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| Course | Main dish |
|---|---|
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Pig's heart, liver, fatty belly meat or bacon |
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Faggots are meatballs made from minced off-cuts and offal (especially pork, and traditionally pig's heart, liver, and fatty belly meat or bacon) mixed with herbs and sometimes bread crumbs.[1] It is a traditional dish in the United Kingdom,[2][3] especially South and Mid Wales and the English Midlands.[1][4][5]
Faggots originated as a traditional cheap food consumed by country people in Western England, particularly west Wiltshire and the West Midlands.[6] Their popularity spread from there,[citation needed] especially to South Wales in the mid-nineteenth century, when many agricultural workers left the land to work in the rapidly expanding industry and mines of that area. Faggots are also known as "ducks" in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Lancashire, often as "savoury ducks". The first use of the term in print was in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser of Saturday 3 June 1843, a news report of a gluttonous man who ate twelve of them.[7]
- ^ a b "The West Midlands, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire". Great British Kitchen. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Family of faggot fans fly the flag". BBC News Online. 27 January 2003. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Neath is Wales's Faggots 'n' Peas capital". Wales Online. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "The Dangers of Bad Teeth". The Times. 6 January 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
A 'faggot' was described as being composed of pieces of meat, with fat and gristle in it. A verdict of 'Death from natural causes' was returned.
[dead link] (payment required) - ^ "Doctor warns the faggot eaters". The Times. 23 May 1968. p. 4. Retrieved 18 October 2009.[dead link] (payment required)
- ^ Lemm, Elaine. "What are Faggots". Britishfood.about.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Savoury Ducks". The Foods of England. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.