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Some offal dishes are considered gourmet food in international cuisine. This includes foie gras, pâté, and sweetbreads. Other offal dishes remain part of traditional regional cuisine and may be consumed especially in connection with holidays such as the Scottish tradition of eating haggis on Robbie Burns Day. Intestine... |
Depending on the context, offal may also refer to those parts of an animal carcass discarded after butchering or skinning. Offal not used directly for human or animal food is often processed in a rendering plant, producing material that is used for fertilizer or fuel or, in some cases, it may be added to commercially p... |
Table 37 lists the most common types of offal from the various species. |
Species Common Offal Uses/Notes |
Beef Heart Beef offal is more commonly retailed |
Oxtail The only external offal meat |
Veal Heart |
Liver Veal offal is more commonly served in restaurants than other types. |
Sweetbreads Thymus gland |
Pork Liver Pork offal is stronger in flavour; the liver is most commonly used in pâté. |
Intestines Used for sausage casings |
Skin Used to make cracklings or chicharron |
Blood Used for blood sausage and black pudding |
Lamb Liver Lamb offal is milder in flavour |
Intestines Used for sausage casings |
Chicken Heart, Liver, Gizzard These three are often referred to as giblets as a whole. |
Duck/Goose Liver fatty livers. |
Table 37 Common types of offal |
• Liver: Liver is very fine textured and is almost devoid of the characteristic fibre bundles found in red meat (liver has no grain). Consequently, it is very tender and can be sliced in any direction needed to attain the best yield. It can be prepared using dry heat. It has a very distinct flavour and is relatively ... |
• Kidney: Kidneys are either smooth, bean-shaped (in lamb and pork) or irregularly shaped with reddish-brown lobes and deep clefts (beef). Beef kidneys are very tough and require intense moist heat cookery. |
• Heart: Heart is retailed whole, halved, or cut into slices depending on species and size. The inside of the heart contains string-like sinew, which should be removed if the heart is being stuffed and cooked. Dry heat is suitable for cooking heart. It is commonly stuffed and roasted whole or slices are seasoned and ... |
• Tongue: The surface of the tongue is very coarse and requires a long period of slow cooking to be able to remove it (six to eight hours of simmering). Once skinned, the tongue can be sliced and is quite tender. There is a very large amount of gelatin in the meat which provides a rich flavour. It is often pickled or... |
• Tripe: Tripe is processed from the muscular inner lining of the stomach. It can be smooth or honey-combed depending on which chamber of the animal’s stomach it is harvested from. It is commonly sold fresh or pickled. Washed tripe, also known as dressed tripe, is boiled and bleached, giving it the white colour more ... |
• Sweetbreads: Sweetbreads are the thymus glands of calves and mature beef. They are pinkish-white in colour. Veal or calf sweetbreads are considered a great delicacy. They are largest in size when the calf is five to six weeks old and decrease in size as the animal ages. Sweetbreads should be thoroughly soaked in co... |
• Brain: Brains are a small volume seller. They perish very quickly so are generally frozen at the plant as soon as they are harvested from the animal. They are mild in flavour and have a delicate texture. Calves brains are most commonly used. They can be prepared much the same as sweetbreads. Brain is extremely high... |
• Oxtail: Oxtail is classified as offal even though it is not an internal organ. Oxtail is mainly used for making soup to extract its rich flavours. It is more bone than meat, but the meat from the oxtail, once properly braised, is very rich in flavour. |
• Cheeks and head: These are not technically offal, but increasingly popular are beef and veal cheeks, while pork heads are used to make headcheese, a type of sausage consisting of the meat from the head set in a gelatin base made from the cooking liquid. |
• Caul fat: Fine membrane of fat which covers the stomach of hogs, Caul fat is used for barding (wrapping or covering) lean cuts of meat, ground fillings and sausage meat. |
Drill Baby Drill Bill Doesnt Even Let America Keep What It Drills |
Bill Scher |
According to the Republican-led House, American energy independence involves Americans producing energy. But not Americans keeping our own energy. |
