hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Dec 27, 2020 19:40:28 GMT -5
My wife made this for her parents today. Superman has his kryptonite. I have my liver. Egads.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Dec 27, 2020 19:41:56 GMT -5
I honestly can’t see why anyone would cook, serve or eat that.
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hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Dec 27, 2020 19:43:35 GMT -5
My late father liked it as well. I grew up in a home where you ate what was made. However the one exception was liver and onions. My Dad had a heart thankfully.
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Post by jazzguy on Dec 27, 2020 20:00:49 GMT -5
mom used to make it at least every other week, never liked it and the house reeked of the stuff.
I'll eat some questionable stuff, but try to stay away from things like rocky mountain oysters, internal organs, etc....
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Post by Ricketi on Dec 27, 2020 20:10:37 GMT -5
Mmmmmm and with bacon. My late MIL who was from Germany was widowed when my wife was young made liver for her kids and called it steak. She couldn't afford the real thing.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Dec 27, 2020 20:23:55 GMT -5
My mother would find it on wash day hidden in a napkin in my pocket.
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Post by stl80 on Dec 27, 2020 21:09:31 GMT -5
I say that I love it whenever anyone mentions it anywhere.
Jim
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Post by guildx700 on Dec 27, 2020 21:11:03 GMT -5
As a kid we would have it occasionally, never liked it much back then and haven't had it in decades, same with any organ meat. No thanks.
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Post by Tom B. on Dec 27, 2020 21:12:06 GMT -5
We had calves liver once a week growing up, either with or without onions. Good source of iron I was told, in any case we learned to like it. Can't say the same about brussel sprouts though.
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Post by Sharkie on Dec 27, 2020 22:22:30 GMT -5
^^ Yep. Buy calf or baby beef liver and cook with onions and bacon. Tasty.
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Post by HenryJ on Dec 27, 2020 22:25:05 GMT -5
My mother would find it on wash day hidden in a napkin in my pocket. Just this morning, our preacher said that he would get an extra napkin to put vegetables into, then put them in his pocket. |
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Post by Taildragger on Dec 27, 2020 22:58:44 GMT -5
Liver? No, thank you.
Onions? Yes, absolutely!
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Post by LTB on Dec 27, 2020 23:12:59 GMT -5
Totally gross!
I remember one day in grade school they were serving liver and onions. I asked if I could substitute it for two helping of mashed potatoes and they said sure then asked if I wanted gravy.,I said yes. They put liver gravy on it and I could not eat it.
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Post by ninworks on Dec 27, 2020 23:21:19 GMT -5
That's the nastiest food ever invented or discovered. I suppose I would eat it if I were starving but that would be the only reason. I could live for months off just my belly fat so liver is out of the question.
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Post by Taildragger on Dec 27, 2020 23:47:06 GMT -5
Totally gross! I remember one day in grade school they were serving liver and onions. I asked if I could substitute it for two helping of mashed potatoes and they said sure then asked if I wanted gravy.,I said yes. They put liver gravy on it and I could not eat it. •"Liver Gravy": *!wOOt!* |
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Post by rickyguitar on Dec 28, 2020 2:12:43 GMT -5
Eewww
Eating at some diner, somewhere before some gig with some drummer. Liver and onions was the special. He ordered it and I asked why. He said nobody likes it so you always get a big, big serving.
Eww. Eww. One eww is NOT enough got a big serving.
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Post by Pinetree on Dec 28, 2020 3:38:17 GMT -5
No.
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Post by insanecooker on Dec 28, 2020 5:07:03 GMT -5
Quite like the stuff actually.
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Post by BigBadJohn on Dec 28, 2020 5:31:24 GMT -5
Liver......Yuk
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Post by orrk01 on Dec 28, 2020 7:43:53 GMT -5
My mother liked liver and onions so it was in her menu rotation when I was a kid. I hated it. Once or twice I tried making it as an adult, wondering if my tastes had changed over the years. Nope! It's just plain nasty stuff.
