# I fancy a great big faggot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455 "2007-09-08T12:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/1 "2007-09-08T12:52:48Z")
Several, actually. Huge ones. Saw them at the deli counter in a local shop. Couldn’t resist. Might have them tonight, with mashed potato and loads of gravy. Yes, I did only make this thread for the sake of the childish title - but be honest, would you not have done the same? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/2 "2007-09-08T13:11:00Z")
OK, I know faggot can mean “cigarette” or “bundle of sticks” or really anything tied up in a bundle. And, of course, the more common meaning that we all know & love. But I’m not aware of anything foodish called a faggot. Enlighten me, please. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/3 "2007-09-08T13:15:23Z")
I’ve never actually tasted one, are they nice? Psst **Athena** , cigarettes are fags. Not faggots. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/4 "2007-09-08T13:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] OK, I know faggot can mean “cigarette” or “bundle of sticks” or really anything tied up in a bundle. [/QUOTE] In British English, a cigarette is a “fag”, not a “faggot”. And I don’t think I’ve ever had a faggot in the culinary sense, though I wouldn’t mind trying one. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/5 "2007-09-08T13:18:07Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] OK, I know faggot can mean “cigarette” or “bundle of sticks” or really anything tied up in a bundle. And, of course, the more common meaning that we all know & love. But I’m not aware of anything foodish called a faggot. Enlighten me, please. [/QUOTE] [Meatball.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/6 "2007-09-08T13:27:27Z")
They’re like large pork meatballs, including liver & heart, baked. Here’s mine: [http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/owainsutton/DSC00383-1.jpg](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/owainsutton/DSC00383-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/7 "2007-09-08T13:35:52Z")
I used to like the faggots at Ye Olde King’s Head. Unfortunately they disapeared from the menu years ago. (Not that I’m able to go there from up here anyway.) Mmmmm… Filtration units! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/8 "2007-09-08T19:26:24Z")
Did you run into the [Doody family](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm) whilst purchasing the faggots? (Swiped shamelessly from a [previous thread on the topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378661).) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/9 "2007-09-08T19:33:39Z")
I once went to the shops and proclaimed I was searching for a kosher faggot. A number of Davids gave me their phone number. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/10 "2007-09-08T19:34:51Z")
[QUOTE=zelie zelerton] I’ve never actually tasted one, are they nice? [/QUOTE] Beyond “nice”. Superb! But I do wish they were called… something else. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/11 "2007-09-08T20:02:47Z")
They’re fantastic, but might be a bit too offally for some people (although actually, I think they just taste meaty and rich). ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/12 "2007-09-08T20:06:06Z")
After eating all those faggots, was there spotted dick? ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/13 "2007-09-08T21:34:03Z")
I used to have them all the time but it’s been years. That’s what you get for marrying a vege. You have **got** to have gravy with them. They’re possibly the only thing the fake-meat people haven’t simulated. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/14 "2007-09-08T21:53:43Z")
Or toad in the hole? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/15 "2007-09-08T23:05:28Z")
Doesn’t look like you can buy Mr. Brain’s Faggots anymore. Thankfully you can still read **Eve** ’s [faggot thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=179885), though. I miss **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/16 "2007-09-09T00:20:18Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] I once went to the shops and proclaimed I was searching for a kosher faggot. A number of Davids gave me their phone number. [/QUOTE] I swear, upon reading this, I actually heard a rimshot. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/17 "2007-09-09T01:00:36Z")
I was in the crowded pub (the pub part, not the restaurant) and ordered the faggots and peas. Apparrently the waitress forgot where I was, as she shouted out above the din ‘FAGGOTS?’ I raised my hand and said, ‘Here!’ And then it occured to me how that probably sounded in Southern California. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/18 "2007-09-09T01:28:36Z")
“Mr Brain’s Faggots” ?? Who wants to help me make the movie? (I, personally, would rather have **bangers** with my mashed potatoes and loads of gravy. Schaller & Weber, the German deli up on 86th and Second on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sells a remarkably good banger for a German deli.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/19 "2007-09-09T01:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=Ukulele Ike] (I, personally, would rather have **bangers** with my mashed potatoes and loads of gravy. Schaller & Weber, the German deli up on 86th and Second on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sells a remarkably good banger for a German deli.) [/QUOTE] I need to find a place to buy bangers up here. Santa Monica is a little too far to drive now. I did get some from Uli’s at Pike Place Market, but they put too much sage (I think) in them. They don’t taste quite right. (Of course now that I have a meat grinder and sausage-making accessories are available, perhaps someone could post a recipe. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455/20 "2007-09-09T06:24:31Z")
For some reason, this quote keeps popping into my head while reading this thread: Host: “You are the most popular fruit in America. What are you?” Bruce Vilanch: “Humble.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fancy-a-great-big-faggot/418455.md?page=2)