[Wizard]

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

[Jackie]

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

[dixie]

What are chitterlins?

[Helencus]

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)

[dixie]

Err yuk! not for me either thanks!

[Dangermouse]

Yum Yum.......

[Helencus]

you're just sick DM obviously  .

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.

[sagehen]

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 

[dixie]

Aha, I only eat sauasages form my pigs and I know what goes in

[sagehen]

  Rub it in, why don't ya?  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?

[dixie]

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!

[Helencus]

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..

[Dangermouse]

you're just sick DM obviously  .

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 

[sagehen]

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....

[Helencus]

I love pate Sagehen..

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