haslet

American

[has-lit, heys-, heyz-] / ˈhæs lɪt, ˈheɪs-, ˈheɪz- /

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.

the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.

haslet British

/ ˈhæzlɪt /

noun

a loaf of cooked minced pig's offal, eaten cold

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Etymology

Origin of haslet

1300–50; Middle English hastelet < Middle French: roasted meat, diminutive ( -let ) of haste spit, piece of spitroasted meat < Germanic; compare Old English hearstepanne frying pan, hierstan to roast, fry, Dutch harst sirloin; hearth

Example Sentences

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Prepare the stuffing of the liver, heart and haslets, stewed, seasoned and chopped fine.

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Their diet was this: O' Sundays they stuffed their puddings with puddings, chitterlings, links, Bologna sausages, forced-meats, liverings, hogs' haslets, young quails, and teals.

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There was not a hog killed within three parishes of him whereof he had not some part of the haslet and puddings.

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