Foods with suspicious names

This food name will get censored by the DIS boards as an offensive term, but ******s used to be a fairly common food in parts of the UK. They're pretty old fashioned now but my mother used to make us eat them!


ETA: Ooops! I didn't realise the whole word would be censored! Oh well, it's an offensive word when not referring to food.
 
Head cheese is popular where I grew up, but I don't care for it.

A typical Vietnamese sandwich place has a "#1" that's made with head cheese. They might call it "ham" though as to no scare off too many people.

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And of course the main ingredient:

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Probably a combination of lean cuts of ham mixed with snouts and ears. Makes me hungry.
 

This food name will get censored by the DIS boards as an offensive term, but ******s used to be a fairly common food in parts of the UK. They're pretty old fashioned now but my mother used to make us eat them!


ETA: Ooops! I didn't realise the whole word would be censored! Oh well, it's an offensive word when not referring to food.

Ah would that be something made by Brains?
 
A typical Vietnamese sandwich place has a "#1" that's made with head cheese. [...] Probably a combination of lean cuts of ham mixed with snouts and ears. Makes me hungry.

As far as I'm aware head cheese (by Boar's Head) is made with deluxe ham (quite good ham on its own), pimentos, tongue, and other scraps of meat that come from, you guessed it--the head...all encased in clear gelatin. I unfortunately tried it once and it was terrible.

My grandma used to make a dish called "Slub Gullion" (Gullion rhymes with onion) anyways it was basically what she made at the end of the week with leftovers...usually ended up being hamburger, cheese, peas, onions and gravy.
 
LOL I love a bit of bubble and squeak!popcorn::

one that gets us brits is GRITS, we use grit to melt ice on the roads over here!

trying to think of some other odd British foods:)

I have a few friends from the UK. Talking food is always interesting. I learned the other day a biscuit is a cookie in the UK. Love me some bangers and mash though!
 
As far as I'm aware head cheese (by Boar's Head) is made with deluxe ham (quite good ham on its own), pimentos, tongue, and other scraps of meat that come from, you guessed it--the head...all encased in clear gelatin. I unfortunately tried it once and it was terrible.

My grandma used to make a dish called "Slub Gullion" (Gullion rhymes with onion) anyways it was basically what she made at the end of the week with leftovers...usually ended up being hamburger, cheese, peas, onions and gravy.

This is what I think of when I think of head cheese:

http://www.jfolse.com/recipes/meats/pork21.htm

And to all you who don't like it - GOOD! Just means there's more for me! :woohoo:
 
**** on a shingle

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In my parents' lean years, we would have this for dinner. It is tasty and filling. My grown-up name for this is Creamed Chipped Beef.

As far as I'm aware head cheese (by Boar's Head) is made with deluxe ham (quite good ham on its own), pimentos, tongue, and other scraps of meat that come from, you guessed it--the head...all encased in clear gelatin. I unfortunately tried it once and it was terrible.

My grandma used to make a dish called "Slub Gullion" (Gullion rhymes with onion) anyways it was basically what she made at the end of the week with leftovers...usually ended up being hamburger, cheese, peas, onions and gravy.
The shopper next to me was ordering Head Cheese, shopping for his wife. He didn't know what it was. I didn't know, either. So I ordered 4 slices. I ate it, but I won't buy it again.

Dad and mom would call our mixed leftover dinners "Slum Gum Goo." That made us kids laugh, so we gave it a try. It was usually pretty good.
 
Sweet Breads - not suspicious name, but very misleading! :scared:

These actually come from the thymus gland which is in the head. Although some accuse males of confusing the two locations. :rotfl2:
 
Not a commonly accepted acronym, but a personal affectation, I admit:

Sea Snot aka Oysters
 
Sweet Breads - not suspicious name, but very misleading! :scared:

These actually come from the thymus gland which is in the head. Although some accuse males of confusing the two locations. :rotfl2:

Almost correct, but not quite. The thymus gland is located in the throat of lambs or calves. Other glands, including the pancreas have also been called sweetbreads. Delicious when properly prepared, if you can get over eating organ meat.

The one that always gets me is blood pudding/sausage. Yes, it's really made with blood. I've never overcome the gag factor on this one.

And what, exactly is a snickerdoodle? I know it's a cookie, but what is the origin of the name?
 
And if you don't know what sultanas are, they are golden raisins in US speak. "Spotted Dick" is very similar to what in New Orleans is known as bread pudding, except that the sauce is custard rather than rum sauce, and it usually does not contain nuts (though if it does they are usually walnuts.) FWIW, there isn't much of a double entendre in the name; that isn't the same euphemism in the UK as it is in the US, or at least it wasn't until very recently.

Bubble and Squeak is so called because it's a bit like a savory souffle; it has a lot of air beaten into it, and when you first put a fork into it the air escapes and sometimes makes a bit of a squeaking sound.
Shoo Fly Pie is a poverty sweet, at least the way I know it; it is blackstrap molasses pie. VERY SWEET (nothing in the filling but butter, molasses and eggs, plus maybe brown sugar), and therefore very likely to attract flies if you set it on a windowsill to cool. People don't actually LET flies get to it, you understand; you either put a food screen over it or keep it inside the window screen.

Head cheese is popular where I grew up, but I don't care for it. My mother was Irish and fond of "black pudding", aka blood sausage. Also, fwiw, she also made mince pies every holiday, and she did it from scratch using beef. If you have ever eaten the Beef Brewat Roll at Marrakesh in Epcot, you'll know something about how real mince pie tastes, it's quite similar, minus the powdered sugar on top.

Some folks who first visit New Orleans are put off by the idea of "dirty rice" -- that only means that it is brown because there is ground beef/ground pork cooked in with it. (Also garlic, onion, minced bell pepper and minced green onion tops, if it's done right.) Locals actually seldom call it dirty rice; we usually refer to it as rice dressing.

PS: "Moreton Bay Bugs" are so-called slipper lobsters, not really a true lobster, but closely related. They taste a lot like crawfish, but are a saltwater species.

Not like any Bubble & Squeak I've ever been served...it's left-over vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy from a good roast dinner all heated together in a skillet. The "bubbles" are a result of the thick mixture coming to a boil and the "squeak" occurs when the bubbles burst and release steam.
 














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