>Silk gut... or maybe you'd prefer the German Blutwurst? It's probably the same, only packed into the larger intestines of the same pig. Or simply freshly congealed blood fried with onions and optional eggs?
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>and the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pihtije should be corrected - the best pihtije are made of pork ears and feet, though some jowl may be allowed. Hocks? That's unnecessarily turning it into a posh meal. Just feet and ears.
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>If I hurl tonight, it's all your fault and Terry's fault... ;)
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>And please don't talk about beef stroganoff - when I was a kid, I got invited to a friend's house for dinner, and they served that. I still remember how nauseating it was.
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>From that day on, every time a friend asked me if I could stay for dinner, I always asked ahead of time what they were having....spaghetti? you betcha....anything else, I was outta there...
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>raw onions...pickles...mushrooms....ban 'em all, I say...

It was a lucky day for the restaurant where I ordered steak tartar that first time, that the Mr. Bean episode hadn't been made yet.