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Title: How disgusting eh!
Post by: Wizard on February 23, 2010, 07:44:42 am: Don't know if I have done it right Rusty but 9/10ths won't understand this one Worse than Tibetan Cow is Chitterlings? Not so bad but orribull is Tripe with or without onions ??? :farmer:
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Post by: Jackie on February 23, 2010, 12:19:56 pm: I dont like chitterlins but my mum does :( I like tripe though and I use a Spanish recipe with black olives, fresh toms and loads of garlic for it. :)

However, I know you like trotters George and I can abide them. Each to his/her own eh? lol
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Post by: dixie on February 23, 2010, 12:28:07 pm: What are chitterlins?
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 12:35:28 pm: you'll be glad you asked Dixie. It's disgusting scraggy bits of chicken innards I believe, deep fried... popular in the deep south of America. Never tried them so hard to judge but really don't fancy it much nor trotters and definately not tripe.. (retching action going on)
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Post by: dixie on February 23, 2010, 12:38:18 pm: Err yuk! not for me either thanks! :P
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 12:42:19 pm: Yum Yum....... ;D ;D
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 12:55:31 pm: you're just sick DM obviously ;D.

I have a friend who travels a lot, firmly believes that when in Rome and all that, so in France he ate horse. bad boy.. in Vietnam he ate dog.. very bad boy .. and in Peru he ate Guinea Pig.. so disgusting.. but to people who live there nothing wrong with it I guess.
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Post by: sagehen on February 23, 2010, 01:09:54 pm: Chitterlings are pig's intestines, not chicken's. Tripe is lovely, but really depends on how it's cooked. You've got to cook it well, or you'd be eating something like tough stinky towels. By the way, people going yuk and gross, if you've eaten commercial sausages, you wouldn't even want to know what goes in there! I, personally think offal is underrated ;D
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Post by: dixie on February 23, 2010, 01:11:29 pm: Aha, I only eat sauasages form my pigs and I know what goes in ;)
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Post by: sagehen on February 23, 2010, 01:14:32 pm: :P Rub it in, why don't ya? ;D I'm lucky enough to be able to buy sausages off a local farmer - not the same, but better than supermarkets, I think.
So what do you do with the offal off the pigs? Don't you eat them?
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Post by: dixie on February 23, 2010, 01:21:31 pm: Me no! but everyone raves about the liver! my boys like hearts, Dad likes the kidneys and the rest gets boiled for the dogs! Dad makes pork pies and does something with the trotters for this!
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 01:25:25 pm: there's a move towards encouraging people to eat more offal, I understand it was a necessity during rationing nothing got wasted and it's only now folk are so picky. I used to like to eat liver as a kid but then there was scare mongering about commercially farmed animals livers not being good for you so I've never gone back to it. I suspect the family would really turn their noses up if I presented them with liver and onions or even worse heart or kidneys...

So anyone got any good offal recipes then? maybe I should give it a go and see if I can disguise it and get them to eat some..
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 01:28:44 pm: Quote from: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 12:55:31 pm
you're just sick DM obviously ;D.

I have a friend who travels a lot, firmly believes that when in Rome and all that, so in France he ate horse. bad boy.. in Vietnam he ate dog.. very bad boy .. and in Peru he ate Guinea Pig.. so disgusting.. but to people who live there nothing wrong with it I guess.

Too right Ill eat anything and strangely enough I am in Africa as we speak ;D
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Post by: sagehen on February 23, 2010, 01:32:19 pm: Do you like pate? It's a good place to start with pig's liver, and you can make any variation of it. Pate on toast....mmmmmm.... :yum:
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 01:35:04 pm: I love pate Sagehen..

DM I dread to think what you're consuming in Africa! what's the local delicacy where you are?
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 01:44:52 pm: Quote from: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 01:35:04 pm
I love pate Sagehen..

DM I dread to think what you're consuming in Africa! what's the local delicacy where you are?

We live on a camp so the food is ok

but

Local food is snakes, lizards and some form of bushmeat (they are little rat like things that live in the jungle)

;D
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 01:48:41 pm: sounds lovely but I think i'll pass thanks all the same :)

Can I be nosey..? I think it's allowed on here, what are you doing out there?
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 01:58:49 pm: Quote from: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 01:48:41 pm
sounds lovely but I think i'll pass thanks all the same :)

Can I be nosey..? I think it's allowed on here, what are you doing out there?

