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By: Bebe

Bebe — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:05:11 +0000

I am learning to use and like offal. It was never a part of my growing up diet but I’m convinced of its value so I’m training my mind to get over it’s bad self! lol
Two points: 1) tongue is a delicacy but it is a muscle meat, rather than and organ or gland, and has a similar nutrient profile. 2) liver can affect sleep. It is a powerful anti-fatigue food. I was talking to my chiro who, like myself, is on a paleo autoimmune protocol and he said he found liver to be the culprit. He said he had to titer back his liver consumption to just a couple bites of liver sausage at a time. It affects me the same. It could be connected to adrenal insufficiency, which I deal with still and my chiro has to be careful of too. It likely has a connection to the size of the animal. I’ve been eating bison (love!) and moose (not so much) liver. One seller of bison recommended remembering the size of the animal being eaten and portioning offal dishes accordingly.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:18:54 +0000

I grew up on a farm and we ate all the organs. I love finding new ways of preparing it so that it is delicious. My kids aren’t so much the problem as my husband :). Tongue is probably my favourite, it’s so easy to cook and versatile. I wouldn’t say heart tastes just like steak, or at least, certainly not the texture, but I made a Sweet Beef Heart Curry that is amazing. Where I live, in Slovakia, many people still have a pig and when they butcher they use all the parts. I’m hoping to capture the process next time my inlaws butcher and share the recipes with everyone.

By: Paulina

Paulina — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 01:52:44 +0000

I grew up eating offal, so it’s not really very scary to me. I actually enjoy meats like liver. And now that I’m raising my own chickens, I’m going to end up using “yucky” things like the feet for chicken broth, once I start raising meat birds and not just layers. Yum!

I won’t refute the nutritional value of offal, as I have grown to trust my body when I find myself craving liver (my hemoglobin will have undoubtedly taken a plunge if that happens), but the one thing never mentioned in real food blogs, that was a contributing factor to why the “umbles” (Guess where “humble pie” came from? The ‘umbles were the poor man’s share of an animal, and “pie” just happened to be the baking dish of the time. I can’t help my inner history geek.) were historically eaten first due to a lack of refrigeration technology. You can’t really preserve organ meats without processing them somehow, so those would have been the first to spoil.

By: tabitha

tabitha — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:17:52 +0000

I love beef heart.. Trim well cut in cubes and marinate in achiote and red wine vinegar salt and pepper. Put them on kabobs and grill so tasty! Also a great marinade for elk meat.. This was the way my best friends dad made us heart and he was from Peru..

By: Georgina

Georgina — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:25:15 +0000

Great post! We eat alot of organ meats even the kids like some. I try to cook at least once a week.
Best for beef liver is to cut it into strips (not too thin), and in a plastic bag mix the seasoning – flour, salt and black pepper. Put the strips of liver in the bag and roll around so they all get well covered. Then just fry in a little bit of oil.
Delicious! !!
Chicken giblets and hearts i always cook in the pressure cooker first for about 45min. Then either fry in half butter half oil and some paprika or make a thick red sauve from onions and canned tomatoes!!! Yam yam!!!