Pig's liver

[srw]

I used to like cow's tongue till i worked in a kitchen and opened a catering tin from France of the stuff. A complete tongue fell out covered in jelly!!

Mmmm..... Ox tongue.

You can buy them quite easily in supermarkets these days - they come ready-brined. All you need to do is boil fairly gently for an hour or two. The meat is wonderful.

 

[srw]

Ironically I'm trying some liver for the first time for tomorrows dinner, I can't remember what animal it's from though.

Personally, the way I see it is why waste it? And let's face it, it's a damn sight cheaper than most other cuts of meat. (I might not have the same attitude once I've tried it though)

If you're cooking it yourself, don't overdo it. I prefer it on the pink side of done, but just cooked is fine too. It doesn't take long to cook. Just fry it gently for a few minutes on either side.

My favourite recipe involves lots of onions and tomatoes - slow cook the onions, then take them out and fry the liver in the same pan. Take the liver out, return the onions to the pan, add a tin of tomatoes and heat through, then return the liver to the pan for a minute or two until it's hot through and ready to serve. At some stage you'll need to season with salt and pepper and probably some herbs and possibly some chilli. My favourite accompaniment is brown rice.

 

[Kestevan]

http://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/pigs-heart-recipe

Did that a few months ago, seriously nice.

Other way I've done it is to stuff it with leeks, onion and (a little bit) of chopped apple, wrap it in bacon and slowly braise in the oven with a tomato sauce.

 

[Fnaar]

Liver good. Me like. But me not eat much of it.

 

[martint235]

I like most kinds of liver. However I've always thought that freezing it was a bad idea. Something to do with the fibres breaking down as it tends to still have blood in it. Am probably wrong.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I like most kinds of liver. However I've always thought that freezing it was a bad idea. Something to do with the fibres breaking down as it tends to still have blood in it. Am probably wrong.

No - not wrong. Frozen liver just becomes a sort of horrid slush when cooked

 

[Pale Rider]

Feed the lungs to your cat or dog. cooked of course.

A few replies to this thread mention cooking food for pets.

I don't get it.

Do owners think that dogs and cats in the wild had cookers?

Carnivorous animals eat raw meat, so why cook it?

 

[welsh dragon]

A few replies to this thread mention cooking food for pets.

I don't get it.

Do owners think that dogs and cats in the wild had cookers?

Carnivorous animals eat raw meat, so why cook it?

We didn't have cookers at one stage either before we had fire, so why don't we still eat like that as well?

 

[srw]

No - not wrong. Frozen liver just becomes a sort of horrid slush when cooked

Mine didn't.

(Actually, come to think of it, most of the liver I've eaten recently has been from frozen. I don't think it's ever become slush.)

 

[srw]

Anyway. I had too much leftover today, so part of it's gone to add to the stash in the freezer and the rest was turned into a rather lovely sauce for some wholemeal pasta. Since we have no pets, when I get around to the unidentified package which may well be a lung I'll report pack. I'm afraid the intestines didn't make it into our half-pig - they were either in the other half, or (more likely) thrown to the dogs.

 

[Octet]

I had some chicken livers today, cooked in orange juice to give them a bit of additional flavour.

They where... interesting, I didn't not like them but I wouldn't rush out to get them again. I liked the flavour, it was very similar to that of pigeon and the texture wasn't that bad, it was just something about them which didn't seem right.

 

[theclaud]

I had some chicken livers today, cooked in orange juice to give them a bit of additional flavour.

They where... interesting, I didn't not like them but I wouldn't rush out to get them again. I liked the flavour, it was very similar to that of pigeon and the texture wasn't that bad, it was just something about them which didn't seem right.

That'll be the orange juice...

 

[ASC1951]

.... I'm afraid the intestines didn't make it into our half-pig - they were either in the other half, or (more likely) thrown to the dogs.

That's a waste. I regularly used to buy cold, pressed chitterlings on Barnsley market, although I wasn't brave enough to perch on a stool with the old gimmers and eat them on site with pepper and a bit of vinegar in a saucer. Delicious - much nicer than the tripe.

 

[MisterStan]

This is an offaly good thread.



IGMC

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 2973477, member: 259"]Wholemeal pasta [/quote]

Mrs 3BM's bought wholemeal pasta recently, I refuse to cook with it.