Absolutely, August. Some Brits will put just about anything in their mouths (this does, of course, convey important benefits in some ways).
Personally, I stopped eating red meat during the BSE crisis, and have never gone back - don't miss it, and better for my heart. Although I am not a member of the food police - people can eat whatever they like as far as I'm concerned - just don't make me eat the following -
Brains
Tongue
Heart
Tripe (just the thought of it makes me heave, and the taste confirms that thought)
Sweetbreads
Black pudding (the breakfast 'delicacy' mentioned already).
All pretty disgusting, in my opinion.
Nice story about the latter. One the UKs leading chefs, Nick Nairn, once did a TV series showing food around the country. The black pudding in the show was made by a woman in a Highland cottage. Nairn tells this story against himself. He and the camera crew had a good drinking session the night before, and poor Nick woke to this woman bringing in a bowl full of steaming fresh blood to start the pudding-making process. The camera crew were most amused by the reaction of Nick's already rather delicate stomach that morning...
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