offal
Entrails and organs
Offal is the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal, used as food or discarded as waste.
Liver, kidneys, heart, tripe, and sweetbreads are offal.
British cuisine traditionally embraces offal; American tastes have largely rejected it.
Figuratively, offal means refuse or rubbish: the offal of society.
Abdominal detoxifying organ
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- tripeStomach lining or nonsense
- sweetbreadsCulinary term for thymus
gizzard · brain · spleen · tongue · chitterlings · lung · testicle · thymus
Animal killing facility
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- blockSolid mass, or impede
rendering · skinning · dressing · abattoir · offcuts · pluck · variety meats · lights
Scottish offal pudding
- menudoTripe in chili broth
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- headcheeseJellied meat from skull
- scrappleFried offal-cornmeal loaf
faggots · pâté · blood sausage · giblets · souse · lengua · feijoada · brawn
Reject or garbage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
leavings · remnants · discards · inedible · unfit · spoilage · condemned · trim
Rendered animal fat
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- collagenStructural body protein
- blood mealDried, powdered animal protein
- bone mealCrushed skeletal fertilizer
pet food · fertilizer · animal feed · leather · pharmaceuticals · biogas · chitin · lanolin
Cultural or social prohibition
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- acquired tasteLiking developed over time
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
stigma · divisive · tradition · nose-to-tail · revival · peasant food · thrift · resourcefulness
Element twenty-six
- B12Cobalt-containing essential nutrient
- zincElement thirty
- proteinFolded amino chain
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
minerals · nutrient-dense · amino acids · selenium · copper · folate · retinol · coenzyme Q10
liver
Abdominal detoxifying organ
sweetbreads · gizzard · brain · spleen · tongue · chitterlings · lung · testicle · thymus · intestine
slaughterhouse
Animal killing facility
block · rendering · skinning · dressing · abattoir · offcuts · pluck · variety meats · lights · fell
haggis
Scottish offal pudding
- menudoTripe in chili broth
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- headcheeseJellied meat from skull
scrapple · faggots · pâté · blood sausage · giblets · souse · lengua · feijoada · brawn · black pudding
refuse
Reject or garbage
scraps · leavings · remnants · discards · inedible · unfit · spoilage · condemned · trim · detritus
tallow
Rendered animal fat
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- collagenStructural body protein
- blood mealDried, powdered animal protein
bone meal · pet food · fertilizer · animal feed · leather · pharmaceuticals · biogas · chitin · lanolin · rennet
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- acquired tasteLiking developed over time
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
aversion · stigma · divisive · tradition · nose-to-tail · revival · peasant food · thrift · resourcefulness · culinary heritage
iron
Element twenty-six
vitamins · minerals · nutrient-dense · amino acids · selenium · copper · folate · retinol · coenzyme Q10 · choline
offalprime cuts
Best portions of meat
filet mignon · tenderloin · sirloin · ribeye · choice cuts