo under the table) .... and about that haggis?
bridget96, careful, all we like foie gras (ask Faldage), 'long as it isn't from sheep*
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okay...
"Faldage... care to explain??"
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My father used to be fond of pickled cow stomach, the part that looks like over sized honeycomb, called tripe. I would eat it, rather than offend him, but I have never bought any.
Haggis I have been told is a variety of bits of heart, lung,liver, kidneys etc with oatmeal and other vegetables and seasonings cooked in a sheep stomach. I have never had any, and would not much care to partake of it, but the Yankee in me approves of not wasting any food. "Wilful waste brings woeful want."
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I have read of several British recipes using kidney. Even my vaunted Yankee reluctance to waste food rebels at kidney.
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At a Burns Day dinner a portion of haggis was portioned out and since I had never had it before and will try most things once, I ate some, taking my cue from more experienced eaters -- I ate just the inside, the meat, spices etc ...Delicious!
Then about 30 minutes later I started to itch and small welts appeared ... I am allergic to liver and didn't realize there was any in the haggis! Minor outbreak that an antihistamine tablet and lots of water took care of.
But no haggis for me anymore which I do not regret as I am not a fan of internal organ meats.
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ooof, I also, have only heard the word offal to describe animal waste.
Most Québecois I know are not overly fond of eating beastly internal organs like tripe, kidney or heart. I do have several French (from France) friends who do love these. A lot of people do like liver though.
There is also on concoction that the older generation used to eat a lot of. It is call boudin (boo-dane). It is spiced congealed beef blood in a piece of tripe (like a sausage). It smells absolutely awful while cooking. I am usually game on tasting anything but I just can`t make myself try it. The only thing that comes to mind is a scab and (sorry, I can`t continue, yuck, yuck, yuck).
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Offals
Of course, the Pennsylvania Dutchman has to note that one of the famous dishes using offals is scrapple, which is basically cornmeal mush with the addition of the offals from slaughtering a hog. While there are those, including many non-Dutchmen, who love it, I can't stand the stuff. It comes in large bricks, which you slice and fry. When you're frying it, it smells like the town garbage dump is on fire.
Now on the other hand, tripe is really something else. There is a dish native to Philadelphia called Pepper Pot. It's a soup and includes small pieces of tripe. One of my favorites.
And then there is Tripes a la mode de Caen -- my mouth is watering just thinking about that.
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