Yesterday, the House passed a bill to expand coastal drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and eastern seaboard without careful consideration of environmental and safety risks. The lead sponsor of the bill proclaimed this would “lower energy prices” and “make American [sic] less dependent on unstable foreign energy.” |
We went through the ridiculous argument that expanding drilling on our coasts would lower gas prices, back in 2008. Eventually, top Republicans had to concede that since we don’t have that much oil off our shores in the first place, and any newly opened up areas wouldn’t be tapped at least a decade, that there could on... |
But even putting the price issue, folks could still argue we should tap as much of our own oil as we can, so we’re doing as much as possible to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. |
Then how does the “Drill Baby Drill” crowd explain this? The Hill reports: “Republicans … rejected a motion requiring that oil produced on federal lands be used in the United States.” |
Come again?! A bill that proclaims to “make American [sic] less dependent on unstable foreign energy” doesn’t even ensure that America keeps its own scant resources of oil? |
Instead of Americans keeping their own energy, the House bill simply continues taxpayer subsidies to multinational oil companies so they can sell it wherever in the world they like and rake in obscene profits. |
That doesn’t make America more energy independent. |
That keeps America dependent on the status quo: a global oil “market” where multinational oil companies partner with dictators from oil states to maximize their own profits and deny the rest of us real energy choices. |
And real energy choices is fundamentally what we need. |
We don’t have enough oil to achieve energy independence on that alone, and even if we did, there’s that little global warming thing to consider. |
If we want stable and affordable energy prices over the long-haul, as well as real energy security, we need to stop giving enormously profitable oil companies like ExxonMobil a weekly allowance, stop allowing corporations to spew carbon pollution for free, and dramatically increase our investments in generating renewab... |
Yet House Republicans prevented a vote yesterday on ending our subsidies to Big OIl and increasing our investments in clean energy, and earlier wouldn’t even vote to accept that carbon pollution is real. |
American [sic] will have to wait a little longer for real energy security. |
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
Summer Break |
I am approaching my second solid week of medical leave with my son. This is, I believe, the longest contiguous break I've had from work since he was born and my maternity leave ended. So far, so good. |
T-man is healing up really well. He is still sore right at the surgery spot but has continued to refuse any pain medication. The soreness only affects bathroom stops and wiping (hey, you don't want to hear about body functions, go find another blog, LOL). He's still on a bigger-than-before dose of Miralax to make sur... |
Besides that part, it's just summer break. He can't sit in a bathtub or pool, but showers are fine, so we have gotten out the sprinklers and water guns. We decorated kites then flew them at the park. He did play at the park, but knows not to go down a slide on his bottom (yes, for once I'm telling him to go on his tum... |
We still have a few to-do's on our wish list to check off. Paint pottery, see a movie, go to the zoo, do some drawing. And finish writing the novel I've been working on for 1.5 years. (Seein as how I've been known to hammer out a first draft in like 3 months, this particular story is driving me insane) I'm down to 2 s... |
I think by the follow-up visit next week that I will have little to no vacation or sick time left, so my husband will be the primary sick-day-parent for the next several months. I'm not upset with that. I'm a little sad that I'm unlikely to have enough vacation left for an actual Vacation this year, but 2.5 weeks off i... |
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Bethany said... |
Sounds pretty fabulous (minus the actual surgery part). Glad he's doing good, and sounds like not a bad time to recoup if you have to recoup. I'm always amazed by the resilience of kids. Maybe someday I can look forward to free summer time. Probably not going back into schools, so I'll likely have the same problem with... |
Testimony Doctored |
Posted: 10/25/2007 by Floyd in Labels: |
I remember a comment recently to this affect mainly I said that science has become a big PR game in that it can be manipulated to fit into any agenda, such as the editing of climate change testimony. |
