haslet

[ has-lit, heys-, heyz- ]

noun

, Chiefly Southern U.S.

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

haslet

/ ˈhæzlɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of haslet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of haslet¹

C14: from Old French hastelet piece of spit roasted meat, from haste spit, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harsta frying pan

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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