Liver, yes or no?
 

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just eaten some fried liver on a chickpea/pepper/onion type stew.

lads at work looking at me like I am Hannibal Lector.

I love it, do you?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:07 pm
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Fava beans and a nice Chianti?

Nope. It's hateful stuff because my Mum, who is a dog trainer, used to bake liver in the oven until it was completely dry, cut it up into tiny pieces and carry it around in a plastic bag in her pocket as treats / rewards for the dogs.

That smell of burnt liver as it was cooking will live with me forever.

Yeeeuch!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:08 pm
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Yes, it's good. Dusted in flour then flash fried.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:08 pm
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fried Liver, bacon, mash, peas and onion gravy.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:08 pm
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Liver - ambivalent.
Foie gras, however- Omnomnomnomnomnom


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:10 pm
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wwaswas wins thread.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:10 pm
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fried Liver, bacon, mash, peas and onion gravy.

Food of the gods, as long as the liver isn't overcooked.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:11 pm
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We love it with bacon onions mash and gravy

Particularly brilliant in steak form served as you would a beef steak

Also kidneys with sausages & mushrooms in a spicy sauce nom nom nom


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:12 pm
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Not something I have more than maybe once a year or so, but if not overcooked, can be rather tasty.

Top tip of the day: Always politely decline the offer of Polar Bear liver, to prevent fatal, toxic Vitamin A overdosing. 😉


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:17 pm
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not just yes, but hell yes.

on a similar bent, I'm making devilled kidneys tonight


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:17 pm
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Yes, it's good. Dusted in flour then flash fried

This^^ for the win. Love it! 🙂


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:17 pm
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You can take your liver and **** off and then keep on ****ing off


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:17 pm
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fried Liver, bacon, mash, peas and onion gravy.

This. Grew up with the stuff, and loved it.

At the same time, overcooking it for the dog was also featured in my experience, although I am not haunted by it as pp seems to be.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:19 pm
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Yes lovely. Ideally calves liver.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:20 pm
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Stop telling people! Liver is one to the few very cheap but incredibly tasty meats left.

A favourite thing of mine to do is to blend some chicken livers and use as part of a bolognaise sauce. Adds incredible richness that even people who hate liver will enjoy. But overcooked it is pretty terrible.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:21 pm
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A favourite thing of mine to do is to blend some chicken livers and use as part of a bolognaise sauce.

I do that too from time to time. Makes the Bolognese purists a bit cross but if Heston can put star anise in his...

Also chicken livers cooked with shallots and pancetta, served with borlotti beans and cavalo nero.

Doesn't top lamb's liver, bacon, mash, peas and onion gravy though.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:30 pm
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At the same time, overcooking it for the dog was also featured in my experience, although I am not haunted by it as pp seems to be.

We had a lot of dogs. Big dogs. More than you have children. That's a LOT of burnt liver.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:31 pm
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I don't mind chicken liver in a pate, but fried etc I can't get on with after my gran's cooking of it. Smell makes me wretch.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:32 pm
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Makes the Bolognese purists a bit cross but if Heston can put star anise in his...

The great thing about "traditional Italian" cooking is that there's always another part of Italy 😉

I even put milk in the bolognaise (from a published recipe) and you should see how people react to that!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:35 pm
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Like it a lot, rarely have it these days.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:35 pm
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Perchy - we didn't have a dog but that was still my essentially mother's way of cooking it!

When my wife made it "properly" I argued with her that it wasn't the same raw material. It turns out my mother is just really bad at cooking liver!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:40 pm
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Liver lover here! As above lets keep it quiet.. dont want the price going up.

Local Curry house does Liver Tikka.... nice!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:42 pm
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didn't 'they' change something in pigs diets recently(ish) which makes the liver a lot more palatable these days, a la calves/lambs?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:42 pm
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You can take your liver and * off and then keep on * off

This.

I'd sooner suck a fart from a dog..


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:44 pm
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Liver, onion gravy, bacon and stwnsh rwdan (mashed potatoes with other mashed veg, usually swede). Preferably calves, dusted in seasoned flour and not overcooked. Wonderful

An amazingly nutritious meat, and so cheap!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:47 pm
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I’m all for eating offal, I don’t myself but I respect anyone who actually eats most of what’s left behind before it gets put into dog food.
There’s more to eating meat than just the “soft cuts” then bagging it for Mrs Prim and her offspring.

If you are going to eat meat, eat it all.

As for force feeding Ducks you can stick that right where the planet won’t shine... utterly reprehensible.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:49 pm
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*barf.... then *barf again....

Ewwwwww


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:50 pm
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Like it, rarely cook it for myself though

Often do it for the dogs. Cooked till it's rock hard (haven't cut it up into little cubes)


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 12:54 pm
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I had it last night, fried with tomato sausage, bacon, mushrooms, and the chickpea stew thing. todays lunch was the leftovers.

had chicken hearts and livers a week or so ago at a new Brazilian food place in leeds.

