Not so awful offal

Proponents of offal-eating point out that it's just polite to use every part of a beast we've killed .... it's really the least we can do

It's cheap, it's nutritious, it's full of protein - so why are we still steering away from eating every part of the animal, including offal

One of Hannah Miller Childs' go-to bar snacks is chicken hearts.

"A bit of mustard, you can eat it with a toothpick," she says.

You could also chop it up, add it into mince and make it a full nutritious meal.

Adding offal to mince in government school lunches last week hit the headlines because parents hadn't been warned it was coming…

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