[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Eating liver (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/27/2011 9:20:52 PM EDT
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Articles say that while liver processes toxins, it breaks toxins down and eliminates them.
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I know people that absolutely swear chicken liver is a delicacy, but having used it for Catfish bait my whole life I can't stomach the thought of eating it. The smell of it, the texture...Sometimes "fresh" liver is an off-color and has a strange miasma surrounding it. No thanks. I may try beef liver some day, though. |
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My mother said eat what she cooked or go hungry. When she cooked liver I went hungry!! Same here except it was my father that said it. He is a big fan of liver and thinks everyone else should like it as much as him. Just the smell of it is disgusting. My father was also the same way. 
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My mother called it steak . I hated that stuff then and I hate it even more now.
Blood pudding too . My mother told me it was sausage. But, I loved it . That is, until one day on TV, they showed exactly what it was made of and how it was put together. That was the end of Blood Pudding for me. I'm no vampire!
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I've got some braunschweiger in the fridge right now, fantastic stuff. In fact, think I may go throw a piece on some pumpernickel with mustard and have a snack HECK YEAH!! Braunschweiger and liverwurst are some cheap eats. I remember being a very broke young man with just enough moola to buy a tube (I believe the correct term is actually "chub") of Oscar Meyer, a loaf of cheep white and an onion... I already had a bottle of mustard. The fat content is way up there though, worse than just about any other lunch meat. |
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I've got some braunschweiger in the fridge right now, fantastic stuff. In fact, think I may go throw a piece on some pumpernickel with mustard and have a snack HECK YEAH!! Braunschweiger and liverwurst are some cheap eats. I remember being a very broke young man with just enough moola to buy a tube (I believe the correct term is actually "chub") of Oscar Meyer, a loaf of cheep white and an onion... I already had a bottle of mustard. The fat content is way up there though, worse than just about any other lunch meat. Don't rain on my parade man, just for that I'm eating a second piece 
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I know people that absolutely swear chicken liver is a delicacy, but having used it for Catfish bait my whole life I can't stomach the thought of eating it. The smell of it, the texture...Sometimes "fresh" liver is an off-color and has a strange miasma surrounding it. No thanks. I may try beef liver some day, though. I was coming here to post something almost exactly like that. I suppose you spend enough time on a swampy river bank dipping into a lukewarm jug of miscellaneous chicken bits in blood and the appeal of the whole thing goes down. Hell, I'm not against eating bait mind ya, a bit of shad or some sardines on crackers ain't half bad, but that liver stuff is just disgusting. Hell, I'm sitting right next to a dog that loves disgusting, vile stuff but even she can't stand chicken livers. 
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Quoted: I'll eat that, no probs.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've got some braunschweiger in the fridge right now, fantastic stuff. In fact, think I may go throw a piece on some pumpernickel with mustard and have a snack HECK YEAH!! Braunschweiger and liverwurst are some cheap eats. I remember being a very broke young man with just enough moola to buy a tube (I believe the correct term is actually "chub") of Oscar Meyer, a loaf of cheep white and an onion... I already had a bottle of mustard. The fat content is way up there though, worse than just about any other lunch meat. Don't rain on my parade man, just for that I'm eating a second piece Put liver/onions in front of me, I'd rather eat the sofa. |
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I like (used to like) ? fried chicken livers. The last 2 times I ate them I became violently ill. The first time I didn't realize it was the chicken livers.
Trip to the ER the second time. Doctor finally gave me demerol for the pain. They will NEVER pass my lips again. |
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Quoted: Gall bladder problems?I like (used to like) ? fried chicken livers. The last 2 times I ate them I became violently ill. The first time I didn't realize it was the chicken livers. Trip to the ER the second time. Doctor finally gave me demerol for the pain. They will NEVER pass my lips again. Or is it where your wife is hiding the strychnine? |
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Bear liver will kill you from too much vitamin-a, I've heard. One of the early Arctic explorers (Amundsen?) found that his men got Vitamin A poisoning from eating too much liver. The effects were petty nasty: flesh sloughing off, losing toes/fingers, etc. The point of it all is, the liver IS a filter for toxins. But a healthy liver causes these toxins to break down, and passes them in the urine and/or stool (poops for the unwashed). A healthy liver does NOT store these toxins. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Bear liver will kill you from too much vitamin-a, I've heard. One of the early Arctic explorers (Amundsen?) found that his men got Vitamin A poisoning from eating too much liver. The effects were petty nasty: flesh sloughing off, losing toes/fingers, etc. The point of it all is, the liver IS a filter for toxins. But a healthy liver causes these toxins to break down, and passes them in the urine and/or stool (poops for the unwashed). A healthy liver does NOT store these toxins. That was bear or seal liver for Arctic animals. The liver plays a different role for cold water meat eaters than it does temperate terrestrial herbivores. While I don't think I would eat much pig liver, an occasional meal of bird or bovine liver is not going to "poison" you. It's actually quite nutritious. I actually like the stuff. Always have. The trick is, the average North American Housefrau is a fucking terrible cook and liver has a very very fine "knotch" to hit for cooking. Combine that with "guts" being "poor people" food and it's got a bad rep. Frying the stuff, unless it's breaded fresh chicken liver is absolutely stupid. Liver needs to be sliced thick, doused in butter, and broiled with several strips of bacon on top.
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Bear liver will kill you from too much vitamin-a, I've heard. One of the early Arctic explorers (Amundsen?) found that his men got Vitamin A poisoning from eating too much liver. The effects were petty nasty: flesh sloughing off, losing toes/fingers, etc. The point of it all is, the liver IS a filter for toxins. But a healthy liver causes these toxins to break down, and passes them in the urine and/or stool (poops for the unwashed). A healthy liver does NOT store these toxins. That was bear or seal liver for Arctic animals. The liver plays a different role for cold water meat eaters than it does temperate terrestrial herbivores. While I don't think I would eat much pig liver, an occasional meal of bird or bovine liver is not going to "poison" you. It's actually quite nutritious. I actually like the stuff. Always have. The trick is, the average North American Housefrau is a fucking terrible cook and liver has a very very fine "knotch" to hit for cooking. Combine that with "guts" being "poor people" food and it's got a bad rep. Frying the stuff, unless it's breaded fresh chicken liver is absolutely stupid. Liver needs to be sliced thick, doused in butter, and broiled with several strips of bacon on top. You, sir, have determined what I am having for dinner tonight. Haven't had liver in a few months, gotta visit my butcher today. |