/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12431425]

why are so many people disgusted by liver and other organs?

[Anonymous No.12431429]

>>12431425
They have tiny penis

[Anonymous No.12431454]

They are actual or are people raised by Baby Boomers who ate/were fed dino tendies, boxed mac and cheese, processed TV dinners, and hot dogs everyday for decades so have a comical disconnection from the food they eat and an immature palate as well as an inability to cook.

[Anonymous No.12431456]

>>12431425
>bum food
heh. pathetic. thread hidden.

[Anonymous No.12431465]

>>12431456
t. tastelet

[Anonymous No.12431519]

All the toxic harmful substances that you ingest is filtered out by the liver, now imagine you take out that disgusting filter(liver) and you EAT it. Change my mind.

[Anonymous No.12431528]

>>12431519
liver isn't a storage organ, moron

>>12431425
this >>12431454
i wish i could eat organs, i tried several times but it just tastes and feels bad. i wish my parents had forcefed me livers, hearts, bones and cartilege as a kid, i'm sure i'd be fine with it now.

liver sausage is fine for some reason, but it only has 10-20% liver in it

[Anonymous No.12431538]

>>12431454
That and liver tastes like shit.

[Anonymous No.12431581]

>>12431425
It's for adult palates, OP. It's mineraly, iron-y, metallic tasting, of blood, so it could appeal to rare meat lovers.

Calf's liver is more soft in flavor, and we kind of went to a moratorium on veal and the cruelty of killing baby animals, so I'm assuming that also affected the calf's liver supply.

I grew up in the 70s/80s, and liver and onions was always on the Morrison's/Picadilly menu where people could get it as part of a normal diner meal. There were going to be more ethnic diners that would serve it too. It was always a thing that people that dined out. I like liver n onions, but it must be really young and well cooked, very caramelized.

I'd MUCH rather have some Jewish Deli style chopped (chicken) liver spread on triscuits or a toasted everything bagel. I wish my Publix sold it where I live now...it was always available at Miami locations, but not here on the west coast. That hint of chopped egg and onions added a sweetness. But, sometimes at a Cracker Barrel or similar southern cooking restaurant, I'll get fried chicken livers for their delicious deep fried well done nature. They're fussy to do at home, a bit of work to cook evenly because one lobe is so much smaller than the other side, plus the connective tissue to snip away (and soaking if you do that step). I pretty much just saute them for the dog's dinner garnish, if I'm retrieving them from the whole bird.
If I'm outright buying a pound of chicken livers, I'm chopping or pulsing them in the food processor for going into a big batch of dirty rice, which is a nice side dish for when you're grilling or smoking. That little bit of liver funk makes a craveable dish. It's far better than that Popeye's version that omits the liver.

[Anonymous No.12431591]

You need to learn to like some foods.
If you're not used to it liver reminds you of a wound in your mouth rather than food.

[Anonymous No.12431593]

>>12431581
I wouldn't say it's for adult palates,it was and probably still is a cheap piece of meat that the masses could afford.

[Anonymous No.12431608]

A lot of organ meat, especially from mammals, take prepreparation and some cooking skill, plus if you have kids they'll probably not like it as much as bland meat, so for working and busy boomers chicken breast and pork chops is just an easier choice. Hence the children of boomers mostly never got used to it.

[Anonymous No.12431609]

I eat lamb liver from time to time, very nice

[Anonymous No.12431725]

>>12431519
You just made yourself look an idiot with your own post

>all the toxic harmful substances that you ingest is filtered out
>filtered out

The liver filters them out of the body, it doesn't store them. Unless the animal you got the liver from was being fed toxic substances a few hours before it was slaughtered then there is no toxic substances in the liver, and since cows and lamb and shit are mostly eating grass and corn their livers barely filter anything toxic. Its not like a human liver that gets put through the ringer with alcohol, drugs, chemicals in food and fuck knows what else.

[Anonymous No.12431734]

>>12431519
The skin protects animals from disease now imagine you take that disgusting shield (skin) and you EAT it. Change my mind

[Anonymous No.12431774]

Dude, this is good for us that enjoy liver. If hipsters find about the true superfood that liver is, prices will go up (just like with other things that 'lennials got they hands on).
But to answer your inquiry; people simply don't like the taste. The absolute majority is raised on disgusting pre-made food, store-bought crap, fast food. In addition, most people are of an ignorant nature and assume eating liver is somehow bad for you. Organ meats generally have a bad reputation is the west.
Funny thing is, whenever I am in the eastern part of the world (meaning slavic countries), organ meat has excellent reputation and most people are aware that liver is a superfood. Quite a fascinating turn of events and a strong constrast to the opinion of the west.

