Secret Number 78

Are Entrails Proper to Eat?

What cook today would roast an animal in the oven without first removing its entrails? But does the Old Testament command the cooking and eating of some animals without the removal of these offensive parts?: The Passover animal was cooked and eaten with its "purtenance" [all its entrails] still within the animal (Exodus 12:9). Though this may appear distasteful to us, God commanded it for ancient Israel.