General Chat

Do they, Bob ? :-D

*forefinger on chin, eyes wide, in questioning manner* ;-)

They do the most delicious gizzard salad in France. Salade de gizzieres or something like that.

I've got the rest of the brisket stew I made earlier in the week :-|

They’re not quite the same if they’re shallow fried rather than in a deep fat fryer. :-0

Guess what we’re having for dinner tonight? Liver & Bacon! :-D :-D

I read a while back canned SPAM was intended for the US army.

Allegedly the pigs walk in, are slaughtered at the factory's abattoir

skinned cooked and canned, for the military or the shops. Very efficient.

...I think we had a choice when I was at school - and if they were available, I would have avoided them :-|

...but, as I said, I ought to try one. Can't comment on them, unless I've tried one.

Spam fritters? One of the dishes the school canteen excelled at <3 :-D

:-S :-S :-S :-S

Actually, I don't think I've had a spam fritter.
......maybe I should *gulp* buy some spam, look for a recipe, and try one. :-0

I'll second that Chris :-D :-D :-D

Spam Fritters <3 Yum Yum Yum :-D

Chris

SPAM is the devil's revenge!! :-D :-D

Isn't SPAM also spicy pork ?

Savaloys are spicy pork David and my daughters favourite but they don't sell them near to her so she binges on them when she visits :-D :-D

David - he shouldn't have washed it down there in the first place!! :-D

When I was young I remember Savaloys being popular. What were they made of ?

off topic....elsewhere on the thread was being discussed spiders and snakes. There an article in today's Daily Express.

One came up a plug hole while a man was having a shower !!

Just going through some of the earlier posts I noticed that one mentioned chicken livers :-D

Chicken livers are widely available here as they are sold separately from the chicken carcasses.

Every couple of months I buy some and make chicken liver pate with brandy. Very rich, but very nice :-D

The largest typhoid outbreak in recent British history occurred in Aberdeen in 1964.
Over 400 cases were reported.
The infection was eventually traced back to a single tin of Fray Bentos Argentinean corned beef sold in a supermarket.
It was a commercial tin, which was opened up and sliced for customers.

The corned beef infected the slicer, which then infected any other meat sliced on it.

I do Allan....and yes I know where they come from.

What a pitiful existence a chicken has, they are kept in close confinement

for there eggs, or slaughtered at the correct weight for the oven, or put into soup.

Long long ago in the 50s or 60s the Brits used to import large quantities of canned corned beef from Argentina. It was mostly sold under the "Fray Bentos" brand.

One or more consignments had not been produced according to food hygiene requirements. The result was large scale food poisoning among those who liked canned beef,

It was quite a scandal. In the end the Brits had to take over the supervision of Argentine beef exports to the UK inc canning with many Brits working in Argentina. It took a long time for exports to recover and the even remains a folk memory. The Falklands war did not help.

Booze, chickens and beef from Argentina today are perfectly ok..

Do you like eggs, David? ;-) :-D :-D