Chitterlings
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Chitterlings are the intestines eaten as offal. The large intestine is further known as bung. Chitterlings are consumed both as the casing for stuffed food and as a main ingredient. Depending on prepa
Chitterlings served in a chafing dish, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Deep-fried pork bung skewers
Anatomical diagram of the intestines and anterior mesenteric artery (red) of a bovine; the caecum, colon and terminal colon (rectum) are all different cuts of bovine bung.
Capocollo (a.k.a. coppa, gabagool) traditionally uses beef cap bung, from the far side of the caecum; it is trussed and hung to cure.
Capocollo
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Capocollo or coppa is an Italian pork salted meat made from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the fourth or fifth rib of the pig shoulder or neck. It is whole-muscle, dry cured, and typica
Chitterlings
…is used as sausage casing. Both the small and large intestine (bung) are used. Beef bung cap casing is used for wide format traditional sausage like capocollo (coppa; Italian American: gabagool) or stuffed derma. Pork fatend casing is used for North American braunschweiger. Middle casing is used for salamis…
Coppa di Parma
Slices of Coppa Spécialité Corse (Corsica): a balanced quantity of white fat is important for flavour and tenderness.
Slices of capocollo di Martina Franca served with figs