English food isn't all about gristly roast beef, boiled potatoes, instant gravy and overcooked veg. |
The meat was grey and gristly, like it had been beaten with a mallet, mashed into a steak-like shape and then battered and deep-fried. |
Specimens consumed in Orkney have been described as gristly, and those taken from certain beds have too strong a flavour of iodine or seaweed. |
Both women tore into gristly steaks using sheer will more than the sharpness of their cutlery. |
The same applies with even greater force to the gristly and tendinous portions. |
In the older ducks this is hard while in the young ducks it is gristly and bends easily. |