I’m too drained in the mean time to think about a unique immediate or to work on an present draft however… offal is nice. I like it personally rather a lot and I get pleasure from cooking with it.

But individuals round me dislike it, weirdly sufficient, and a few even referred to it as “dog food”. So, liver, hearts and different organs… pet food? What the fuck?

It appears a bit wasteful, for my part, particularly as offal’s fairly wholesome and it had a singular style to it that isn’t fairly like “meat” or anything I’ve had prior to now.

My household usually used to make hen hearts for dinner, paired with rice and veggies. When I went procuring, they had been out of hearts, so I went with liver as an alternative. Same factor principally – however it has a stronger style to it. I cooked it with garlic and onions till they had been practically “done”, then added recent bell peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes, in addition to tomato paste, herbs and spices. I like pairing it with rice however mashed potatoes or potatoes usually additionally work rather well.

Honestly, it’s nice. I’ve cooked with liver just a few instances since I moved out however every time I attempted one thing completely different. This time round it was extra like a ragout, I suppose. I as soon as stored it tremendous easy with liver and onions paired with potatoes. It’s nice both manner.

But once more, the style is sort of completely different.

And making this and listening to from some individuals (together with my flatmate) that they haven’t actually seen individuals eat offal is… attention-grabbing. Honestly, I used to be shocked that some individuals simply by no means cooked with it. At the identical time, there are nonetheless many issues I haven’t tried that might be just about “normal” in my dad and mom’ house nation. I imply, my grandfather would eat calf mind comparatively usually or cow tongue… and I wanna strive that sometime. I simply don’t actually know what would go along with it and the way I’d have to organize it, so gotta look that up someday.

This type of stuff is sort of intriguing to me since there are such a lot of peculiar issues that completely different cultures do. I’m undecided if this can be a cultural factor or not however right here in Germany, I’ve by no means seen individuals eat fish eyes or bone marrow earlier than – one thing that’s fairly regular in my household. Okay, my mom finds that gross however just about each different relative of mine has no points with that.

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