Talk:Faggot (food)

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[edit] Merge recommendation

Brain's faggots is not a distinct enough topic of its own to warrant a separate article. Recommend merge into this article. Also citation needed to indicate that Brain's is indeed the best known brand. Bwithh 19:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

go ahead and merge.--I'll bring the food 01:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Merge. Having a separate article for Mr. Brain is like having a separate article for Birdseye frozen peas as well as peas.

Agree on the merge. Sockatume 18:14, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is there any evidence as to the regions stated?

I suspect they were & are fairly national, but people think of them as local. The earliest recorded use is in London (1851) Johnbod 21:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm originally from Yorkshire and had never heard of faggots until I moved to Cardiff, Wales, in 1968. Faggots were a hugely popular item at the students' union cafe due to their filling nature and cheapness! They were, as the article states, very similar to the "Savoury Ducks" we would occasionally eat in Yorkshire and on Tyneside. However I do remember "faggot stew" as being the main food eaten by the "low life" family portrayed in the 60's show by the comedian Arthur Haynes (the family who drank tea out of "jam" jars!). As this show reflected working class Londoners, this would indicate that faggots were known in the South East of England as the idea of using lowly faggots as the base for an even cheaper dish was obviously expected to raise a laugh. --MichaelGG 02:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recipe

Added recipe for Dad's Faggots but unsure if it is traditional. Any ideas?

jptdrake 05:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

"fennel seed, ricotta cheese, grated Romano cheese" er, nope. Not by a long chalk. It's even served in pastry. - X201 11:28, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "African-American Country"

The article seems to indicate that faggots are a popular dish in "the African-American Country", which perhaps unsurprisingly has no accompanying article. Presumeably this is a (whilst amusing, silly) reference to the 'Black Country', a region in England, but someone with more knowledge than I should probably change this.