[Sca-cooks] Food and squeamishness

[Finne Boonen]

On Mon, 10 May 2004, Susan Fox-Davis wrote:

>
> >>  I was wondering, has anyone ever served food at a feast such as a whole
> >> pig's or ox's head, or a whole piglet, or, basically, anything that can
> >> stare right back at you while you munch on it?
> >
> I'm going to ask the white-girl-city-kid question:  how exactly do you
> eat a pig's or ox's head, when it is presented whole like that?  Which
> parts are edible, or at least tastier than others?  Which are nasty or
> too cartiliginous to bother with?  I take it that the eyes are no good,

if your going old icelandic (possibly scandinavian in general) you'd be
trying very hard to get a sheep's ear, the testicles are ussually served
pickled. (I don't like them particularly much tho)

Finne
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