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Thank you. I am going to try this next time I find liver for sale. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: Fry a pound of bacon. In that fresh grease fry the liver and onion and potatoes. Put a bite of each on each forkful. Mom always used Crisco. And often over cooked it so it was chewy and rubbery. Cook it more to a med rare to med. and the liver should just about melt in your mouth. That's good eatin' right there. |
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Probably because they come from poor ass cultures who historically had to eat that slop because they had nothing else to eat. They had to make a goat last 6 months. Our ancestors were smarter so they didnt have to eat cocks, balls, tongues and buttholes. View Quote |
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I am one of those selective eaters who eats only muscle tissue (non-organ meat) and just one other thing: I'll eat liver if it's in the form of liverwurst or liver pate.
I'll also eat a variety of cold cuts, pepperoni, salami, sopressata, chorizo, various sausages, hot dogs, etc, but I won't touch head cheese, scrapple, or any other identified organ meat. My tastes, my preference. Not saying your preference is wrong, it's YOURS. I just choose not to eat some of those things. |
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A lot of it is an acquired taste, and it's often not cooked well by home cooks (and sometimes pro chefs, for that matter).
Historically, organ meats were generally considered less desirable. Offal, translated, basically means "waste" or "garbage" It's not like this is a new thing, we are just rich enough that even poor people can afford to not eat them. Plus, our industrial processes mean that organ meats go into various other products. Much of what remains is often purely nostalgic... Traditional meals that were eaten when people were dirt poor, and having any animal protein was a rare treat, and those dishes have survived in some form to the present. In some cases, health issues have also pushed people away... Nobody wants to get mad cow disease. |
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It is common in Western society.
I think you mean the United States, more specifically. Anyway, my family eats the hell out of all those tasty bits others can't tolerate. Problem is that some stuff has become popular, like lengua. Used to be cheap and super tasty eats....not any more. At least not around here. Sweetbreads and brains have gone up in price too, dammit. |
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i think americans had no idea how to prepare it. so they stuck it all into a blender and made hotdogs/sausages instead.
basically, americans DO eat other organs, just as a hotdog is all. i would even argue that americans love other organs more than any other country. most countries sit down to eat other organs as a meal. and then when they finish that meal, they stop eating and do something else. americans will eat a hotdog at any event - baseball game, concert, etc. and not only will americans eat 4 hot dogs for the event, they'll have dinner on top of that. then they have hotdogs after shopping (been to an ikea or most malls?) and that's before we get into spam. or sausage. americans put sausage on everything - pastas, skillets, soups. if anything, i would guess americans eat way more 'other' organs than most foreigners. i think filly cheese steak is popular too and is also meat 'product'. many cities also have gyros, which is similar to cheese steak meat product. not just beef either - a lot of chicken sandwiches are actually 'processed' in a way to seem like muscle. but it's actually chicken bits in a blender and dried to simulate meat product. |
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Because we don't have to nor do most of us have access to them. Organs spoil quick.
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LOL. Do you eat sausage, hot dogs, bologna, salami, or other products of the like? Parts is parts. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Peckers, testiclees, buttholes and related plumbing - No thankyou please. All muscle meat. |
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Because we're not the 3rd world. We don't have to eat the garbage parts of the animal and instead use them in other ways such as pet food or export to garbage countries.
It's good to be on top. |
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We DO eat them. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/440865/17852194-0B39-481F-A8A5-323F5F463CDC-473049.JPG Eta, I type and find images like a sloth View Quote |
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Europeans eat the shit out of that stuff, OP. Done well, it's delicious. Proper preparation takes skill and lots of time. In general, American chefs aren't as patient. View Quote |
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Probably because they come from poor ass cultures who historically had to eat that slop because they had nothing else to eat. They had to make a goat last 6 months. Our ancestors were smarter so they didnt have to eat cocks, balls, tongues and buttholes. View Quote |
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all of them mexicans love them some non-meat hell, while technically still meat you know it's getting close to christmas time when an entire row in the meat section gets taken up by whole frozen hog heads View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Quoted: sure, that and you think that the eating of organs is rare... mexicans love them some non-meat hell, while technically still meat you know it's getting close to christmas time when an entire row in the meat section gets taken up by whole frozen hog heads |
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Probably because they come from poor ass cultures who historically had to eat that slop because they had nothing else to eat. They had to make a goat last 6 months. Our ancestors were smarter so they didnt have to eat cocks, balls, tongues and buttholes. View Quote |
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I see no one spent time in the meat industry. Read the labels. USDA regs state everything must be listed on the label. Variety meats means hearts, etc. California chorizo often contains tripe, salivary glands, etc.
Long term not the healthiest for you. Hot dogs - read the label to known what you are eating. Poultry based hot dogs mostly are made from mechanically deboned meat. (You probably don’t want to know). Ever hear of Mad Cow Desease? Prions do cross species. Just stay away from skeletal and nervous system tissue in your diet. Primary cuts only. Read the labels. |
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Certainly common but not the norm. Ever go to an intestine joint for a date? Because I haven’t View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What are you talking about? Liver, heart, intestines, tripe and bone marrow are all pretty common. Ever go to an intestine joint for a date? Because I haven’t The deer processor I use has some African dudes that take all of the gut piles for food. |
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America is rich enough, and produces enough food we can easily find and afford legs, and other chunks of meat, and not scavenge innards like a vulture / coyote.
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We are a land of plenty so no need to eat the throw away stuff.
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I eat heart and bone marrow all the time and they are delicious. Marrow is second only to foie gras IMHO. I have both in my freezer right now.
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It occurred to me the other day that we generally think of meat as only edible if it’s muscular tissue, at least for the majority of folks I know. Having said that, I know plenty of people from other countries or cultures that have zero problems what so ever chowing down on literally anything that contains protein. Guts, bones, insects, it’s all protein and our body can process it just the same as animals do in the wild. I haven’t really adopted this culinary philosophy but I do wonder why that is the case. Can it be purely based on taste? Maybe nutritional value? View Quote Attached File Attached File |
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Oddly enough, Hot Dogs, unless specifically mentioned in the ingredients is 100% Muscle Meat. No organs, no offal. Its an FDA rule.
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The French eat a lot of offal. So do we but we generally disguise it as sausage, scrapple, liver mush, potted meat, hot dogs, vienna sausages .......BTW I lover liver and onions!
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google liver flukes. Deer liver is good, but no..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Venison liver is best liver. Deer liver is good, but no..... Never seen one myself. |
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We've got to save something for fertilizer. But, my Mom would eat anything. Sea urchin goop... you bet!
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Probably because they come from poor ass cultures who historically had to eat that slop because they had nothing else to eat. They had to make a goat last 6 months. Our ancestors were smarter so they didnt have to eat cocks, balls, tongues and buttholes. View Quote PS Mt. oysters are a delicacy, and just what do you think is used to make hot dogs. |
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I like heart and tongue and tacos de cabeza, liver or anything from the digestive track is not very good and presents issues with spoilage in commercial meat processing.
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You don't eat Chittlins, brain cheese, chicken liver/hearts/gizzards in TN?!? Damn high falutin Yankees. Next you will be saying you don't put a whole goats head in your Brunswick Stew.
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