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Originally Posted by Wormius
I think that's somewhat it. Probably originated long ago when people were more hunters, gatherers, farmers; not picky supermarket shoppers. When you, for example raise pigs and chickens, you don't only get the breast meat and bacon.
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This is exactly it, throughout history those prime cuts of meat were only available to the weathy so the poor had to cook the organ meats and whatever they could get that was cheap which is why many cuisines (esp french/chinese) feature a lot of organ meats.