Posted by Janes'_kid on December 09, 2007
In Reply to: Re: Cow's Melt posted by Victoria S Dennis on December 08, 2007
: : What is the origin and meaning of the Liverpool expression "Cow's Melt"?
: I've never heard the expression. Can you tell us when and how Liverpool people use it? In my London childhood you could still buy "melts" from the butcher, usually for the dog; they were offal, but I don't know exactly which bit of the animal they were. Does "piece of internal organ of cow" seem to fit? (VSD)
Google book search brings up one hit for "cow's 'melt' (?lung)"
I vaguely remember the term from my youth in the Midwest US during WWII when rural people slaughtered there own animals. It has been so long and I was so young that I do not remember what "melt" was. I believe it was discarded to the dogs.