Faggots

robj20 · 11 Oct 2018 at 09:49

Anyone else still eat these, having then for tea tonight with some roast potatoes and veg.
Got to be Mr Brains.

Speaking to some of the younger people in work they had never heard of them, and think they sound disgusting.
Why is offal such a off putting thing for so many.

robj20 · 11 Oct 2018 at 10:06

They probably have some fat in yes.

Googled for you. 4.8g per 100g, saturated 1.9g. So not a lot at all, certainly not FULL of fat.

robj20 · 11 Oct 2018 at 10:22

something daft already!! said:
They are repulsive lumps of "meat". No doubt made of snouts, feet, ring pieces etc.

Why are they repulsive? They actually contain the liver, heart and usually belly meat.
What is so repulsive about heart and liver meat.

robj20 · 11 Oct 2018 at 10:26

cheesyboy said:
If you're filling it with liver and heart etc, there's probably not much point swapping it out for feet and snouts, to be honest. It's not like you'd save much.

Pigs trotters are a fair bit more than heart and liver I have found. I genuinely find it odd how people are so repulsed by certain cuts of meat. We should be encouraged to eat the whole animal.

Or are these people that think meat comes from the supermarket. Happy to eat it if it comes in plastic packaging but if you had to butcher it yourself they would be vegetarians.

robj20 · 12 Oct 2018 at 05:44

Schizo said:
That sounds amazing !!!

Does indeed.

Think I might try making my own at some point.
Saw a recipe basically, fatty pork, heart, liver and some sage and onion stuffing.
Then I might wrap them in bacon.

robj20 · 19 Oct 2018 at 03:25

Idartalis said:
There's a butcher shop in town that sells them as ready to eat products (cooked then chilled), they're quite nice, they're labeled as 'savoury ducks', I didn't realise they were faggots until I looked it up, it's the only ones I've tried, haven't tried different ones from different places/brands, any good ones?

If you like them like that you should try and find Haslet as well love that stuff.