Do you eat offal? (For those bored with Clive's thread).

[Filthyfarmer]

Deer liver for breakfast the morning it was shot. Cooked with some bacon and eaten with a slice or two of bread.

 

[Clive]

I like back pudding and tongue but that's about it for me offal wise

 

[Hesstondriver]

Had a andouille sausage once. Disgusting

just googled that

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

Pretty much the only thing I turn down is tripe, eyeballs, bollox and hooves.

I once cooked liver and onions for Swedish friends and they thought eating offal was not something civilised people did. They reckoned us Brits only had a taste for it because of WWII rationing. I reminded them of surstromming (which isn't as bad in reality as you'd expect) but of course that came about as a method of preservation before refrigeration.

I should think @davieh3350 has eaten some interesting stuff in Iceland - half a boiled sheep's head perhaps? That'd be an interesting one for a vegan butcher to reproduce

 

[SilliamWhale]

just googled that

Its also barely cooked. It stunk of pig innards. I was stuck in France with a broken down car at the time and then ordered it unknowingly. I think I acutually cried

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Black pudding in the oven now. Black pudding & mustard butties for dinner

 

[shearerlad]

Black pudding in the oven now. Black pudding & mustard butties for dinner

In the oven????
In the frying pan with a wee bit of butter

 

[Macsky]

Had liver so fresh the other night it was still warm, out of 18month Cheviot wethers straight off grass. Fried a red onion then threw it in sliced, no flour or bacon or any other faff. Was absolutely delicious, key is not to overcook it.

It is possibly one of the most nutrient dense/available foods on the planet, and one of the cheapest, I need to remember to eat it more!

 

[Macsky]

In the oven????
In the frying pan with a wee bit of butter

In the microwave! Done in two minutes and nothing to clean up, just fold a bit of kitchen roll underneath.

 

[JeepJeep]

Niche? This guys not feckin about.

 

[PuG]

Tongue, the rest is still in the freezer from the last beef. Mum, Dad and the wife eat the liver. Our customers love the cheeks.

TBH as a child / teenager I use to have to cook brawn day in day out for the old lady publican I worked for. I didn't mind lifting and working with the pigs heads, but the stink on my clothing after boiling for so many hours ended up starting to make me nauseated.

 

[Dry Rot]

Haggis is made with oatmeal not barley, at least that's what I thought!

Love haggis, black pudding, brawn, faggots, etc, but can't bring myself to eat liver or kidneys. Just don't like the flavour or texture. I did retry lambs liver a couple of weeks back when we'd had some lambs back from butchery but still not a fan, Mrs G and the kids (7 & 5 year old) all loved it.

I did say I was a sassenach! I've met hunters from abroad who say the only way to eat liver is fresh and still warm, but I don't think so!

 

[Gormers]

Still have chicken heart & gizzard
Tongue is still on the menu and black pudding
Used to love brawn on toast but not had it for a long time

 

[Macsky]

I did say I was a sassenach! I've met hunters from abroad who say the only way to eat liver is fresh and still warm, but I don't think so!

I remember in history in school we got to watch dances with wolves, at the part where they share a fresh buffalo heart there was a girl in the class who didn’t think much of it, she literally turned green and passed out on the floor

 

[goodevans]

Used to have a mate who would drive a fair way to fetch bulls balls,sometimes a 5 gallon bucket full at a time

 

[neilo]

Had liver so fresh the other night it was still warm, out of 18month Cheviot wethers straight off grass. Fried a red onion then threw it in sliced, no flour or bacon or any other faff. Was absolutely delicious, key is not to overcook it.

It is possibly one of the most nutrient dense/available foods on the planet, and one of the cheapest, I need to remember to eat it more!

View attachment 918519

That’ll be the flukes adding vitamins and a crunchy texture....

 

[Dry Rot]

I used to feed my dogs on boiled sheep heads. Never eaten them but I'd come in after training on the hills to the boiler bubbling away and my mouth would be watering with the smell of the broth! I was loading up at the abattoir and two lads appeared. Both very tall, six foot six or more, and I think from Iceland? Anyway, could they have a head as it is a delicacy where they come from? No bother!

I was watching a documentary the other evening produced by a very attractive Russian girl on horses in Siberia. It was pretty brutal stuff but I have to hand it to the girl, she was tough! After the locals had slaughtered a barren mare with an axe, the animal was skinned and cut up. The delicacy was the horse's hooves (horn and bone removed). The girl declared it was absolutely delicious and came back for seconds!

 

[Netherfield]

Used to have a mate who would drive a fair way to fetch bulls balls,sometimes a 5 gallon bucket full at a time

That's a load of Bo**ocks if you ask me

 

[Macsky]

Used to have a mate who would drive a fair way to fetch bulls balls,sometimes a 5 gallon bucket full at a time

‘Prairie Oysters’

 

[betternextyear]

Sheep hearts stewed in the slow cooker for 4 hours with plenty of veg and pearl barley. Bloody marvellous.