3 hours ago, dmwalker said:

 

I don't suppose deep fried Mars Bars are available in Guernsey, are they? Not that I would ever eat one; I'm just asking.

 

Not come across it. Back in the UK I recall it asked for once. Yuk, sounds disgusting.

2 hours ago, n4gix said:

WHAT! Y'all don't have them there dee-licious pickled pigs feet??? Barbarians!

 

Actually I had pigs feet when I was a kid. My mom and dad liked em. Not picked, boiled I recall. Sweat breads too. ( Testicles). And brains! One day I came home from school and there was a brain in the kitchen in a bowl. She used to spread brains on a sandwich. 😁

It was something they did during the war I think, due to shortages. 

2 minutes ago, martin-w said:

 

And brains! One day I came home from school and there was a brain in the kitchen in a bowl. She used to spread brains on a sandwich. 😁

It was something they did during the war I think, due to shortages. 

ACK!  The ZOMBIE apocalypse has started!  Brains....BRAINS! 🧟‍♂️ 

2 minutes ago, charliearon said:

ACK!  The ZOMBIE apocalypse has started!  Brains....BRAINS! 🧟‍♂️ 

I was very concerned at first, it was bathed in blood. No way was I prepared to try brains on toast or in a sandwich. Testicles I did try which were quite tasty, as we're the pigs feet.

40 minutes ago, martin-w said:

Sweat breads too.

Ah, sweet breads, more commonly called "Rocky Mountain Oysters" as I fondly recall.

My dad once had to force himself to eat sheep brains. He and some of his fellow CAG employees were negotiating with some village big-wigs in Iran for a piece of land they needed for a VOR/DME installation somewhere east of Shiraz. As dad was the head honcho of the USAID/CAG team, he was given the "honor" of the uncooked brains! Yuch!!! To have refused this gracious gift would likely have insulted his host, and worse, possible mission failure.

On an aviation note, dad recalled one incident that was very scary. USAID had a retired MATS DC3 assigned to the CAG group he led. They flew a mercy flight to rescue a small group Iranian nomads one cold winter whose possessions had been destroyed by a wicked avalanche. Dad was sitting up front in the jump seat. After about a half-hour into the flight, smoke was smelled up in the cockpit and dad went back into the cabin only to discover that these fellows had lit a fire because they were cold! They became very belligerent when dad grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out their fire...