"Lucretia Borgia" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:22:39 GMT, Omnivore >
> wrote:
>
> >There's a pig organ that the Chinese eat. I wonder if anyone can tell
> >what it is from its description.
> >
> >The organ is a coil-like tube about the diameter of a pencil. The
> >texture is resilient, somewhat firm; like a hollow spiral bungee cord if
> >you will. It is sometimes cooked in a dark, mildly salty marinate.
> >
> >I don't think it's the small intestine because (I think) I know what a
> >pig small intestine looks like.
> >
> >Help solve the mystery for me!
>
> It's the tail.

I've never seen a pig with a tail as thin as a pencil. I do not have any
other ideas but I'm pretty sure that's not it.


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