early euphemism of the year candidate--"artificial calamari" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> Is it a "euphemism" along the lines of "sweetbread" (thymus or
> pancreas) or "head cheese" (a sausage or "jellied mass" [gotta love
> that W3 def:
> yum!] made from meat from the pig's head, feet, tongue, and heart)?
>
> ---Amy West

I thought that what you are calling "head cheese" is souse.  To me,
"head cheese" is a pork brain product.

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