Lately science has been barraged by deals such as this and as the tobacco and petroleum conglomerates have also proven time and again that if the science don't match the facts the easiest thing to do is, hire some other scientists to try and cast doubt on the public. |
some good examples can be found on Common Dreams Dot org,, Gore issued a statement that in effect that money is the universal language when it comes to this,,”There has been an organized campaign, financed to the tune of about $10 million a year from some of the largest carbon polluters, to create the impression that t... |
Let's not leave out Exxon Mobil who done it's share of funding think tanks and PR guru's to cast doubt on the public notion of pollution, Exxon Mobil has funded dozens of front groups, think tanks, industry associations, corporate-friendly research centers, and purportedly independent scientists to spread its denials. ... |
So does the latest surprise me? Not in the least. |
Climate Change Testimony Was Edited by White House - New York Times |
1. These companies have the market of deceit at a new level. They use their lobbyist to flirt our Representatives, they use the airways with lies for a propositions vote needed to make more and more money under the coat of deception and money. |
When you get the chance, why don't you take a look at this news; Uncut Video of Megan Williams, I was shocked. |
1. Floyd says: |
Thanks for the link Let's Talk, this happened in Logan Co.W.V,,a remote area, it is hard to believe what people are actually capable of doing, you catch everything on the net more or less we see society for what it is becoming. |
Unless you live in the South West or Ireland, you've probably been hit by snow. We had quite a lot of it here and it's still coming down as I type this. Apparently it's snowing again on Tuesday too. |
I don't really mind it. It's just getting to work a few towns over that's the problem. |
I did take some video footage that I was going to put into a vlog but I'm not sure if I'll end up putting it up. |
I hope you're all enjoying the snow, having fun and staying safe and warm. |
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Relationship Concerns |
Having meaningful relationships, whether it is with friends, family members, coworkers, and/or partners, is the biggest predictive factor to overall happiness and emotional well-being. |
Yet, relationships can be especially challenging for some due to either past negative and traumatic experiences including abuse or assault, recovery from narcissistic relationships, unhealthy family dynamics, heightened insecurities etc. |
Using my knowledge of attachment styles and trauma recovery, I work with individuals to increase understanding for how they can grow in relationships. |
Enhancing communication skills, increasing assertiveness, setting appropriate boundaries, and shame resiliency are examples of just a few areas that may be of focus. |
Relationships are a catalyst for healing, and I hope to empower you to shield yourself from toxic relationships and choose to engage only accepting, authentic, loving connections. |
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October 20, 2008 |
The "Troofers" will have a ball with this crisis stuff from this half-witted a-hole Biden. |
Hey guys, Hit has been Aced...>The bright lights and hobos. |
mark l. |
I have this vision of Biden, looking in the mirror, and doing a DeNiro performance, similar to the-'you talking to me?'-only instead he keeps going with the line- |
"I'm in control here." |
Plumber's Pal |
Sue: McCain and Palin both are hitting the tax issue hard at every campaign stop and rally. Your question would be better asked as why the media is so silent that you think they aren't. |
I have watched several of McCain's campaign stops and haven't seen him address the issue I raised. |
Plumber's Pal |
'KKK' etched into McCain supporter's car... |
Police estimated damage at $4,500. Police classified the incident as "criminal mischief/hate crime" and said it appeared "to be politically/racially motivated because the victim affixed a bumper sticker supporting the McCain campaign as well as an anti-Obama bumper sticker." |
hit and run |
Hey guys, Hit has been Aced... |
Hey, thanks! Too bad I effed up a dollar sign on the pic and put a percent sign in mistakenly. Why oh why don't I have layers of editors and fact checkers? I've corrected it, but Ace hasn't gotten it yet. |
Bummer. More to come, and hopefully correct out of the chute... |
No A, Jose! |
clarice plumber |
I blogged your deck of cards but don't know--as usual--if it'll run. |
Maybe you should sell them. |
hit and run |
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