offal
Other forms: offals
If you are into eating "all" of a butchered animal, then animal offal is your thing. In some cultures, the throat, heart, stomach, and brains of animals are considered offal delicacies. Bon appétit!
The word offal comes from a combination of the words off and fall with the idea that anything that's considered offal has "fallen off" the butcher's block. Some people use these entrails and internal organs as food, although offal is also another name for “rubbish.” Offal isn’t that unusual — liver is a kind of offal, for example. In the case of offal, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!
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