I see people eating things all the time and they have no clue what they are. What is a pimento, a caper, and chittlins? And if they are something you already are familiar with, why give it a different fancy name?

Isn't Chittlins like a fancy name for pig intestines????

Do you know what you put in your mouth?
Food.

I see people eating things all the time and they have no clue what they are. What is a pimento, a caper, and chittlins? And if they are something you already are familiar with, why give it a different fancy name?

How do you know that they don't know what they are eating if all you do is observe them? Do you go up to total strangers and ask them? :shrug:

Yuk... that's nearly as bad as haggis...

(Which has an origin not of scotland aparently... instead somewhere in France)

Isn't Chittlins like a fancy name for pig intestines????



Main Entry: chit·ter·lings
Variant(s): or chit·lins \ˈchit-lənz\
Function: noun plural
Etymology: Middle English chiterling
Date: 13th century
: the intestines of hogs especially when prepared as food

...Do you go up to total strangers and ask them? :shrug:

LOL, you think I haven't? I usually get:
"Well, these are capers. They are so nice on fish"
"But what are capers?"
"Umm, gee, I don't know. <turning to husband> Do you know dear?"
"Yeah, capers are those little round things you like on your fish"

:wallbang:

Main Entry: chit·ter·lings
Variant(s): or chit·lins \ˈchit-lənz\
Function: noun plural
Etymology: Middle English chiterling
Date: 13th century
: the intestines of hogs especially when prepared as food

but why not call them what they are? intestines.

Yuk... that's nearly as bad as haggis...

yeah, that should just be called 'barf in a bag'

We have a Russian (originally Tatarian) food here called "bleashi", it's basically meat inside a special kind of bread and is usually sold in train and bus stations, and I have never eaten it myself.
Among friends we call it "buy three, collect a cat", because the meat in those has historically been of dubious origin and many have been cought selling it with cat, dog or city pidgeon meat in souviet times as well as now.

but why not call them what they are? intestines.

sounds nobler

My family is really into gizzard stew. Tastes alright, but i can't swallow it , come on its basically intestines.

http://www.grasslandbeef.com/catalog/chicken-gizzard%20medium.JPG

sounds nobler

kinda like sexual assault vs rape?

umm, so what is a caper and a pimento? And how do they get that itty bitty corn for my chinese food. Is it mutant or just corn they pull early?

My family is really into gizzard stew. Tastes alright, but i can't swallow it , come on its basically intestines.

http://www.grasslandbeef.com/catalog/chicken-gizzard%20medium.JPG

Gizzards are in a chickens neck. Its kinda their teeth. It holds the gravel to grind the food. It doesn't digest it.

Gizzards are in a chickens neck. Its kinda their teeth. It holds the gravel to grind the food. It doesn't digest it.

Like gums??

kinda like sexual assault vs rape?

umm, so what is a caper and a pimento? And how do they get that itty bitty corn for my chinese food. Is it mutant or just corn they pull early?

This is a pimento. They are just a variety of chili peppers.
http://www.peoriagardens.com/images/vegherb/PepperPimento.jpg

And this is where capers come from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Capparis_spinosa.jpg/752px-Capparis_spinosa.jpg

Capers are just the pickled bud of that plant. It grows in the Mediterranean region.

THANKS!!!
Is that a caper flower then? Are there white and black capers?
And why call it a pimento and not a pepper?

Like gums??

like teeth. Its why they peck at gravel. I think some dinosaurs are rocks for the same reason.
Ever butchered a chicken. Its full of gravel and whole grain (because it hasn't been ground up yet)

Capers are the buds of a weedy thorny Mediterranean plant, in Cyprus they grow wild everywhere, even out of our pavements (sidewalks for you yanks). Collecting the buds is difficult because of the thorns and because of the limited time scale available, as they flower within days, and that is why they are so expensive. Pickled capers have the chewy texture of meat and are satisfying to eat. We also pickle the young thorny stems and leaves (which I prefer), but they're nowhere near as popular outside the Med region.

Pimentos are mild red peppers with an intense flavour.

that's nothing. i know grapenuts have no grapes in them whatsoever.

Cashew nuts come from an edible fruit about the size of an apple, which tastes like a cross between apple and pear. Only one cashew nut comes from each fruit, and the shell is so hard they use a vice to break it, the broken shell produces a toxic acid and the nuts have to be thrown on straw to soak up the acid before being washed clean. Terefore, respect the cashew nut as you eat them by the handful.

A dubious delicacy over here (which I can't stand) are pickled whole buffavento's, which are small birds caught on sticky traps. They are plucked, boiled and pickled and look like bald mice, some people can eat a dozen at one sitting. It is illegal to trap them, but they do it anyway.

Caviar anyone?

Caviar anyone?

are those eggs fertilized or not? Does it matter taste-wise? (if I can eat a bird egg, I have no problem eating a fish egg)

are those eggs fertilized or not? Does it matter taste-wise? (if I can eat a bird egg, I have no problem eating a fish egg)

Theyt are not . No, taste wise they are the same.

what's the difference between pastrami and corned beef?

One tastes yuk the other tastes disgusting.