Nosey?, Here? never ;D

Im a manager for an Oil service company and I work month on month off in Equitorial Guinea (and its not as well paid as you may think and its not very exciting either) ;D

Id much rather breed rats,mice,snakes and goats lol
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 02:06:53 pm: well it does sound interesting.. I know what you mean tho I've had to work away in the past and much much prefer living at home with the horses,hens and pigs.. oh and the family too of course ;D
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 02:10:55 pm: Quote from: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 02:06:53 pm
well it does sound interesting.. I know what you mean tho I've had to work away in the past and much much prefer living at home with the horses,hens and pigs.. oh and the family too of course ;D

Hopefully in the next couple of years ill be able to stay home and farm my wee beasties ;D
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 02:14:32 pm: fingers crossed for you .. don't you just hate having to earn money..
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Post by: Farmer on February 23, 2010, 02:16:39 pm: Back to offal...we hand make and sell Faggots (or Savoury Ducks as they are known around here) they contain heart, liver, kidney and lungs...and believe me we sell a lot! Nothing better on a cold winter evening with some mash potatoes, peas and onion gravy!!! :yum:

Farmer, :farmer:
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 02:20:21 pm: seems I eat more "offal" than I thought cause I love faggots and mushy peas too, so does the family. Mind that's the packaged ones but I bet the homemade ones are much nicer.
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 02:23:40 pm: Quote from: Farmer on February 23, 2010, 02:16:39 pm
Back to offal...we hand make and sell Faggots (or Savoury Ducks as they are known around here) they contain heart, liver, kidney and lungs...and believe me we sell a lot! Nothing better on a cold winter evening with some mash potatoes, peas and onion gravy!!! :yum:

Farmer, :farmer:

We have a lot of Americans over here so its best not to say you like faggotts

You get some very funny looks :o
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Post by: sagehen on February 23, 2010, 02:25:11 pm: Americans are strange ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Dangermouse on February 23, 2010, 02:29:36 pm: Quote from: sagehen on February 23, 2010, 02:25:11 pm
Americans are strange ;D ;D ;D

Indeed
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Post by: RUSTYME on February 23, 2010, 03:19:04 pm: I know in reality I do eat chitterlings , as I eat sausages , but I have been served up a plate full of chitterlings and they just looked like huge tape worms to me ...I was heaving .....liver I can just about eat , kidneys the same , but heart and lung as is .... no way ...BUT ... I do like faggots a lot (but not 'into' the American kind at all thankyou !!) . Pigs trotters make me heave too , as does boiling bacon and peas pudding . I have got a tin of peas pudding , but for the life of me I just cannot bring myself to open it and give it a go ...those distant memories have scarred me for life ..lol , but I will open it one day ...just not yet .... not yet ...

cheers

Russ
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Post by: Jackie on February 23, 2010, 03:21:34 pm: Dixie the trotters when boiled have a jelly that goes into pork pies :)

We often eat lambs hearts YUM! and liver although hubby wont touch any liver.

At 15 hubby was a Saturday butcher boy and has seen live crawl accross the butchers block with bacteria. lol Enough to put you off eh?
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Post by: Wizard on February 23, 2010, 04:26:55 pm: Helencus Fried Elephants B---s on toast until they ran out of toast ;D :farmer:
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Post by: Helencus on February 23, 2010, 04:28:52 pm: Is that just what you have in Lincs then? ;D
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Post by: Wizard on February 23, 2010, 04:49:32 pm: Jackie if you look in recipes you will see I have posted several for using pig offal You cannot make a good souse without a brace of good trotters and a slice of shin of beef.
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Post by: Wizard on February 23, 2010, 05:02:42 pm: Dixie round here chitterlings /chiterlins are made from the stomach of the pig and its a labour of love to prepare them Its Known as cleanin the s**t out before cooking them I am sure in the Southern States they are called Hog Maws.Its to much bother to prepare for me but the are extremely edible and many would say an acquired taste ;D :farmer:
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Post by: Wizard on February 23, 2010, 05:07:55 pm: Sagehen I like all pate and make a lot but not FISH I find chicken livers are a good place to start Pig livers are a bit strong and Ox liver very strong The variations are countless and I eat mine on toast.
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Post by: Jackie on February 23, 2010, 07:25:51 pm: Jackie is off to the recipe section.
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Post by: marigold on February 24, 2010, 12:28:59 am: Chitterlings are one of my Dad's favourite dishes in the middle of France. Last time I tried them I could not chew them up - my teeth kept bouncing off them. Way too rubbery for me. Maybe it was the cooking but it put me off.
Nastiest thing that I ever ate was a ten year old huge pickled fish egg in Japan. My host had saved it for a really special occasion. I felt very guilty that I just could not rise to the occasion -
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Post by: Wizard on February 24, 2010, 08:35:09 am: Marigold dear I keep telling you I HATE FISH I am told Caviar is the thing but the smell puts me right off. Jackie I will post some pate recipes if you tell me what you like. Game - Liver - Pig - Beef. Muther used to do one vith only veg. Now that is real crap before you digest it ;D :farmer:
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Post by: Sylvia on February 24, 2010, 12:20:28 pm: I can eat anything except tripe!! I have tried it but whichever way it's cooked I can't get it past my teeth. I think it may be the texture as I have limited sense of taste and smell. Swallow it, I can't!
I was once given tripe, beautifully cooked at a friends house "as a treat". I had to cut it in tiny pieces and swallow it whole to get it down!
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Post by: jameslindsay on February 24, 2010, 12:22:28 pm: Quote from: Sylvia on February 24, 2010, 12:20:28 pm
I can eat anything except tripe!! I have tried it but whichever way it's cooked I can't get it past my teeth. I think it may be the texture as I have limited sense of taste and smell. Swallow it, I can't!
I was once given tripe, beautifully cooked at a friends house "as a treat". I had to cut it in tiny pieces and swallow it whole to get it down!

