This will probably gross most of you out

Zmokin

I hated beef liver from when I was young (aka the first time it was served to me).  Then in my twenties, someone told I should try chicken liver as they don't taste anything like beef liver.  So I tried it, blech, same gross texture and same gross taste.  I've decided all liver is bad, polar bear liver can kill you, so I put all liver in the deadly to eat category.

saluki2007

I like to eat chicken liver and kill my own.

Griffin

I haven't tried eating liver since I was forced to as a kid. I remember hating it, but not why. Whether is was taste or texture or what. I was really hoping this past season that I could get a deer as I really wanted to see what deer liver tastes like. Heard good stuff about it and supposedly does not taste anything like beef liver. Alas, I struck out. Maybe next year...

thetrim

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit....

Doc_Eggerton

I like chicken liver, does calves liver taste similar?

The Naked Whiz

Now this is a true story.  I mean it.  I was there. 

8 of us went to eat in a seafood joint in Kinston, NC.  Seven of us ordered fish-related entrees.  One of us ordered chicken livers.  The fish entrees all came on china plates.  The chicken livers came out on a paper plate.  I can only conclude that in NC, the Health Department won't let you use china for serving food if it has ever had chicken livers on it.

Carolina Q

Doc_Eggerton said:

I like chicken liver, does calves liver taste similar?

I don't think so. They are both obviously liver, but I find the flavor different. Hands down, I think chicken liver is better. Easier to find too. I shop at half a dozen grocery stores at one time or another, All have pint size tubs of chicken liver. ONE sells calves liver. Sometimes.

GATraveller

In my house we only use liver to catch catfish.

Little Steven

Fred19Flintstone said:

The next thing you know, somebody will post a haggis thread.

Don't knock it unless you've tried it. Haggis + Scotch = Happy

Carolina Q

Had to look up haggis. And then, sheep's pluck.  ) I would try it. Not sure I would LIKE it, but I would try.

Little Steven

It is relatively bland. I usually hammer the cayenne to it

Carolina Q

Little Steven said:

I usually hammer the cayenne to it

You would do that to a bowl of Corn Flakes! Eh?  

Focker

Skiddymarker said:

@Focker - you know they have actual pills with all the nutrients you need or want rather than make your own organ meat Mike and Ikes...probably cheaper, not as much fun, but cheaper.

Most nutrients need specific enzymes and substances to be properly absorbed.  These are naturally found in food, not in synthetics.  Several studies have shown that multivitamins may actually do more harm than good.  Vitamin D or Magnesium would be an exception due to its difficulty to find in food.

If Mike and Ike liver pills(they are cut to that size lol), keep me from taking the real pills I push at work, then I'm in.

GeorgeS

@GATraveller‌ +1 brother! Liver in my house belongs on the end of a hook drowning in water waiting to catch me a fish!

Little Steven

Any of you non believers ever try foie gras or boudin?

Foghorn

Little Steven said:

Any of you non believers ever try foie gras or boudin?

Not on purpose.

fishlessman

Little Steven said:

Any of you non believers ever try foie gras or boudin?

i can eat it the foie gras in a beef wellington, i can eat liverwust, i can eat boudin if its wrapped on a hard boiled egg and deep fried like a scotch egg, but no beef liver, but no chicken liver, and especially no beaver liver.......especially no beaver liver, absolutely disgusting, doesnt matter how long i chew it, its not going down the pipes

Eggcelsior

fishlessman said:

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Little Steven said:

Any of you non believers ever try foie gras or boudin?

i can eat it the foie gras in a beef wellington, i can eat liverwust, i can eat boudin if its wrapped on a hard boiled egg and deep fried like a scotch egg, but no beef liver, but no chicken liver, and especially no beaver liver.......especially no beaver liver, absolutely disgusting, doesnt matter how long i chew it, its not going down the pipes


And you expect her to like your sausage? Hrmph!

Little Steven

I can't imagine eating beaver, in the biblical sense, at all. They are rodents.

nolaegghead

Little Steven said:

I can't imagine eating beaver, in the biblical sense, at all. They are rodents.

So are rabbits.

Little Steven

I think most people don't like liver because it was served overcooked. Beef liver has a lot of strinky stuff but calves liver medium-rare is amazing.

Mattman3969

I like me some chicken livers ABT style

Focker

I will try this with beef liver, wrapped in bacon.  Might have to stuff a hab with them to get over the liver.  Chuck Norris breath mints. >:)

Mattman3969

Focker

You got the hamster wheel spinning bro.  Wonder if a pate to replace the cream cheese/cheese would work?

nolaegghead

Focker said:

You got the hamster wheel spinning bro.  Wonder if a pate to replace the cream cheese/cheese would work?

I can attest to that substitution working on crackers and crostini - replacing one fatty, creamy substance with another.  I think so.

Carolina Q

Focker said:

I will try this with beef liver, wrapped in bacon.  Might have to stuff a hab with them to get over the liver.  Chuck Norris breath mints. >:)

Suck it up, man. Calves is better than beef. Chicken is better than either. 

Focker

Organ meats are a new endeavor.  I can get grass fed beef liver.  In this book I am currently reading, the author recommends grass fed beef liver.  Going to reread that section when I am finished, look into this a little more.

Will definitely start searching for calves' liver.

Carolina Q

Focker said:

Organ meats are a new endeavor.  I can get grass fed beef liver.  In this book I am currently reading, the author recommends grass fed beef liver.  Going to reread that section when I am finished, look into this a little more.

Will definitely start searching for calves' liver.

My problem with liver is, cholesterol! There appear to be conflicting opinions as to the effect of dietary cholesterol, but at 170% of my daily max (for a lousy 100g serving of calves liver), I have it very rarely these days. Had some a few months ago. Guess I could do it again before long.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/lamb-veal-and-game-products/4672/2

Mattman3969

I also like chicken livers with Swamp Venom or Jamacian Firewalk I will cook them on a layer of foil at about 400*. I was made to eat beef liver as a kid and could never put enough ketchup on them to make tolerable. I have since figured out a lot of the things mom cooked that I didn't like I like now after I put my own twist to it.