Weird Shit your Grandparents and Parents used to (or still do) eat or drink

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by BigOlChiefsfan

Head cheese...if you carry those heavy buckets of slop every day to feed them damn pigs (and dodge getting eaten by the pigs your own self) then when the time comes you eat every bit, including the tail. Everything but the squeal. Headcheese is not half bad if it's well made. Likewise, beef tongue makes a great roast beef sandwich. But I'll admit you had to grow up on most of this to really enjoy 'em. Which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes...

"What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?" ~Lin Yutang

The cool thing is that this attitude is coming back pretty hard core in contemporary culinary culture. With the "snout to tail" or "nose to tail" movement. Butchering, sausage making, and eating organs is all coming back into vogue.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food...ig_these_days/

There's a cookbook out on it as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Beast-No.../dp/0060585366

This explains why nose-to-tail is "green."
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/foo...at-animal.html