Eww.
I think I'd rather eat a Domino's death disk
Or even haggis!
I've had duck a l'orange but it didnt do much for me one way or another, but that thing with the squeezed guts looks totally repellent
Cassoulet is ok. I dont mind beans.
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I cant eat run-of-the-mill sausages in the UK, but as part of a dish like cassoulet (especially if its prepared in France) then its not a problem. The French tend to be a little fussier about the mystery meat they use in their sausages
Liver is popular in the UK, usually lamb or chicken liver, but not in my house
Tripe was very popular when I was growing up, mainly because money was very tight back then in the UK (even more so than now) but Im not sure many people still eat it. Tongue is popular in sandwiches, kidneys in pies (steak and kidney pie, or steak and kidney pudding). I know butchers also sell heart and brain, but I dont know from which animal, or how/why people would use them.
Barf.
I've never eaten any type of offal, with the exception of tongue. I did eat that once, and it wasnt too bad.
p.s. Liver here is usually eaten with bacon and onions, and mashed potatoes.
Tripe was very popular when I was growing up, mainly because money was very tight back then in the UK (even more so than now) but Im not sure many people still eat it. Tongue is popular in sandwiches, kidneys in pies (steak and kidney pie, or steak and kidney pudding). I know butchers also sell heart and brain, but I dont know from which animal, or how/why people would use them.
Okay, understand--there are bad sausages in a lot of places, it's not just ground meat, it's an culinary art in and of itself. Tongue is great, but hard to find. I've found steak and kidney pie good--in the country not in London town, but heavy. Heart is difficult to find and harder to find well prepared, a rare treat. But when PMS migrated from women to cows as Mad Cow Disease they stopped selling brains here, major loss. Brains and eggs were a great breakfast dish. Then there's horsemeat--I've never had the opportunity to try it.
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I get queasy drinking milk, so all that tongue stuff just makes me want to upchuck.
Eww.
When my uncle came to visit us once, back in the 80s, he managed to find some beef kidneys in the supermarket. I didn't even know that US supermarkets sold them. My mother cooked some for him and the whole house smelled like urine. After two or three days of that, she put her foot down and told him she'd cook him anything else he wanted for breakfast.
Eww.
The big problem with kidneys (apart from the fact they're revolting) is that they 'pop' when they're being cooked, and that popping releases that pi5sy smell into the atmosphere
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My father liked to eat kippers for breakfast a lot. They also make the place stink but thankfully not as badly as kidneys. He also liked things like Kedgeree. Eww.
Im quite happy with an apple for breakfast, or if I'm really being lavish, a bowl of cereal.
Tongue is an odd thing to eat. Seems like it's tasting me as I'm tasting it!
Eww. Well Im fussy about meat, but Im definitely fussy about the tongue I allow in my mouth
Eww.
And how anyone can eat Tripe is totally beyond me. Its like eating an office carpet.
When my uncle came to visit us once, back in the 80s, he managed to find some beef kidneys in the supermarket. I didn't even know that US supermarkets sold them. My mother cooked some for him and the whole house smelled like urine. After two or three days of that, she put her foot down and told him she'd cook him anything else he wanted for breakfast.
Beef kidneys are really strong in flavor but not like that. Those sound like they had gone off--and the market probably didn't sell enough of them to get truly fresh ones. Calf and lamb kidneys, again if you can get them very fresh, are much more mildly flavored and are good with a mustard based sauce. If the kidneys smell like urine in the pan they shouldn't be eaten--they have gone off. All food depends on quality and freshness first. And because it's not a tremendously popular item in contemporary America good quality in such variety items is hard to find. Because of the more European nature and tradition here it has been possible to get good quality--but it's harder all the time as the homogenized American tastes even intrude on this "island" of real food. Funny, franchises had a hard time starting here--people stuck to the traditional foods. Kentucky Fried Chicken's first outlet went bankrupt! They never got too popular but when a local cooked up spicy fried chicken--Popeye's it took off like gangbusters and is now available in many other parts of the country as a franchise. Popeye's is for us another name for fried chicken! Boudin, tasso, addouille, pickled pork or meat, okra, mirliton, chicory coffee etc. all local foods generally unavailable elsewhere but essential for local cooking. Just part of why it's such a unique place.
Is all of Louisiana like that or just NO? I've been to Shreveport and I dont remember it being quite so, err, 'cultured'
Tongue is an odd thing to eat. Seems like it's tasting me as I'm tasting it!
One of my favorite exchanges between Archie and Edith in All in The Family,
Edith, "Archie, you want a sandwich?"
Archie, "What kind?"
Edith, "Tongue, Archie."
Archie, "Edith, how many times I gotta tell you I ain't eatin' nothin' that comes out of no cow's mouth!"
Edith, "What kind of sandwich do you want then Archie?"
Archie, "How 'bout an egg salad sandwich!"