Re: Re:Kidneys was USDA Inspected

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Bee,

Likely for English dishes like steak and kidney pie. Dad used to tell

Mrs.Shaw laughing " Here you go Rose, boil the pee out of them. "

Wanita

From: " Bee " <beewilder@...>

> Dear Wanita,

> That's interesting that Mrs. Shaw got the kidneys. When I was

> growing up we ate most of the organs of pigs and cows, i.e. heart,

> kidneys, liver, etc. I have a funny story about pig kidneys - when I

> was about 14 years old my Dad said he had a craving for pig kidneys

> and got some for my mother to cook. He went out for awhile and when

> he returned the pig kidneys were happily cooking on the stove, but it

> stank like pee in the whole house. My Dad scrunched up his nose,

> looked into the pot cooking on the stove and without a word picked up

> the pot and put it outside. That was the end of cooking pig kidneys

> in our house. Mother knew that they should be soaked for some time

> in salt water but Dad had been in a hurry so I guess to save time she

> had eliminated that step. LOL!