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Post by MJB on Dec 28, 2020 7:51:31 GMT -5
It's one of those foods you either love or hate. Liver, onions, bacon. Love it.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Dec 28, 2020 9:08:46 GMT -5
I tried making it once, and couldn't get through the cooking process. The texture was just too weird. It felt more like a lab experiment than cooking. The defense I always hear is something like "well, if you grew up with it..." and I didn't. I think my mother did, but I grew up in the 80s and 90s with the food pyramid where proteins and fats were the enemy and simple carbs were king, so I don't think it occurred to anyone except little old ladies to make it. I do buy liverwurst from time to time... fry it and treat it like bologna. The taste is good, and the texture... still a bit gooey, but much better.
The reason to eat it is that it is a nutritional power house. For the vitamins, minerals and amino acids provided in red meat, you get something even more dense and also leaner and cheaper than any muscle meat. The iron levels are off the charts, and the iron found in red meat, "heme iron" is the most easily absorbed. I doubt there ever was a liver eater with anemia.
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Post by stratcat ♠ on Dec 28, 2020 9:19:47 GMT -5
Good stuff: pork steak gravy'd with beef livers and onions, after beating with a hammer.
floured and pan fried beef liver, after beating with a hammer.
deep fried chicken livers...no hammer required. 
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Dec 28, 2020 10:00:47 GMT -5
My dad grew up on a farm, so he was programmed to love the stuff. My mom and us kids, however, not so much.
Looking back on all that, I guess my favorite way of having it would be simmered in onions in a skillet over medium heat with a little worcestershire sauce and fresh cracked black pepper. When the juice from the liver is clear, gently toss it all into the trash and make up a bowl of Quisp in milk and have that for dinner.
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Post by LesTele on Dec 28, 2020 10:08:01 GMT -5
Liver, bacon and onions with mash. Good stuff.
I now cheat by buying it in the form of a ready meal. I’m now inspired to fit it on to the menu before the New Year.
When I used to make it from scratch I can remember that there was a hierarchy of livers - ox, pig’s and lamb’s. All to do with relative toughness if I recall correctly.
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on Dec 28, 2020 10:13:10 GMT -5
When stopped overnight in Richmond, VA, we wanted to experience real ‘soul food’, not a homogenized restaurant version, but the real thing. Our concierge sent us on a taxi ride to a nearby storefront, just 8 tables serving the locals, perfect for our needs.
I ordered the ‘Liver and onions’ entre, as it seemed just what I wanted, and got good reviews from food magazines. Well, it was a perfect rendition of ‘soul food’, but I just didn’t like it- my uninformed expectations were not in line with the reality-
It was a hearty, down to earth serving, NOTHING FANCY, just a good, basic meal. And I discovered I REALLY didn’t like the taste of liver….
...But I do like liver pate...
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Post by gato on Dec 28, 2020 10:13:49 GMT -5
I had to eat it as a kid. Hated the stuff.
When I grew up, I wrote letters to McDonald's, Burger King and Carl's Jr, asking them to NEVER develop a liver burger.
So far, they have acceded to my wishes.
You're welcome.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Dec 28, 2020 10:14:33 GMT -5
Good stuff: pork steak gravy'd with beef livers and onions, after beating with a hammer.
floured and pan fried beef liver, after beating with a hammer.
deep fried chicken livers...no hammer required.
A very critical step is to repeatedly shout "you're disgusting!" while beating it with a hammer. |
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Post by Rick Knight on Dec 28, 2020 10:44:52 GMT -5
No liver for me. I once helped sandbag a town during a flood, working about 12 hours a day for more than a week. Ladies in the town cooked a mid-day meal for the workers at a church on higher ground. Those were the only hot meals, and some days the only meals at all, I got during that time. One day they cooked liver. Even then, I didn't eat it.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Dec 28, 2020 11:06:46 GMT -5
Didn't we just do this fairly recently?
I'm still not a fan.
Fried chicken livers on the other hand -- not bad.
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