Badger meat.

[shovel leaner 7,648]

My grandad used to tell me about eating badger hams , he said they would be smoked up the chimmock ( old Gloucestershire word for chimney) . I think it was more out of necessity than it being a delicacy . Christ they used to eat anything in them days , nothing was wasted. He used to make chitterlings, now they really are an acquired taste . And cows udder was eaten , it had to be soaked in brine for ages . One thing he did cook , that you don’t see around much and is delicious are sweetbreads, he used to dredge them in flour and fry them in saved bacon fat . Another favourite of mine that he made was Brawn , he used to get a pigs head and jelly the meat of it . You can still buy it in butchers near me , I’m not sure if it’s a bit of a Gloucestershire thing , like black pudding up north .

[robertb123 372]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

What the recipe Stan my man .

http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/badger.htm

 

[foxdropper 17,092]

[foxdropper 17,092]

29 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

My grandad used to tell me about eating badger hams , he said they would be smoked up the chimmock ( old Gloucestershire word for chimney) . I think it was more out of necessity than it being a delicacy . Christ they used to eat anything in them days , nothing was wasted. He used to make chitterlings, now they really are an acquired taste . And cows udder was eaten , it had to be soaked in brine for ages . One thing he did cook , that you don’t see around much and is delicious are sweetbreads, he used to dredge them in flour and fry them in saved bacon fat . Another favourite of mine that he made was Brawn , he used to get a pigs head and jelly the meat of it . You can still buy it in butchers near me , I’m not sure if it’s a bit of a Gloucestershire thing , like black pudding up north .

Used to be bath chaps , trotters and tails here when Harris’s was running .Bath chaps are pigs cheeks dipped in breadcrumbs and boiled same as trotters and tails .
 

[samuria 331]

40 minutes ago, shovel leaner said:

My grandad used to tell me about eating badger hams , he said they would be smoked up the chimmock ( old Gloucestershire word for chimney) . I think it was more out of necessity than it being a delicacy . Christ they used to eat anything in them days , nothing was wasted. He used to make chitterlings, now they really are an acquired taste . And cows udder was eaten , it had to be soaked in brine for ages . One thing he did cook , that you don’t see around much and is delicious are sweetbreads, he used to dredge them in flour and fry them in saved bacon fat . Another favourite of mine that he made was Brawn , he used to get a pigs head and jelly the meat of it . You can still buy it in butchers near me , I’m not sure if it’s a bit of a Gloucestershire thing , like black pudding up north .

 i have made brawn with pigs head its very nice and moreish .also faggots are great as my mum made and she was from gloucester......

[dytkos 17,536]

My father used to eat all that shit, pigs heads, sheep's brains, trotters, elder (the yellow stuff) used gag when I came in from school and mother was cooking it

Cheers, D.

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

1 hour ago, dytkos said:

 elder (the yellow stuff)

What's that? (I already dread I may regret asking this!)

 

[dytkos 17,536]

http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/udderorelder.htm

Cows udder basically 

Cheers D.

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

Oh, God!!! Alright; I fukking regret that! That'll teach me!

 

[dytkos 17,536]

23 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Oh, God!!! Alright; I fukking regret that! That'll teach me!

 

Ok for you, I had to smell it and see it

Cheers, D.

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

Best faggots I had in terms of taste and price were from coleford Forest of Dean , also did good proper bacon
 

[DIDO.1 20,851]

[Accip74 7,112]

10 hours ago, shovel leaner said:

My grandad used to tell me about eating badger hams , he said they would be smoked up the chimmock ( old Gloucestershire word for chimney) . I think it was more out of necessity than it being a delicacy . Christ they used to eat anything in them days , nothing was wasted. He used to make chitterlings, now they really are an acquired taste . And cows udder was eaten , it had to be soaked in brine for ages . One thing he did cook , that you don’t see around much and is delicious are sweetbreads, he used to dredge them in flour and fry them in saved bacon fat . Another favourite of mine that he made was Brawn , he used to get a pigs head and jelly the meat of it . You can still buy it in butchers near me , I’m not sure if it’s a bit of a Gloucestershire thing , like black pudding up north .

I was badger digging a few years back in Germany to control for a hunting syndicate. Those lads were saying cured badger meat was still a thing locally to them. Unfortunately never got a chance to try it. I definitely would of though.

Sweetbreads are nice

 

Edited October 21, 2020 by Accip74

[Greyman 25,238]

42 minutes ago, Accip74 said:

I was badger digging a few years back in Germany to control for a hunting syndicate. Those lads were saying cured badger meat was still a thing locally to them. Unfortunately never got a chance to try it. I definitely would of though.

Sweetbreads are nice

 

Are sweetbreads those throat glans or a posh name for scrotum, something I do now is to go to the butchers and buy a bag of chicken hearts they cost penny,s but are quite delicious like tasty little cocktail sausages, make a nice stew or just fry with garlic

[ginger beard 4,652]

46 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Are sweetbreads those throat glans or a posh name for scrotum, something I do now is to go to the butchers and buy a bag of chicken hearts they cost penny,s but are quite delicious like tasty little cocktail sausages, make a nice stew or just fry with garlic

Yes on the throat and you get heart sweetbreads too.