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Happy New Year
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 1:26:37 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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>> > We went to a Japanese/Korean grill your own restaurant today. My son
>> > ordered some kind of funny looking pale substance to grill. Normally I
>> > would have assumed it was chicken but was surprised to find out it was
>> > intestines. I tried some and it was like chewing on some rubber that
>> > oozed
>> > fat. I gave up after a while because my teeth was not able to break up
>> > that tissue. I am resolved to try some of those wacky things that my
>> > son
>> > will eat. Can pig uterus be next?
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>> Were they chitterlings? Google it They used to be on sale a lot
>> when
>> I was a child but I haven't seen them in many years. No, I have never
>> tried
>> one)
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> Chitlins, in the US, is mostly associated with poor black folk food.
> Ironically, it is reserved for special occasions these days because it's
> not something you prepare on a whim. You have to boil that pigs guts for
> hours to get rid of the smell and soften it up a bit - well, that's my
> understanding anyway.
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> The intestines that I had was probably beef and I can't say if it was
> boiled prior to it being grilled. It was some pretty tough material and I
> had to spit it out - not because of the taste but because my teeth seemed
> to have no effect on it whatsoever.
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> Later on, I had a bad case of the trots. I figured it was the battle of
> the intestines - my guts vs their guts. Their guts must have won. OTOH, it
> was probably the small piece of fried cheese cake what really done me in.
>
lol
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