tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post9054336212710365132..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: A Great and Terrible Waste.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-20400801942958021132012-07-28T08:58:45.360+10:002012-07-28T08:58:45.360+10:00Hi Kate: the terminology can be confusing, cant it...Hi Kate: the terminology can be confusing, cant it? the pancreas is also one of the 'sweetbreads' (the other being the thymus gland). I must look into 'skirts and melts' - dont think I have posted on that before.The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-41043514989454952022012-07-27T13:27:02.160+10:002012-07-27T13:27:02.160+10:00I had to do some digging to find out what a melt w...I had to do some digging to find out what a melt was, because I'd read about them in a bit of Victorian literature. It's either a spleen or a pancreas, and allegedly a skirt is part of the diaphragm. Allegedly, the dish 'melts and skirts' was popular with the London poor during that time.SometimesKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492637553806860585noreply@blogger.com