pig heads
The housemate mentioned below once mentioned that pig's heads are thrown away at his slaughterhouse. I was disgusted by this waste of life and asked him to bring me home a head or two. There's a lot of meat on a head, and pig's cheeks are delicious - a delicacy in many countries. I also hate the idea of food being wasted.
He kept forgetting to bring any and eventually was about to move away from the area. Just before he left, he told me he had a present for me.
It was two bin bags full of pig heads, all cut in half.
The poor new lady was rather shocked to come home to find me in the kitchen furiously preparing, roasting and picking pig heads, which were basically all over the kitchen. I ended up with lots of roast pork in the freezer and a tub full of uncooked brains which I eventually found to be rather nice whisked into omelettes...
(teasus likes tea, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 20:48, 7 replies)

You sound like a wonderful person to live with.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 20:56, closed)

indeed!
I have since found it better to live alone...

I was about to say this sort of thing didn't happen often when I was in the houseshare but then I remembered about the rabbit, octopus, liver, hearts, various fish and probably other things that upset people that I regularly eat...
(teasus likes tea, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 21:50, closed)

Why were they cut in half?
And which way? Latitudinally or longitudinally?
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 30 Jun 2013, 21:49, closed)

into left and right sides
I guess they cut the whole pig in half before removing the head or something.
(teasus likes tea, Sun 30 Jun 2013, 21:51, closed)

Yup, in Hungary I saw whole butchers' counters neatly stacked with the bits of pig that I'd buy for my dogs at home.
There were trotters, tails, ears, snouts and halved heads. The offal was in a separate display.

Didn't spot the ribs for sale tbough. I don't think Hungarians went for them.
My local butcher here sells them for pennies along with other bones but you have to be up before the canny Chinese shoppers!

I've heard it said that you can use every part of a pig including the squeak, which they put in balloons.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 1 Jul 2013, 7:55, closed)