A faggot is a kind of meatball, a traditional dish in the UK, especially the southwest of England, Wales. It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is traditionally made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes breadcrumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into balls, wrapped round with caul (a membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked. A similar dish, almôndega, is traditional in Portugal. Faggot or fagot may refer to: Faggot (epithet), a derogatory term for a homosexual or effeminate male Faggot (wood), a bundle of sticks or branches Faggots (novel), a novel by Larry Kramer Faggot (unit of measurement), an archaic unit of measurement Fagot (pronounced with a silent T), the NATO reporting... For other uses, see Meatball (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Scrapple sandwich at the Delaware state fair Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

The first use in print cited in the OED is in 1851, from Thomas Mayhew, although this appears to be a calzone- or pasty-like dish, with an outer wrapper of caul, covering a filling of mixed pork offal. This was in London. OED stands for Oxford English Dictionary Office of Enrollment & Discipline This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Thomas Mayhew was an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century, the less-distinguished partner of William Ince. ... A calzone (Italian stocking or pants (not used frequently for pants: pantaloni is the modern usage for the word pants, plural calzoni), sometimes referred to as a stuffed or folded pizza, is an Italian turnover made from pizza dough and stuffed with cheese and marinara sauce (usually mozzarella cheese and...

The dish saw its greatest popularity with the rationing during World War II but has become less popular in recent years. Faggots are usually homemade and are to be found in traditional butchers' shops and market stalls. // Preface At the beginning of World War II Britain imported 55 million tons of foodstuffs per year, including more than 50% of its meat, 70% of its cheese and sugar, nearly 80% of fruits and about 90% of cereals and fats. ... Butcher shop in Valencia A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. ...

A popular dish is "faggots and peas," which is often served with gravy. The faggot and pea batch is a common post-pub snack in the West Midlands. Faggots are also known as "ducks" in Yorkshire and Lancashire, often as "savoury ducks". "In Leigh market in 1905 you could buy a savoury duck rolled up in an oatmeal cake." Binomial name Pisum sativum A pea (Pisum sativum) is the small, edible round green seed which grows in a pod on a leguminous vine, hence why it is called a legume. ... For other uses, see Gravy (disambiguation). ... Two rolls Bread Rolls at a bakery Bread Rolls in a basket A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. ... The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the Midlands. ... Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England. ...

Mr Brain's faggots

The best-known commercial brand is Mr Brain's Faggots, a frozen food product available in Britain and Ireland, which is made of liver and onions rolled into meatballs and served in a sauce. These faggots differ significantly from the traditional recipe. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 711 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (988 × 833 pixel, file size: 112 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken on a mobile phone, so sorry about the quality. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 711 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (988 × 833 pixel, file size: 112 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken on a mobile phone, so sorry about the quality. ... Frozen food is food preserved by the process of freezing. ... The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... See MeatballWiki for the article about the wiki about communities. ...

Pictures of the product are a popular joke in some Western countries due to additional meanings of the name. Faggots were used as the subject of an infamous 2004 radio advert by the UK supermarket chain Somerfield[1]. The commercial featured a husband challenging his wife's repetitive routine of a set meal for each day of the week. While he wanted lasagne, he was told that, as it was Friday, he was to have faggots. He responded: "I've nothing against faggots, I just don't fancy them." This advert was subsequently deemed to have breached the rules on Good Taste, Decency and Offence to Public Feeling of the Advertising and Sponsorship Code, and was banned from future re-broadcast by the industry regulator, Ofcom. Look up faggot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Somerfield is a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. ... Lasagne Lasagne, also lasagna, is both a form of pasta in sheets (often rippled in North America, though seldom so in Italy) and also a dish, sometimes named Lasagne al forno (meaning Lasagne in the oven) made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese, and ragu (a meat sauce). ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ...

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