Mince Pies

Around here, those found nibbling varmint are humorously termed "rednecks".That said, I've eaten squirrel. Years ago, my dad and I weren't having much luck hunting, so he decided to throw a little buckshot up at G. Magda's friend the gray squirrel. Well, to make a long story short, after being derided up and down by my (ahem, city-girl) mother for thinking this was a good culinary idea (I think she nicknamed my dad "Cletus" for awhile), Rocky eventually found his way into the crockpot with the other "sharptail grouse". I would have to say watching my mom and sisters gnaw on gray squirrel femur meat (which, I'd have to agree with GM, is fairly tasty fare) ranks right up there with one of the funniest happenings at the 'ol kitchen table. I think it was a number of decades before they finally discovered the truth... Have a good one.

I'm not sure if this would be qualify as derailing this thread since "most tasty women" seems to be the current topic (really, when isn't it?), but here's a question I've been looking to ask all you Brits (or UK-ers in general, I guess): what the hell is up with Spotted Dick?And to all you smartasses: ha ha, very funny. Just to be clear, this has nothing to do with my latest penile malady.I work in a grocery store (a vice of mine) and this product (made by Heinz) apparently commands enough of a following here to enjoy a coveted "spot" in the international section. Alongside the dried poblano peppers, if you must know.Spotted Dick was my contribution to a recent family "white elephant" gift exchange. And it was the CAT'S MEOW, getting stolen at least twice during the exchange. So what is it about Spotted Dick that, to most Americans I've asked, makes this most unlikely, hilarious, questionable, blasphemous-sounding product so apparently popular across the pool?Have a good one.p.s. Out of curiousity, we did try the stuff and found it to be mediocre. I assume smaller-scale production improves the taste-experience as with most other food products?p.p.s Regarding mince pies: I'd like to try one sometime. That said, I'd have a hard time not envisioning Sweeney Todd and his straightedge "friends" carving up the local populace for filling fodder.
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Granny, I'm liking you more every day. First squirrel, now head cheese...a woman after my own heart. Any German blood in you?I got turned on to head cheese as a youngster--my Grandpa would bring it out as an afternoon snack, sliced thin and dipped in crocks of malt vinegar. Tart, tasty goodness, and the more gelatin, the better. We'd generally wind up discussing (loudly) where each visible, distinct morsel originated. This also served to disgust my sisters, which could be argued was my modus operandi.Have a nice day.

Hey CS.Pork scratchings sound like "cracklins", which are the left over bits from the rendering of a big hunk of pork lard. Last year my wife and I bought half of a grass-fed hog, and along with hocks, feet, tongue, liver etc etc... came a big "hunk" of unprocessed lard. Put it in the crockpot for the better part of a day, and you get not only a house that smells of bacon for a few days, but nice, white lard suitable for everything from pie crusts to country-fried chicken. And also cracklins, which are normally eaten salted and peppered. I ate a lot of them. Too many. So many, in fact, that it'll be many moons before I touch another cracklin'. But I digress...Not sure if my aversion would prohibit me from eating part of a pig face. Something tells me it would. Have a nice day.

Erm, well. I'm sure he's a handsome man. Why, if I were a woman or oriented sexually otherwise, he may still well be a man after, er, my own heart... Ahem.Hey there, Granny, howdya like to go hunt some squirrel or play a little rugby or else talk varmint loads or something?I gotta go hit on some random woman. Have a good one. Edited by Apothecus, : Added quote box

That one of those British "fur kercheifs" I can't seem to find in the states?

Good point, well taken...

Ah, grammar again. I, too, am a stickler for pointing out sentences which prepositions hang off of.