[Anonymous No.12431927]

>>12431725
if someone eats my liver does he die of alcohol poisoning

[Anonymous No.12431955]

Because it tastes offal.

[Anonymous No.12432011]

>>12431454

[Anonymous No.12432026]

Because they were raised by families that were (at the time) firmly entrenched in the "middle class" bougie living of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Organ meat was considered "poor people" food, and only muscle meats were popularized within that demographic. With the new generations, we are finally going to back to eating "whole animal" and again enjoying things like tongue, kidneys, liver, tripe, sweetbreads, etc. Also, personally, I don't like beef liver (I do like chicken and duck livers, though), and no matter how good the menudo or pho is, I just dislike the texture of tripe. That doesn't mean people shouldn't eat it, just that I personally don't care for it. I made some duck liver terrine with pistachios a while back which was delicious, I need to make it again.

[Anonymous No.12432040]

I like heart and liver but haven't tried the rest and wouldn't try brain.

[Anonymous No.12432044]

>>12432026
>duck liver terrine with pistachios
GIB

[Anonymous No.12432113]

>>12431955
gotem

[Anonymous No.12432267]

not liking liver is the sign of an NPC
>literally pretending to have never eatin your own scabs or sucked on a papercut

[Anonymous No.12432306]

>>12432267
dude my liver doesn't cover my body wtf

[Anonymous No.12432307]

>>12431425
At least here in America, organ meats were never really considered food by most people except for some minority ethnicities. Then during WWII there was a push to get people to eat them, so food could be rationed more efficiently. Kids hated the taste, and most people didn't know how to prepare it at home properly, because they never had before. So when the war and rationing ended, so did the brief flirtation with organ meats. Especially since most people could afford real meat more than before, and more often, what with postwar prosperity.

The kids who were grossed out by their mom's liver and onions grew up still thinking it was gross, and rarely if ever offered it to their own children, and by the time of Gen X it was practically unknown except as some disgusting thing old people sometimes ate, or weird shit that foreigners put in their mouths.

It's just an accident of history and culture.

[Anonymous No.12433004]

>>12431454
I don't think I could say it any better.

[Anonymous No.12433080]

>>12432307
Dude what? Until WWII most of america was rural and they ate every part of the animal that was edible. It's literally the opposite of your garbled fiction.

[Anonymous No.12433122]

I call these people “ghouls”. An absolutely disgusting breed of human.

[Anonymous No.12433134]

>>12431519
Bro fucking mollusks are an animal where its entire existence is being a filter and people still eat oysters, scallops, clams, and muscles all the time

[Anonymous No.12433141]

>>12433122
Lmao what the fuck is that

[Anonymous No.12433149]

>>12433122
>MOOOOOM!!!!!! I HATE LIVER!!!!
>*Demands fast food for his second meal in a row*
>But son it’s flavorful, tender and packed with nutrients! The doctor said you should watch how you eat as you’re reaching a VERY early onset for diabetes
>BUT MOM THATS GHOUL FOOD ITS GROSS AND SCARY!!!!

This is how you sound

[Anonymous No.12433194]

>>12431581
>of blood, so it could appeal to rare meat lovers
When I got to working in a professional, and horrifyingly diverse kitchen, coworkers were constantly getting permission to bring in stuff to cook there off-hours and knew I loved offal, dinguan, and there's a similar blood stew the Hmong make. The Filipino that worked the old stations started calling me a ghoul (aswang) because I'd even eat our course-ground short-rib burgers medium-rare.

I don't understand why people don't like the taste.

[Anonymous No.12433252]

more for me then

[Anonymous No.12433261]

I don't even mind liver's taste but every time I've made it it's just so grainy and chewy I literally can't swallow it. It's like a mouthful of rubbery aquarium gravel.
>you've just got to cook it right bro
I've tried everything from coating and frying it to lightly searing it.

[Anonymous No.12433283]

>>12433261
What liver did you use? Because if it's chicken, veal or lamb it's difficult to get it that chewy unless you seriously overcook it.

[Anonymous No.12433288]

>>12431425
mass coop chickens are fed bullshit hormones that fuck the livers up and make them taste awful.

my parents raise a small flock of chickens and the liver-kidney pie my mom makes is sublime. I often crave this shit and want to make it for myself, but it's hard to transport frozen liver across multiple states and city supermarket liver is just trash, I even went to some gay 'organic' place where the chickens were 'responsibly raised' and it was the same shit that just cost 3x more.

