Delicacies of Cork City, Ireland 1972

Boiled pigs feet and the lining of a sheep’s stomach popular traditional foods in the City of Cork.
Cork actor James N Healy takes a look at two traditional local delicacies, cruebeens and tripe. He bemoans the decline in the availability of these Cork favourites in the old part of the city. He puts this down to the demise of Katty Barry’s sheebeen and eating house in the late 1960s, and the arrival of Italian, Indian and Chinese cuisine.
James N Healy demonstrates how to eat a crubeen, or pig’s trotter by hand, like corn on the cob.
"What a delightful dainty morsel it is."
This traditional delicacy is just one of many to be found in Cork’s English Market.
Another old dish beloved in Cork is tripe. It might look like a honeycomb but,
It’s really the guts of a sheep, don’t let me put you off its beautiful, pure beautiful, slides down.
To cook the dish, tripe is added to a sauce of boiled onions, milk, salt and other flavourings. The mixture is simmered for a few hours before it is ready to eat.
Frank Hall’s amusing and satirical series began on 29 September 1971 with the full title ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator’ which became known as ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’.
The series allowed Frank Hall to follow his own interest in the lives of viewers throughout the country. Regarded as RTE’s flagship comedy show, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, cartoons and spoof television formats. The show ran for 9 series until 1980.
This episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 2 December 1972.

[@max__pain]

Tung Sing is still around. I pass it every day. Never actually tried it though

[@finolaomurchu8217]

The actor there James Healy was a great character ☘️👍

[@MikeyJMJ]

Would trade all the current tv chefs in for this character

[@pascalennis9123]

Our publican in the late 70s used to give us the pigs feet on a friday night ,just to make us thirsty ,and keep us stuck to the counter,jesus id love one or two now.

[@derekmahon1652]

That pig's foot doesn't look like a dainty morsel but I'll take his word for it.

[@mrheck5311]

I had some crubeen. Nice but a bit too much fat for me.

[@martinamassey5379]

Not as big these day's looking at them.

[@alllovingcowherdboy4475]

Just as in the days of the cave

[@drewsimpson5967]

Johnny McEldoo would be in his element

[@dickstryker]

Never in my life have I eaten more pigs feet than when I worked at a Chinese restaurant. They love the things. All braised and bbq. Dude really missed out on an opportunity to connect with his new neighbors.

[@ArsonFire00]

'Dude'?! Where'd you think you're from?

[@richiehoyt8487]

​@@ArsonFire00 'Feen' might go over a lot of people's heads... (Even 'Sham' is prone to be taken up the wrong way!) I'm _from_ Cork, and even at that, it was years before I realised people weren't saying 'Fiend'! 'Geezer', besides having the same problem as 'dude' inasmuch as it sounds a bit foreign, has the added complication that while to some it just has the equivalent meaning to 'bloke' (a definite 'no~no', btw), to others it also carries the implication of _'elderly_ bloke'... Settle on 'Fellah'..?

[@richiehoyt8487]

My Mam (RIP) used to work in the Lo Zio Pino as a kitchen porter. I suspect sufficient time has passed that it may now be revealed... If a health inspector ever came 'rear of house' in that joint, they would have fainted with the shock!

[@declantwomey7525]

Class 🎉

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

I think if you were hungry, you would not need any instructions on how to eat your crubeen

[@ciaran5588]

I haven't eaten meat, chicken pork in 30 years, but I used to love giblets, chicken neck, heart kidneys, even raw black & white pudding But I could never see the point of pigs feet. Too much trouble to eat for the meat on them

[@seamusburke9101]

Not sure which was the most disgusting, tripe and drisheen or the crubeens. I'm glad they're a thing of the past. Love to see these videos,makes me so happy to be out of that place.

[@mrheck5311]

The modern diet is worse.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

So you made your lucky escape, where did you go to, let us know

[@joebrennan.4389]

You don't know what you're talking about, you arsehole....

[@electricrussellette]

@@joebrennan.4389 They eat that too you know...the arse whole, not just a piece of it.

[@joebrennan.4389]

@@electricrussellette Lol..😂😂👍

[@danielfreeley5217]

they may well be delicious; but they look dire

[@andrewc247]

I would rather starve then eat that stuff! 🤮