Why does nobody I ask, know what Haslet is? This was frequently in my house as a kid. My girlfriends family never heard of it and neither had people in work.

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1. Probably because its more of a British thing

2. It’s an English dish 🤷‍♂️

3. Funnily enough I googled it today as the Mrs was watching an episode of the chase where it was a question

4. Wow I didn’t know it was more of an English dish. I thought it was maybe a working class thing, as my family were never well off. I’d say our local butcher introduced it to plenty of the houses in my estate, creating a haslet bubble.

5. It can still be got in some delis & butchers, but less and less so nowadays.
   Last time I saw it was in Pettit’s SuperValu in Bray last year I think.
   Makes a nice sambo.

6. Some one “has let” the meat go bad

7. I lived in England for a few years as a kid and that’s where I saw it most.

8. I saw it in England but don’t recall ever having Haslet in any part of Ireland.

9. My dad’s fave was dyed a weird pink and had what looked like slices of eyeball in it. He called it ‘brawn.’

10. 

    Do humans use this?

11. Looks like souse

12. I don’t really remember having haslet at home. But I worked on a superquinn deli for years so I sold a lot of it, as well as brawn.

    Seemed more like a winter thing, from recollection it just seemed more popular when it was cold out. But I could be wrong!

13. Why does the UK and Ireland have the rankest food, that somehow manages to be mank yet boring at the same time

14. I remember!

15. >The word is derived from the Old French hastilles meaning entrails

    Mmmmm, snouts and entrails

    

16. What is it? That picture looks like some kind of meat/bread combo. Is it extra pale funky meatloaf?

17. Yes had haslet growing up

18. Haslet was part of Ma’s “salad” for summer dinners that also involved pickled beetroot and *salad cream* 🤢

    The haslet though was qute nice – I still remember the strong taste though I’ve not eaten it since my childhood in early 80s Tallaght.

19. Looks tasty enough. More like a sliced meatloaf but I can’t say I remember it personally.

20. Absolutely delish. Shame it’s so hard to find nowadays

21. Blast from my Quinnsworth deli counter past. Haslet was like classy pork and onion roll

22. Looks like sausage meat

23. Is it like corned beef?

24. Must of being poor af. Looks like offal with herbs in it.

25. It’s a Lincolnshire dish. Surprised to hear it’s sold in Ireland, it’s quite hard to get hold of in England

26. Has 100% of your RDA of ligaments, connective tissue, colon juice, knuckles.

27. Oh, I love haslet. Where did you find it? I haven’t seen it for years.

28. ‘Bready’ Haslet. Nearly every newsagent, if they did a sideline in sliced ham/cream buns, had particularly cheap Haslet available too.

    I never questioned what it was.. my Mum grimaced when I asked her where Haslet had gone..

29. Looks grim.

30. Doesn’t look the best and never heard of it.

31. 30% eyelids

32. Super Valu in Wexford have it too. Was actually going to get some yesterday to have in my lunch sandwiches but decided against it. Love it!

33. Delicious

34. Hard pass

35. Haslet is bloody delish. Tesco sell it here in Scotland. I used to get it in Hertriches in Galway too, but that place is going to the dogs since the grandson took over now.

36. What’s it for?

37. Ah, the good old days. When your Ma would put food in front of you and you ate it without wondering what was in it or even what it was called? I used to like haslet, what ever it is. Got fed it a lot cos it was cheaper than ham. There were other cheap stuff too like slices of pork, onion & tomato, jars of sandwich spread (meat in a jar), piccalilli.

38. Absolutely gorgeous, I buy this every week in the butchers.

39. Kelly’s of Newport (best sausages and black pudding in Ireland) do Hazlett and I had it once and liked it.

    https://kellysbutchers.com/product/kellys-traditional-hazlett-boxed-280g/