Offal
internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal
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"Offal" is the name for the internal organs or entrails of a dead animal.[1]
It means "eatable parts apart from the muscles". It includes the heart, kidneys, lungs, livers, intestines and brains. The word can also be used to cover other parts of the animal including the tongue, tail and feet. The word offal means the parts that fall off when the animal is cut up for meat.[1] Offal from birds are called "giblets".[1] In some parts of the world people eat offal, and in others doing so is considered taboo or strange.
Types change
- Arteries
- Bone marrow
- Bladder
- Blood
- Brain
- Bronchus (Vessels of the lung which spread air)
- Capillaries
- Cheeks
- Ears
- Eyes
- Gallbladder
- Gizzard
- Heart
- Hooves
- Horns
- Hide
- Kidney
- Lips
- Liver
- Lung
- Penis
- Scrotum
- Spleen
- Pancreas
- Throat
- Testicle
- Tongue
- Tripe (Stomach lining)
- Intestines
- Sweetbread
- Swim bladder (organ in fish which helps them float)
- Veins
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "What is Offal?". offalgood.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
