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Offal

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, offal means: Edible organs and other parts of an animal apart from the main muscle-meat cuts.

In Turkish: sakatat

How it is used

Usually uncountable; organ meats is a common term for a major part of this category.

Example sentences

  1. The menu included offal such as liver and kidneys.

    Examples specify the edible parts included in the broad category.

  2. The chef developed an offal dish for the winter menu.

    Offal functions as a category describing the dish's main ingredient.

Common collocations

  • offal dishes
  • prepare offal
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • menuThe list of dishes a restaurant offers, with their descriptions and usually their prices; also the planned set of dishes for a meal or event.

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