Sqwertz wrote:
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> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:16:19 -0700, Arri London wrote:
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> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:07 -0700, Arri London wrote:
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> >>> Some people just have too much time (and minced meat) on their hands
> >>>
> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8337182.stm
> >>
> >> Aren't they called faggots ion the UK?
> >
> > No...a faggot is a liver-based meatball, wrapped in caul fat.
>
> Ouch. That hurts just thinking about it. Here in Texas we call
> those Machitos - made with chunks of lamb and goat offal.
>
> -sw

Probably the same intent...using up the organ meats. Pork faggots
were/are a West Country specialty which I quite grew to like when I
lived there. Although in our family we made liver dumplings, but usually
tiny ones for soup. Faggots are served as a main course, with gravy.
Obtainable frozen even