[Anonymous No.12433314]

>>12431425
Tastes too strong for me, tastes like the essence of the animals being

[Anonymous No.12435244]

>>12433261
>>12433283
Yes what kind of livers are getting so chewy? You can get a little sear on some chicken liver then simmer them in broth and they'll get very soft.

[Anonymous No.12435296]

>>12431425
Because it smells and tastes revolting.
Bone and gristle and shit like that makes fantastic stock but no matter what you do with liver, heart, kidney etc. it always smells and tastes like absolute fucking arseholes... even steak and kidney pie stinks like a toilet.

[Anonymous No.12435356]

Factory farming and the post-WW2 economic boom made the more prestigious cuts of meat affordable for the average American so eating offal fell out of favor.

[Anonymous No.12435407]

>>12431454
Unironically this. I cooked some liver because it was cheap and to trigger my parents and it actually turned out pretty breddy gud.

[Anonymous No.12435414]

>>12431425
I don't care as long as enough people hate it for it to be cheap and enough people like it for it to stay on the market.

[Anonymous No.12435416]

>>12431425
I never tried liver until I was an adult. 24, specifically. By the time it was offered to me, my palate had matured to the point where I really liked savory food, and I had become really enthusiastic about eating meat, and I knew, intellectually, that organ meat like liver and kidneys was prized by true carnivores like wolves. So I went into my first plate of liver and onions with nothing but good expectations, and was able to appreciate it. I love me some fucking liver.

If you had presented me offal when I was a kid, though, I probably would have rejected it.

[Anonymous No.12435492]

>>12433080
Although you are correct that most of America was rural, you are wrong to suggest that they ate every part of the animal that was edible. Cultural norms are a powerful thing. Organ meats were not culturally identified as something you'd feed to people. There were certainly exceptions, such as chitterlings in the South, but they were definitely exceptions.

The real exception is sausages, which always were, and to this day still are, an acceptable means of consuming organ meats. I privately surmise that it's because people don't actually know what's in there, and if you told them it was liver and kidney's they'd reject it, because culturally those aren't seen as food.

This isn't garbled fiction. It's a fairly well-studied phenomenon. Look it up.

[Anonymous No.12435505]

>>12431581
>so it could appeal to rare meat lovers
I hate meat that's not cooked through and I love liver.

[Anonymous No.12435574]

How's the taste of Liver Sausage to good ole' regular Liver? I love liver sausage but never had legit animal Liver.

[Anonymous No.12435878]

>>12431425
We progressed out of the stone age a long time ago. We no longer need to consume every last part of the animal to avoid starvation. There's nothing to be gained by eating the nasty bits anymore.

[Anonymous No.12435955]

Offal foods I like

>Faggots - made with liver, lung and heart
>Steak & Kidney pie - best pie
>Liver pate - great on crackers with cucumber slices
>Black pudding - Full English best friend

[Anonymous No.12435961]

>>12435878
Most people are vitamin deficient, so they would gain plenty from eating offal.

[Anonymous No.12435965]

>>12435878
Nothing to be gained except for the fact you can get all your vitamins from organ meats.

[Anonymous No.12435973]

>>12435961
>>12435965
Myth and a cope. Modern denizens of the first world are so far from vitamin deficient it's not funny.

[Anonymous No.12435980]

It's an acquired taste. Liver is noticeably bitter and has a texture completely unlike normal meat, more resembling tofu. Personally, I like it a lot, but I'm completely unsurprised there are people who hate it.

[Anonymous No.12435994]

>>12435492
Too bad those exceptions extend to pretty much the entirety of the animal.

[Anonymous No.12436004]

>>12435416
I'm a wolf
>awoooooooooooooooo!

[Anonymous No.12436010]

>>12436004
My brother is a furry. Sating his lust has to be the worst fuck I've ever had. It was honestly pathetic.

[Anonymous No.12436011]

organ meat is best meat. I hope the majority of people keep hating it so it stays cheap.

[Anonymous No.12436015]

>>12431519
change your mind on what you haven't stated a position

[Anonymous No.12436019]

>>12436015
So you admit that homosexuality is a sin. Thankyou.

[Anonymous No.12436021]

>>12435878
Literally the dumbest post ever. Gains from eating organs:

- less muscle meat is needed, because the meat supply per animal is bigger
- growing cows naturally becomes cheaper
- there is more incentive to produce higher quality meat (less feeding them antibiotics, out if fear that we will ingest them via offals)
- people would reach their daily micronutrients much easier and need to eat less shit

[Anonymous No.12436062]

>>12431927
No, he'll probably die from your hepatitis.