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#205117 30-Oct-2016 17:11

Growing up our family was pretty poor and we used to eat a lot of what was called back then offal. So that is the sort of food such as and not limited to the following.

Lambs fry (liver), kidneys, sweetbread, tongue, brawn, etc. We used to have tripe as well but was never really a fan of it. On the menu some nights were pig trotters as well which were pretty good and you could knore(sp) on them hahaha

Anyway I used to love it growing up but if you were to go and buy any of the aforementioned now days it costs you a fortune.

Today I seen on a menu of a cafe we went to Lambs fry and Bacon. Well OMG it was fantastic in a deep rich sauce with Turkish bread and butter to go with it.

Did you have any of this sort of thing growing up and who here is also an offal eater ??.

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#1661004 30-Oct-2016 17:14

I grew up on farm where we killed our own meat.

Fortunately we had dogs to eat that stuff.

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#1661008 30-Oct-2016 17:16

Really enjoy lambs fry and steak & kidney. Rich food and full of nutrients. It is still cheaper than steak mince.

When we came home from scholl the smell of boiling tripe would meet us at the driveway. We hated the smell and the taste. We, all of us children, never ate it. But my parents grew up during World War II so they had a taste for offal because they ate a lot of it back then.

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#1661009 30-Oct-2016 17:18

i always remember in primary school making pig's brawn in a cooking group , even today i have no idea why we made it but cutting up the brain at age 7 or so was the most fun i had in school and it tasted ok to but i have never tried it again and wouldnt even no were to start to get the ingredients.

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#1661079 30-Oct-2016 20:55

As ethical vegans, we too honour the spirit of the vegetables by consuming all, the eyes of the potatoes, the skin of the pumpkin, the fingers of the chocolate, the ears of the corn.

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#1661083 30-Oct-2016 21:07

Yep - lambs fry/liver and bacon, steak & kidney, deviled kidneys - love them. SWMBO doesn't though - so when she goes off to play bridge on Tuesday nights, I cook up a one-man's feast.

I gave identical memories to @Hammerer regarding the tripe - still makes me feel ill thinking about it and remembering that vile smell when mum was cooking it.

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#1661128 30-Oct-2016 22:35

Yes to lambs fry and kidneys bacon hocks and trotters and big fat NO to tripe (blerk) but try and find lambs brains these days I used to love those mum used to do them in crumbs and deep fry them oh so yummy

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#1661132 30-Oct-2016 23:01

We used to get liver and bacon for lunch sometimes at boarding school; not bad for school food. Probably pig's liver, rather than calve's liver which is better IMV. We also used to get steak and kidney pudding sometimes too.

Tripe is a no for me. I'd rather just eat cereal instead!!

My late father was always a fan of the French peasant when it came to cookery, so was often to be found annoying my mother by polluting her kitchen with things she would rather feed to the labradors. He had a splendid charcuterie book which had a double page colour photo guide entitled "Boning The Calf's Head" that one of my brothers reserved for visiting vegetarians to look at..!

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#1661138 31-Oct-2016 00:00

I was brought up in a rural setting,

I grew up with having lambs tails during docking season, wasnt game enough for the 'mountain oysters'.

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#1661142 31-Oct-2016 02:54

Our local bakery in Mairangi Bay village has won awards in the national pie competition and makes a fantastic steak and kidney pie.

The nearby bakery in the Windsor Park shops (top of Hastings Rd) also makes a great S&K pie with good proportion of K.

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#1661147 31-Oct-2016 05:27

Fred99:
As ethical vegans, we too honour the spirit of the vegetables by consuming all, the eyes of the potatoes, the skin of the pumpkin, the fingers of the chocolate, the ears of the corn.

What, no swearing and cursing meat eaters?
On a serious note, I'd really like to hear why you're a vegan.

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#1661156 31-Oct-2016 07:51

Don't eat it because I don't need to.

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#1661184 31-Oct-2016 08:46

Tripe....Aaah...Love it!! even though I have seen it in the raw (before it is cleaned etc)

Tripe and onions with white sauce and chopped parsley.

Still have it occasionally today, though the tripe does not look as white as it used to.

I quite like haggis too.

Also lambs fry and bacon,and steak and kidney stew or in a pie.

Even fried sheep/lamb kidneys for breakfast.

Not a fan for brain or sweetbreads though

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#1661188 31-Oct-2016 08:59

MikeB4: Don't eat it because I don't need to.

I don't need to eat chocolate but....!

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#1661194 31-Oct-2016 09:04

Tripe is quite green before it's bleached, I expect especially in NZ where cattle are mainly grass-fed. It's soaked in peroxide to take the colour out of it.

I'm not sure why they bother - even if I had my eyes closed it'd still make me barf.

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#1661195 31-Oct-2016 09:05

Geektastic:

MikeB4: Don't eat it because I don't need to.

I don't need to eat chocolate but....!

Hahaha I don't eat chocolate either. ...... wait a sec just adjusting my halo.

Chocolate is bad, my wife has different views on chocolate though.

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