Another beekeeping delicacy

[Newbeeneil]

It's odd though that some of these things used to be eaten quite commonly in the UK, even relatively recently. I remember eating sliced tongue as a child (in the 1970s) for instance. I'd not be surprised if most people didn't turn up their noses at it these days.

James

I still love a nice tongue sandwich

 

[Paulypaul]

It's odd though that some of these things used to be eaten quite commonly in the UK, even relatively recently. I remember eating sliced tongue as a child (in the 1970s) for instance. I'd not be surprised if most people didn't turn up their noses at it these days.

James

My grandparents ate tripe (cow's stomach) once a week. As a child, I assumed it was a type of fish.


My in-laws are Chinese. When they found out I keep bees, they asked, with a straight face, if I sold the brood for eating.

 

[Sutty]

I loved tripe (the honeycomb type) as a kid, with salt pepper & vinegar, and am reported to have asked, when in the butcher's "can we have some of that stuff that when you bite it your teeth bounce back?"

 

[Paulypaul]

When visiting the in-laws in the mountains of southwest china, I've eaten bamboo maggots. They were fine. Tasted of protein, if indeed that is an actual flavour.
Just don't eat the heads.

The things I hated were chicken feet and duck tounges. They're just gristle and cartilage, with zero taste. I don't see the point in eating them. But, the locals
loved it.
I've noticed, in general, the Chinese love eating cartilage. At a restaurant theres lots of crunching noises as they strip chicken to the dry bones. Made me want to yack.

 

[The Poot]

I still love a nice tongue sandwich

I get tongue pie quite a lot

 

[JamezF]

The things I hated were chicken feet and duck tounges.

Chickens' feet seem to be popular in a few cultures. I also struggle to see why though. It's not as though there's much on them to eat. As a child it was far more fun to find the tendons for the toes near the "knee" and chase people around whilst pulling the tendons to make the toes "grasp"

Pigs' trotters. There's another one. I've only ever boiled them up to make jelly for pork pies.

James