Floodgates have Failed
Following on from Mordred's post and the Wombat Steaks, I have remembered some of the wholesome goodies that used to be eaten on the farming side of the family. Note that this was the depressed Thirties, or the rationed Forties and Fifties so there wasn't a Waitrose on every corner.

Some of these were occasionally resurrected in my childhood. Gag city. Nowadays I will pretty much eat anything, in fact Extreme Cuisine is a favourite read (except grilled tarantulas and Filipino Balut) however here are some traditional British ones for your delectation. Some are lovely, some are proof that now and then starving to death is a viable lifestyle choice.

Brawn. Quivery evil jelly of doom. I still have a problem with pork pies as they contain THE JELLY.
Soused hogs face. Strangely tasty.
Trotters.
Lamb's Fry.
Sweetbreads.
Tripe (poached in milk).
Bath Chaps.
Faggots. (Food of the Gods).
Caul.
Marrow Balls.
Jugged Hare.
Chitterlings. (Chitlins to the Septics I believe)

There are more, but Google at your own risk.

They all taste better than a Big Mac, though.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 14:28, 4 replies)

Trotters
We had them as kids. Eeeeeewwww! Like eating leather coated in glue.
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 14:43, closed)

what are
Bath Chaps ?

Sounds like a gay(er) version of Matey Bath Bubbles (anyone remember that ?).

And how do you souse a hog's face ?

And why force a hare into a jug ? Big bloody jug, if the hares I've ever seen are anything to go by...

Maybe I got off lightly with ham-wrapped bananas - thqank God this country has discovered new cuisine, as the food in the 70s was completely J Arthur...
( I_Was_Mordred, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 14:55, closed)

Bath Chaps?
Boiled pig cheeks. Served cold.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 15:01, closed)

@Mordred
Your Matey's a bottle of fun.
You put me in the bath.
I'm loved by everyone.
I'm always good for a laugh.
( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Apr 2008, 15:10, closed)