chitlings n pl also chiddles*, chidlins, chistlings [phonetics unavailable]. Cp EDD chitterling sb 1 'small intestines of animals dressed and cooked for food.' Small portion of the viscera of a cod-fish, cooked and eaten as a delicacy; FISH'S PEA.
   1897 J A Folklore x, 204 In Newfoundland [chitterlings] is generally pronounced chistlings, and is applied to the roe of a cod as well. Q 67-51 Chiddles: testes of codfish. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 182 Chidlins or chitlins. Small, pink or red, edible viscera in the stomach of a codfish, shaped like a pair of pants. 1975 The Rounder Sep, p. 12 'Chitlins' contain the milt from the male [cod] fish.

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