“All of a sudden there is a yelp from the table in the far corner and a woman spits out two small gristly bits of meat.”

“Both women tore into gristly steaks using sheer will more than the sharpness of their cutlery.”

“Specimens consumed in Orkney have been described as gristly, and those taken from certain beds have too strong a flavour of iodine or seaweed.”