Jean B. > wrote:

> Victor Sack wrote:
> >
> > Huyet heo (pig's blood cubes) I've had in several dishes a local
> > Vietnamese place (now closed, unfortunately) used to serve were very
> > nearly tasteless and had no texture to speak of, either. They seemed
> > pointless to me. Maybe they had the flavour cooked out of them, though.
>
> Did they thus mostly provide coloring?

Not much of it. They were little dark cubes in already colourful with
greenery, etc. soups and those who have no idea what they were would
have probably not even noticed them.

Victor