Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Cook's Guide entry for Offal along with all the recipes employing Offal presented on this site, with 385 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Offal recipes added to this site.

These recipes, all contain Offal as a major wild food ingredient.

Offal refers to the internal organs of an animal or fish and includes brain, liver, kidney, heart, tripe, lungs, thyroid, pancreas etc. In some instances it can also apply to an animal's extremities, such as head, tail, trotters, tongues and eyes. (see also Abats).

The origin of the term in English comes from the late 14th century terms of (off) and fal (fall); literally those part of an animal that fall off the butcher's block. As a result they were often seen as the cheapest parts of a carcass, only eaten by the poor.