Faggots?

[tony ingram]

Re: Faggots?

I think we have a box of them in the freezer-still have 'em quite regularly. Lovely stuff.

[themilkman]

Re: Faggots?

Four for a pound in Asda (Brains)...........can't go wrong!

[InGen]

Re: Faggots?

Try your local Butchers. Our local butcher does 8 for £4 and they are awesome! They make Mr. Brains taste like offal and they're huge.

[Twocky61]

We have all heard of Mr Brains faggots but are there any other brands or even supermarket own brands?

The only commercially available faggots seem only to priduced by the company Brains

Are there any other food producers who produce them? Or are they only otherwise available freshly made from a butchers?

[Twocky61]

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New Improved

[darren]

Re: Faggots?

Never had these before

mr brains such a strange name for the company who sells them.

[amethyst]

Re: Faggots?

Never had these before

mr brains such a strange name for the company who sells them.

The name has been going for a long time darren

[Twocky61]

I used to think the reason for the name was the ingredients: Pigs brains lol

Not that faggots are made with pigs brains btw lol

[philfrommancs]

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I still have them occasionally.
When my kids were young I used to call them monkey brains. Strangely it didn't put them off and they loved them too.

[DSCOMAN]

Re: Faggots?

I Remember the ad on the local fruit and veg shop window - shop was owned by an old guy wearing a deaf aid and smoked a pipe in the shop - GREAT SMELLS every time u went in - the ad was there on the window well after the shop was vacated - anyway tried them a couple of times and a really 'unique' taste - will have to try some again now as you have piqued my interest

[Twocky61]

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I've recently seen faggots sold individually in butchers; unlike Brain's brand they are dry; not in gravy

[Danniella]

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I've recently seen faggots sold individually in butchers; unlike Brain's brand they are dry; not in gravy

Although i don't like faggots i love the gravy from them over chips, plenty of vinegar though first on the chips and then pour the gravy over, smells delicious and tastes delicious!

[George 1978]

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Most people thought that Mr Brain was like Mr Kipling - a fictitious character that was invented by some sort of marketing ploy for the benefit of advertising, but there were adverts from the late 1980s or early 1990s showing some sub-Edwardian footage of a man called Herbert Hill Brain who worked in a butchers, who founded or invented the said food.

And of course you never had political correctness back in 1929 when Brain started to make them - look at how the BBC tried to ban the Pogues' Christmas song because the word Faggot was used.

[Twocky61]

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And of course you never had political correctness back in 1929 when Brain started to make them - look at how the BBC tried to ban the Pogues' Christmas song because the word Faggot was used.

That's the US aspect; 'faggot' is their word for someone being homosexual

[George 1978]

Re: Faggots?

We have got Fairy Liquid, so anything is possible...