/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16785556
My Nonna ate liver and onion twice a week and lived to 92

>>16787152
Absolutely based, though what OP posted is a kidney. Where do you get kidneys? I only ever see liver.

how do I get over offal aversion? I eat lots of stuff, but get grossed out by offal.

Whoa, that's one fucked up raspberry.

>>16787600
The taller the animal, the stronger the taste. So start with chicken livers, put bacon in pan and soften some onion and garlic in it's fat. Add some butter and livers and stir-fry for 1-2 mins, until they're crisp, but still pink in the middle - cut 1 in halve to check. Remove livers when done, add some wine/sherry and some capers to pan, simmer for a bit while scraping bits from the bottom, add livers, done. Eat with toast. Or look for an other stir-fry/grill recipe that appeals to you.

Yeah. No. It isn't.

>>16787351

>>16787754
>kek
>>16787731
not bad advice but I'd also add you should soak them in milk for 30 mins to an hour (can do more) to reduce the liver flavor

>>16785556
No, it isn’t. It is literally immediate gag reflex disgusting

>>16787600
>brine overnight (vinegar, salt, buttermilk, or just plain water is better than nothing)
>blanch in salted water
>saute for flavor (I like butter with onions, garlic, herbs, and spices)
As opposed to skeletal muscles, you don't want to 'seal in the juices' as those juices are urine and blood.

>>16785556
The other day I realized I had never had liver before, so I got some while out for dinner. Loved the first bite, and realized how much I had been missing out. Didn't care for the second piece as much, and the third piece genuinely almost made me throw up, worse than any food has in years. Seriously, what the fuck? The taste was the same, but the more I ate it the more it made me want to fucking spew my insides all over the table. Is this a common reaction to liver or something?

>>16788424
That's not liver.

>>16788432
definitely was, chicken liver to be precise. looked up some images now to make sure I wasn't being stupid and that's definitely what I ate.

>>16785556
is this a bunch of meat grapes?

>>16785556
there is at least one of these inside you right now

>>16788424
I have this exact same problem with Unagi. I'll order some sushi or an unagidon and the first bite I'll almost cum. By the third bite I'm overwhelmed and disgusted and won't want to touch it for months. I just assume it's like this if you have a somewhat sensitive palette or because stuff like liver is too rich to eat much of it.
I would recommend trying cooking liver in with other stuff though. Made some cajun rice awhile back with some diced chicken liver mixed in, thickened it up and gave it a texture like I served it with gravy, was fantastic and didn't have any of the supreme richness and overwhelming flavour of liver.

They call it offal because it's awful.

>>16788424
I had a similar reaction. Started out just fine, but the more I ate the more revolting it became to me. Both the flavor and the texture. Rather disappointing, since it's so goddamn nutritious.

>>16788424
bec of the texture, liver is not something you can eat a lot of in one sitting like you would a steak
its best when its served as a part of a dish, and not the main course, even though its great.
Its why in eastern countries, in places that specialise in mixed meat noodle dishes, you can find options to only have tendons, intestines or stomach alone, but you'll never see places that will serve liver alone.
Liver is always served alongside the other parts.

>>16787600
start with chicken hearts. they have a lovely snappy texture.

>>16788424
>>16789702
Try canned cod liver. The stuff from Iceland is delicious and tastes nothing like beef or chicken liver. It's extremely soft, which feels kinda cool too. Likely not quite as nutritious, but still nutrient dense and great for you. Also a bit more convenient given that it's canned and stores easily for long periods of time.

>>16789870
imagine the gangrape when an unsuspecting white man walks in there.

>>16789892
>implying the snu snu isn't consentual
anon, I...

>>16789898
What the FUCK is that? thighs like a T-rex

>>16789905
An abomination. Here's a more reasonable transformation.

>>16789719
>Liver is always served alongside the other parts.
Plenty of yurop countries where it's served pretty much alone (with sides). It's just something you usually have to be used to since childhood.

ITT: tastelets

>>16790017
>t. malnourished