I love offal. 😆


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:00 pm
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was subjected to badly cooked liver when I was young. I think it's one of the few things I would not eat - might make me sick. Hate it.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:00 pm
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I'd sooner suck a fart from a dog..

Not tried that, isn't it a bit "gamey"?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:02 pm
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I've never been brave enough to try it.

It's on my list of things I need to stop being a Susan about.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:17 pm
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Liver and bacon with mash and a nice thick onion gravy?

Hell, yes!

it is particularly sensitive to being cooked properly

Cooked properly: melt in the mouth
Cooked badly: shoe leather


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:23 pm
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It's on my list of things I need to stop being a Susan about.

Go to a good italian restaurant and have the calves liver, that would be a good introduction for you

I love liver, but tbh i'd eat pretty much anything offal related


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:26 pm
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sliced thinly and fried in the pan after the bacon and sliced mushrooms. on buttered warburtons.

heaven.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:27 pm
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was subjected to badly cooked liver when I was young

Weren't we all (aka school dinners)?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:27 pm
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Dried liver dog treats don't need to be burnt. Cut it into thin strips then place on a foil-covered baking tray at 100 degrees for an hour, then cut it into tiny cubes and freeze it.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:28 pm
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as Zippy Kona said but to the far side of F###


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 1:29 pm
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It's particularly good barbecued as well, thinly sliced into ribbons with plenty of salt.

Makes a great change from burnt bangers and dry burgers


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 2:19 pm
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When my mum was carrying me , her cravings were liver and tomatoes. Both of which I absolutely hate with a passion.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 2:27 pm
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Love liver ..doesnt love me !
( don't want to get any more graphic than that ..)


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:14 pm
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I've never been brave enough to try it.

It's on my list of things I need to stop being a Susan about.


Just to be clear, are you talking about liver or sucking the fart from a dog?

As for me, liver ground into a paste/dip thing is revolting.
Liver in chunks fried or cooked in a mushroom sauce can be nice. It'll never be my favourite food.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:23 pm
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Pigs liver for me - with onions, mash and peas. Food of the gods. Sadly I the rest of the household hate it - so only those evenings when I have the house to myself


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:29 pm
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That's a good point, any particular liver that is good/bad - lamb, pig, beef, chicken


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:31 pm
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ox's liver is too strong. pigs is ok in gravy or sauce.
lambs is perfect fried but still pink inside.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:35 pm
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I have a slight addiction to Nandos chicken livers. mmmmmmmm.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:38 pm
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That's a good point, any particular liver that is good/bad

Bearded seal, Walrus and Moose. All very bad for you.

and Gazza. I'd not risk it.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 3:38 pm
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Love lambs liver, calf's liver and chicken liver is very versatile. The local Nepalese restaurant does a lovely chicken liver starter, spicy and with onion.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 5:24 pm
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Always politely decline the offer of Polar Bear liver,

Now you tell me!!


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 5:27 pm
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Looks and smells like a local beggars trainer insoles to me.Me mate Iain on the other hand eats the sheet every week.Horrible.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 5:48 pm
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Done right it's a tasty dish, done wrong it's terrible.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 6:05 pm
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I never eat anything that is directly named after an organ or body part. The fact that the marketers can't even be bothered to give it a fancy name fills me with suspicion.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 6:41 pm
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No loin of pork for you then? Or rib of beef?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 7:01 pm
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My first ever meal in an Indian restaurant (1971) was chicken liver curry. Never seen it on a menu since. Love lamb and pig liver.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 7:39 pm
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Don't eat cow full stop. Loin and rib both a no too 🙂


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 7:40 pm
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Me & the Mrs love liver & onions with mushrooms in a thick rich gravy with mash & peas, nomnomnomnomnomnom nommmm!

Foie gras, however-

Oh yes!, we brought some back from Aquitane cos we'd heard it was the bees knees. I think we paid about 8 Euros for a small can.

I tasted it on opening just to see what it was like & promptly chucked it in the bin, even the dog didn't seem interested. Shite.

Lambs liver anyday.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 7:55 pm
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Awww bollix, I need to go and buy some liver, now you've gone and done it 🙂


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 8:11 pm
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Nope. It's in the same pile as Kidney to me. These are organs designed to clean nasty things from your blood...why would I want eat what is essentially a biological filter?


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 8:28 pm
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Bleurgh!


You can take your liver and * off and then keep on * off

And take the kidneys with it


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 9:39 pm
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why would I want eat what is essentially a biological filter?

Because (IMO) it tastes yummy & after 61 years of eating all kinds of 'crap', I'm still around. I DO NOT eat Mc****inDonalds though, I do have standards.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 9:56 pm
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Liver yum.
Preferably with bacon, mash, crispy onions and gravy. Peas if you must.
Chicken livers as a tapas dish.

Kidney yum
Devilled kidneys
Steak and kidney pie

Tongue you can keep though


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 10:04 pm
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A liver and onion dinner from Dave's Dingle Diner on the Aigburth road is ambrosia.


 
Posted : 27/09/2017 10:12 pm