Thread: Stirring people up in the meat section

Originally Posted by sheerluck

How so Garry? So in your opinion, we should slaughter an animal for us to eat, and then only eat the prime cuts? 500kg of cow reared just for a prime rib steak?

"Gross" is the kind of reaction I would expect from my teenagers.

Dave - you are drawing a lot of conclusions from a simple statement.

I have Scottish heritage and as a kid I was fed on Haggis, Black Puddin, lambs fry, crumbed brains and the rest of it - oh and Sunday lunch Tripe in White sauce.

Put simply I did not like it then and I do not like it now and and find it disgusting, however I certainly respect others right to eat what they want - just not for me.

As for only eating part of a beast - well there are plenty of other uses in pet food etc for offal. While there are clearly a few people here who love the stuff, most people particularly younger people will not touch the stuff.

With respect to my "gross" comment - if you don't like it that is your issue not mine.

Garry

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

or bbq it.

you bbq your fritz? i'll have to try that, thanks!

Originally Posted by sheerluck

but chilled and sliced, not so exciting.

lol, ive only eaten it chilled and sliced. soo good.
my cat likes fritz too

Garry, I find this statement

Originally Posted by garrycol

.......however I certainly respect others right to eat what they want - just not for me.......

Very much at odds with this statement

Originally Posted by garrycol

You lot are totally gross - offal is disgusting.

If someone calls what what I am eating disgusting, and that i am "gross" for eating it, then it is going to provoke a return comment.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

And proper Cornish pasties?

It's not a proper Cornish pastie, unless eaten with coal dust on it, by gumm , Bob

G'day from an other offal lover!
I can't think of anything more tasty than a big serving of Lambs fry and bacon in a hearty gravy mopped up with some crusty buttered bread. I've had tripe but it was a long time ago and I can't say my memories are favorable. Had crumbed deep fried lambs brains and they are the best!. Kidneys go with any stew and are delicious. I too have Scottish heritage and would love to try a traditional Haggis. Followed by a few wee drams of single malt. In front of a stone fireplace in a castle some where in Scotland......ok back to reality!!
Regards.
Robbo

Once went out on a charter boat with work.We had a handful of Maoris on board.
Had a bbq lunch and beers early as a few of us were a bit off colour due to the lumpy ocean and the fish wernt chewin.
The feed worked a treat,we felt much better.
After lunch the skipper got us onto a school of pink snapper.
I was the first to spew over the side when I seen them kiwi natives hooking the eyes out of the snapper and eating them raw.It was like a chain reaction Plenty of berley in the water!!!!

Andrew

Originally Posted by robbotd5

G'day from an other offal lover!
I can't think of anything more tasty than a big serving of Lambs fry and bacon in a hearty gravy mopped up with some crusty buttered bread. I've had tripe but it was a long time ago and I can't say my memories are favorable. Had crumbed deep fried lambs brains and they are the best!. Kidneys go with any stew and are delicious. I too have Scottish heritage and would love to try a traditional Haggis. Followed by a few wee drams of single malt. In front of a stone fireplace in a castle some where in Scotland......ok back to reality!!
Regards.
Robbo

I've had pretty much as you've dreamed there Robbo, except it was in the Lake District rather than Scotland. It was a big old manor house, with log cabins in the grounds, and I was up there with my wife for a week one February. The restaurant was in the main house, along with the bar, and I remember sitting there in front of a blazing log fire, eating roast venison for starter, haggis for main course, and the best strawberry ice cream I have ever tasted for dessert.

And to cap it all off, the bar had dozens of whiskey varieties on display, shelves full of them. I made it my mission for the week to get from one side to the other......didn't even make it halfway.

*crawls off to try and track down what the damned place was called*