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haslet

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

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.

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

haslet British  
/ ˈhæzlɪt /

noun

  1. 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 ( see -let) of haste spit, piece of spitroasted meat < Germanic; compare Old English hearstepanne frying pan, hierstan to roast, fry, Dutch harst sirloin; see hearth

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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.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

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