Isn't that just the worst when you go to a friends for dinner and you get something put in front of you that you just hate but you can't say No!
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Post by: doganjo on February 24, 2010, 12:27:02 pm: Don't you think that if they are good friends you could tell them? "I'm really sorry, I know how much you've put into making this lovely food but I'm afraid I just can't eat tripe. I have tried before and I just cannot get it down. I hope you don't mind if I leave it" I'm afraid i wouldn't make myself ill for anyone. Most of my friends ask before I go if there's anything I really hate.
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Post by: Wizard on February 24, 2010, 02:06:38 pm: Hello Annie We don't go anywhere to eat they come here then I know what it is Never had anyone turn their nose up and say don't want that.Liar I hear you mutter You went to your 50th Wedding anniversary Celebrations last December.OK sorry but I cannot think the time before that ;D :farmer:
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Post by: Jackie on February 24, 2010, 07:31:17 pm: George I like most things just not trotters and prawns. ;D
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Post by: Wizard on February 24, 2010, 08:42:28 pm: Hello Jackie Yes and no You cannot make a good souse oh sorry brawn with out a couple of trotters but I agree they are next to kippers for being boney. Prawns = Tibetan Cow or worse ;D ;D :farmer:
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Post by: Jackie on February 24, 2010, 09:06:33 pm: I like pigs head brawn made with lots of black pepper. ;D

Ill try your recipe for it too George, I know I can get the trotters round here very cheaply so what do I lose and I may even love it, you never know.
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 09:57:21 am: Jackie hello There seems to me I think started by Delia to use up none rated food There was a pratt posted a slatting on Delia for using some food out of a tin.To which I replied with a Ken Dodd saying "If only" I am sorry if we fancy a corned beef hash I cannot make one with out opening a can.Oh yes C****** I know how to and do make corned beef if Wiz lets me have a nice piece of flank but its a month project and I fancy corned beef fritters NOW so I'll open a tin.Not bothering to go to recipes.If you like corned beef chill a can over night in the fridge and then peel a good size potato and slice it into 6m/m slices and dry the slices on kitchen paper.Open the can and slice the corned beef into 6m/m slices.Make your favourite batter fairly thick.get a potato slice a corned beef slice on top and a potato slice on top to make a sandwich secure with cocktail sticks stuck right through at 45 degrees to keep them together dip and coat all over with batter and deep fry.Not a weight watchers recipe this but then again none of mine are.Bugger it I'll get Kath to do some for lunch I'll pop a tin in the deep freeze for an hour So you know whats for lunch if you are going past :D :farmer:
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Post by: sagehen on February 25, 2010, 04:36:48 pm: Oooh I love corned beef hash! You've made me hungry now :yum: Ooh corned beef sammich *drool* Don't you just hate it though when the key snaps the metal thing to open it - I've been desperate enough to use a drill to open the sodding can!!
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 04:58:30 pm: Hey sage try this if you haven't already Prep the tattie as previous post but don't chill the C/beef put it in a basin and chop it to bits then mash with a fork Now add as much HP sauce as you taste as good then put the mixture on the slice and put another slice on top and stick cocktail sticks in You may find a slightly thicker batter is good.To open your tin thats snapped the key use one of the can openers with 2 handles you nip together and wind the butterfly handle use sideways it won't reach down the side to the lids :farmer:
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Post by: sagehen on February 25, 2010, 05:09:51 pm: Cocktail sticks??? You're a bit posh, George! Where we are, we use moveable cocktail sticks - it's called 'fingers'!
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 05:13:19 pm: Now sage Wot in 170C boiling oil? Tuff fingers on the other hand is it?as well as a thumb :farmer:
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Post by: sagehen on February 25, 2010, 05:16:57 pm: Ah no - in that case, I'd just drop it into the oil. You won't find cocktail sticks in this house, even if my life depended on it ;D
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 05:19:45 pm: Now I find that most strange sage We are T total here but I couldn't manage without a packet of cocktail sticks in the cupboard ;D
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Post by: sandy on February 25, 2010, 06:06:32 pm: So many uses but who is that posh to have cocktales? Cron beefy thing sound yum yum!!!
found some cocktail sticks but I was going to use them for making things!!
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Post by: Wizard on February 25, 2010, 10:50:11 pm: Of course Sandy I dont know how old you are but can you remember the real bully with big lumps of red meat and fat and gristle Then Fray Bentos realised if they minced it they could add more unsaleable meat and no one would know but I am sure todays is not as good in taste as the original sort but it mixes with a fork easier :farmer: