I love tête de veau and many similar “oddities” (well, that’s what OH calls 'em).
Our Club offers casse-croûte at around 9am when we’re all out together.
Being the only English, it’s sometimes been an interesting experience for us 
Never been offered the tripe thingies… so obviously none of the other members hanker after that… but a variety of cooked meats, boudins, cheeses, rillettes and other delicacies are there for us to try/enjoy.
Yummy…
Oh Stella - how can you say yummy for those things to eat at 9am. All we’re good for is toast and marmalade or twice a week we have boiled eggs. But all the things you mention - can’t even think about eating them before lunchtime.
Still, if you enjoy the casse-croûte, then that’s what it’s all about!
we will have been on the road since the early hours… so C-C at around 9am is fair enough…
Except that we will be back on the road and eventually end up at some out-of-the-way place, where we’ll enjoy a proper lunch around 1pm-2pm… and then we have to somehow survive more driving/visiting… until the evening meal around 8.30pm at whichever hotel we will be spending the night.
and it all starts again the following morning… phew
(you learn to pace yourself on intake of food and drink !! )
I’d be one Brit at the breakfast table enjoying such delicious food. Dijon mustard and some of the local vin blanc goes down a treat with tripoux. I’ve eaten a steak, potatoes and cabbage at 7.30 in the morning in a pub in Southern Ireland after a wee salmon fishing trip with the local lads which l doubt was legal.
I enjoyed andouillette at my local vide greniers and it was really good from a local producer.
I remember some English sitting at a table next to me asking what andouillette is, the serveur said “not food for the English”.
« Tripe » normally lower intestine of a pig.
not food for many, many French either… as I think I’ve mentioned, our local soirées are very well attended and I know how many of the locals run a mile towards the ventrèche, steak haché and merguez… when it’s “Tripe” night
I left at ~14:00 and nearly all the 300 andouillettes purchased had been sold. We locally like our andouillette.
Please feel free to keep them wherever you abide…
It’s “Agneau” this week and, yet again, I’ve been hearing folk muttering about how they can’t abide lamb… so, as always… we’re all very different in our likes and dislikes…
a tasty offering… cooked on the BBQ or whatever… yummy
À chacun son goût.
For the authentique andouillette look out for producers showing AAAAA L’Association amicale des amateurs d’andouillette authentique. There are many styles but I prefer andouillette de Troyes. Troyes is not too far away. Locally a Méchoui or Meshwi in Arabic are always well attended.
Had a very fine galette this evening in a local crèperie, at Capdenac-le-Haut. The topping was a new addition to the menu - slices of andouille in a creamy mustard sauce, with onion confit and sautéed potatoes. Good combination on rainy evening.
Sounds good.
I dont like sauce moutarde when there is too much cream, but I dont like milk or cream.
In Bourgogne it is traditional to serve andouillette with a cream sauce made with moutarde en grains, just Dijon mustard for me.
Taking a slight detour…
I recall my Mum cooking “lights” for our dog to eat.
The kitchen used to smell rather as the " lights" bubbled away on the stove for ages it seemed.
However, our dog was thrilled to be presented with such a treat and used to gobble it all up and lick his plate clean.
Our cats “turned their noses up” and would make no attempt to steal his supper, when “lights” were/was on the menu…
Heavens Stella. I haven’t remembered that in centuries and as I read your post a drift of the smell of lights came sneaking through - how extraordinary!
I suddenly remembered it myself… and it made me realise that cats/dogs are just like us humans…
Someone will love eating/drinking “something” and another will throw up their hands in horror at the very thought
Lights?
Lungs
Oh. The dogs and cats eat lungs raw.
I was wondering what you were serving the dogs?
I once had an American asking for the heavies from a fractionating column to add to animal feed. My reply included off and a number of other normally unacceptable words.
‘Lights’ are called ‘mou’ in France, it’s always singular and traditionally cats eat it 
My German granny used to cook up eine Gurgel for her dog, made a very weird noise as it cooked, it is trachea etc
My German father used to give die Innereien to the dogs, the dogs ate what they wanted and the bits left were for the cats.