is liver full of nutrition?
and how do you like it cooked......... 
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Liver........healthy?
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Posted 6 months ago #
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oh, I thougt this might be a 'how much can you drink before it gets to you' thread
eating the stuff - nah!
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I thing fava beans and a nice chianti are iDiet compatible.
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Fried [not over-cooked] with a bit of bacon and some onions
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Thinly sliced then lightly fried, crisped on the outside but still soft and just slightly pink in the middle. Nom nom and nom again.
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Yes it's incredibly healthy.
Onions and Bacon.
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I had it last night with onions, bacon and red wine, and a lovely celeraic mash. Never over cook it though.
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Mine won't be after this weekends Real Ale wobble
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Got to be calves liver.
Slice thinly.
Fry onion and rashers of streaky bacon then set aside (keep warm).
Fry liver in bacon fat.
Just before serving squeeze half a lemon over the liver.
Serve with mash potato.
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Got to be calves liver
Defnly not polar bear's - unless you really like Vitamin A
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Even the smell of it makes me gag. Horrible stuff!
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Liver and kidneys are pretty much the most nutritional meat you can eat. Obvious really when you consider what their function is; to process good stuffs from food.
I love kidneys, but they're difficult to find these days, nice lambs' kidneys anyway.
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Good source of protein and minerals, also unfortunately many of the breakdown products of the synthetic chemicals fed to animals accumulate in the liver.
Would personally only eat it on a regular basis from UK farmed lambs.Posted 6 months ago # -
Elfinsafety - Member
Liver and kidneys are pretty much the most nutritional meat you can eat. Obvious really when you consider what their function is; to process good stuffs from food.
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Well, more or less, HD.
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I've tried several times to like liver and kidney as it's fairly healthy and cheap but I just can't stomach the stuff
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Liver? Disgusting stuff, why anyone would want to eat it is beyond me.
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The gravy that comes from braised liver is unbeatable IMO
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Elfinsafety - Member
Well, more or less, HD.trouble is Elf, both organs act as detoxifiers, fine when the substances are 'natural' and can be then eliminated, not so fine when the detoxed substances are synthetic and have no method of elimination.
They then accumulate and build up to potentially toxic levels.
Far worse in longer lived animals such as beef cows, not as bad in baby animals such as lambs and calves.......Posted 6 months ago # -
Yeh but everything's poisonous really if you want to take it that far. You can worry yourself to starvation if you think too deeply about what's in all foods.
But Lambs'/calves liver is the stuff to go for, undoubtedly. I'd never eat pigs' liver.
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Elfinsafety - Member
But Lambs'/calves liver is the stuff to go for, undoubtedly. I'd never eat pigs' liver.Don't forget chicken livers (but only from hugh barely-credible approved free range, organic happy hens, of course)
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Vile stuff - I'm of the opinion that internal organs are not for eating
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Vile stuff - I'm of the opinion that internal organs are not for eating
It's this attitude amongst the maby-pamby nesh what means offal is fortunately relatively cheap.
Don't forget chicken livers
Ooh yeah good call....
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Thin sliced liver.
Half an onion.
Bacon bits.
Clove of garlic.
Tomato pickle. If no tommy pickle is available then use tomato puree and a pinch of sugar.Fry off the bacon to get it a bit on the crispy side.
Add the onions and garlic.
When them onions are cooked to your liking then add the liver.
Don't over cook the liver, a couple of minutes will do it.
Add the tomato pickle at the end, give it a good stir and serve.Tis the food of the gods.
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You couldn't pay me to eat it Fred
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You soft get!
Call yerself a Northerner? You ought to be eating liver tripe and onions every day.
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Sod that, chicken & pig, occassionally a bit of steak are the only animals that I chomp on - and only flesh at that.
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Mmmmmm, suddenly been inspired to make up some liver kebabs, what d'ya reckon Fred ?
liver cubes dusted in paprika flour, green pepper chunks, unyunz, tomato quarters - smash under a hot grill, generous splash of encona - slap it all in a griddled pitta and serve with a side of pickled green chillies and a cold beer Posted 6 months ago # -
Ooh, like it HD; like it....
unyunz
You can't just make up your own versions of words just because you feel like it you know.
I quite like 'unyunz', however...
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Liver is food of the gods! Bacon and liver casserole, chicken livers on toast, lambs liver cooked slightly pink and of course... pate.
What is not to like?
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well so far I've only got as far as the cold beer, but the grill is on......
.....hmmm, sharp knives/hot grill/cold beers - could end up badly
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i opted for lambs liver and cumberland sausage, with cream and garlic mashed spuds, steamed broccoli and carrots.
oh and unyunz................twas divine
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well, liverbabz need a bit of work, but definite possibilities - liver does seem to go very well with chilli
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it's too slimy, like a big bogey, uggh
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I can still remember the fried chicken livers, French fries and cola float I had in a little store front cafe in Clarksdale Mississippi after driving down from Memphis, before waddling over to Rooster Records to check out what was current in Delta Blues. "Cheatin' Woman" by Lonnie Shields as it happened.
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