Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Del- >Can I add onions and should it be kinda pink when you say don't over >cook? What do I eat with it? If you're going to cook it, sure, you can have it with onions. Liver and onions, sometimes with bacon, is tradition. I'd say it should be more than sorta pink, though. Liver is a nutrient powerhouse; you don't want to cook the nutrition right out of it. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 You are talking rare, okay. I can do that. Give me a few days to work up to it. I will try both ways. I don't really need to eat much, just a few bites, right? Thanks, Del --- In , Idol <Idol@c...> wrote: > Del- > > >Can I add onions and should it be kinda pink when you say don't over > >cook? What do I eat with it? > > If you're going to cook it, sure, you can have it with onions. Liver and > onions, sometimes with bacon, is tradition. I'd say it should be more than > sorta pink, though. Liver is a nutrient powerhouse; you don't want to cook > the nutrition right out of it. > > > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Del- >I don't really need to eat much, just >a few bites, right? It all depends on what nutritional needs you have that aren't being met. But to start? Sure, start small. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 > Can I add onions and should it be kinda pink when you say don't over > cook? What do I eat with it? Del, I cook the onions first in bacon fat. Remove them, then quickly pan fry the liver in more fat. I cut my liver into small strips, say about 3 " long and less than 1/2 " wide. Psychologically that's easier for me than a big slab of liver! My current way is until it's almost all solidly pink. Once it turns brown, it has the stronger liver flavor. Seems when I do this, one or two pieces ends up raw in the middle and I eat them -- just have a tough time w/that still! I love a big serving of kale & butter and a pile of fermented carrots witht he meal. (Of course, I love kale and fermented carrots with any meal.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Liver is a healthy food but Suz was talking about all the garbage that the average liver must process through it, not about " liver " per se. Re-read her post. Nowadays with the pollutants and toxins in the environment, a liver has more garbage to (try to) filter out and conceivably some of that garbage is still in the liver when it's being eaten by you. Just because " people " have eaten something for centuries is no reason to eat it. Poor argument - no science behind that. (And how would we know for sure that people ate liver for centuries?) And how did anyone know centuries ago that internal organs were any more nutritious than anything else? on 8/19/2003 8:48 PM, paultheo2000 at paultheo2000@... wrote: > Well, liver is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Even > conservative sites like 'The world's healthiest foods' advocate it in > spite of it's 'bad' saturated fats. People have eaten raw liver for > centuries.... the internal organs of animals were prized for their > nutritious value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 I believe the popular wisdom is that toxins are stored in adipose. Organ meat is reportedly a good source of essential fats. There may be some toxins, but not likely any more than in other body parts. You might want to avoid eating the animal's appendix if they have one (isn't that what they put in hot dogs?). I'm not so sure that what people have eaten for centuries is good, but what people have eaten for millennia should be compatible with our digestion (I respect the power of evolution). I too find it mysterious how " scientists " can predict what our ancestors ate thousands of years ago. I suspect they cheat and observe more recent hunter-gatherer cultures, and then muck around with old chewed bones (ugh). Foods that people have eaten for centuries persist because all their relatives didn't die young from eating them... can't quite say that about Twinkies (yet). JR -----Original Message----- From: Francesca Skelton [mailto:fskelton@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [ ] liver Liver is a healthy food but Suz was talking about all the garbage that the average liver must process through it, not about " liver " per se. Re-read her post. Nowadays with the pollutants and toxins in the environment, a liver has more garbage to (try to) filter out and conceivably some of that garbage is still in the liver when it's being eaten by you. Just because " people " have eaten something for centuries is no reason to eat it. Poor argument - no science behind that. (And how would we know for sure that people ate liver for centuries?) And how did anyone know centuries ago that internal organs were any more nutritious than anything else? on 8/19/2003 8:48 PM, paultheo2000 at paultheo2000@... wrote: > Well, liver is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Even > conservative sites like 'The world's healthiest foods' advocate it in > spite of it's 'bad' saturated fats. People have eaten raw liver for > centuries.... the internal organs of animals were prized for their > nutritious value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > Liver is a healthy food but Suz was talking about all the garbage that the > average liver must process through it, not about " liver " per se. Re-read > her post. Nowadays with the pollutants and toxins in the environment, a > liver has more garbage to (try to) filter out and conceivably some of that > garbage is still in the liver when it's being eaten by you. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ that's why so many of the people wise enough to eat liver are also wise enough to seek organic, pasture-fed sources. partially as an educational opportunity, i attended the slaughter of two cows recently at a local organic family farm where the cows ate 100% grass and lived clean, healthy, and peaceful lives, and i can attest to the radiant health of the cows as i witnessed the removal of various innards and things. they were clean and healthy enough to invite snacking right then and there, without any " sanitary " procedures, although unfortunately the process was too rapid to allow for that. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > Just because " people " have eaten something for centuries is no reason to eat > it. Poor argument - no science behind that. @@@@@@@@@@@@ the argument takes shape when the people who have eaten something for centuries also enjoy vibrant health and immunity from degenerative diseases for centuries. sounds pretty scientific to these ears. @@@@@@@@@@@@@ (And how would we know for > sure that people ate liver for centuries?) And how did anyone know > centuries ago that internal organs were any more nutritious than anything > else? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ um, like, how did anyone know centuries ago that various herbs were more nutritious than anything else? how did anyone know centuries ago that eating fatty meat was more nutritious than lean meat? how did anyone know centuries ago that certain plants grow better on certain kinds of soil? how did anyone know anything centuries ago? maybe they had, like... genetically identical nervous systems as us?!?! maybe they were capable of (gasp!) THOUGHT and EXPERIENCE. nah, that's too far-fetched. mike parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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