What's a giblet (sp??)

[jaerdaph]

I love fried calamari, rings and tentacles.

Mmmm. Fried Baby Cthulhus with a lemon wedge and a side of marinara.

If I ever open a diner in New York the fried calamari platter is going to be called the H.P. Lovecraft Special!

 

[Aaron2]

About as exotic as I get is scrapple. They take the skull of a pig and boil it to get the meat and little scraps, and let it condense into blocks. Delicious.

Hmm. I call that Headcheese. Scrapple is bacon (or sausage) bits mixed in cornbread. Then the cornbread is sliced, pan fried and eaten with maple syrup.

I make it a point to try and eat every disgusting thing I can find. (even haggus). We have a sushi bar that routinely has gross stuff. The worst were these baby crabs (about 3/4 an inch across) that were fried (without batter) and served on a little plate. They looked like little plastic toy crabs. Crunchy and ichy.

Aaron

 

[Tsyr]

Hmm. I call that Headcheese. Scrapple is bacon (or sausage) bits mixed in cornbread. Then the cornbread is sliced, pan fried and eaten with maple syrup.

I make it a point to try and eat every disgusting thing I can find. (even haggus). We have a sushi bar that routinely has gross stuff. The worst were these baby crabs (about 3/4 an inch across) that were fried (without batter) and served on a little plate. They looked like little plastic toy crabs. Crunchy and ichy.

Aaron

Lucky bum, I wish we had a place like that here...

The ultimate test, I think, is eating something still alive... I've done that, that's... not something I'm in a hurry to repeat.

 

[darkbard]

I thought a gimlet was a martini served with pearl onions instead of olives.

nope. that's a gibson.

 

[Ulrick]

Well, at least you didn't have them try to attack a certain gazebo ...



Ulrick

 

[Aaron L]

Hmm. I call that Headcheese. Scrapple is bacon (or sausage) bits mixed in cornbread. Then the cornbread is sliced, pan fried and eaten with maple syrup.

I make it a point to try and eat every disgusting thing I can find. (even haggus). We have a sushi bar that routinely has gross stuff. The worst were these baby crabs (about 3/4 an inch across) that were fried (without batter) and served on a little plate. They looked like little plastic toy crabs. Crunchy and ichy.

Aaron

Hmmm. when I watched my grandfather boiling the skull, he said he was making scrapple. Oh well, was a long time ago when I watched him make it.

 

[Tonguez]

You guys really are missing out - Brain is my favourite part of an animal, they're delicious and testicle taste almost as good (and very similar too). In fact I did a lovely Kidney and heart in a citrus sauce for my dinner last night. Curried Intestines, Ox tongue, black pudding, haggis even mmm
In fact the only Offal I think is awful is tripe

and whats Shashimi? When I was a lad we would go down to the warf when they were dragging the nets in and eat the sprats straight out of the water - bite their heads off and consume. No stinking wasabi here Actually now I tend to do my raw fish in coconut cream and yes squid and octopus is yummy

- but have you tried seaslug? Now thats a bit of an acquired taste

Actually the ickiest thing I tried eating was sparrow - the Italian community where I live apparently net sparrows and freeze them, then they are deep fried and consumed (it was okay to eat though even if it wasn't much and the bones were a bit fiddly)

 

[starwolf]

In fact the only Offal I think is awful is tripe...

MMMMmmm, nothing better than a big steaming bowl of menudo....especially the morning after too many gimlets or gibsons....

 

[RSKennan]

I thought a gimlet was a martini served with pearl onions instead of olives.

nope, that's a Gibson. (I used to be a bartender)

Try this link: Drinks of the middle ages
if you want to be authentic.

 

[RSKennan]

heh. I didn't see the earlier reply to that question.