Chubbo
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At our home, liverwurst, and braunswager, was called, goose liver.
Beef Tongue
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I remember the same thing from when I was growing up.
Chubbo
Member
Brains?
It seems that I'm the only one who's' family used brains, as food source.
That's unfortunate, as brains are delicious, nutritious, and they come from a tidy source.
It seems that I'm the only one who's' family used brains, as food source.
That's unfortunate, as brains are delicious, nutritious, and they come from a tidy source.
Alton
Member
Two things I refused to eat where brains and eggs and blood sausage. My grandfather threw nothing away. My favorite was oxtail, sweet bread, calf heart made into a brown gravy. I tried to get the parts once to make it again and it would of cost me $50 for a small pot! Calf tongue was okay cold and in sandwiches. Liver and onions with mashed tators and corn was awesome. Like someone said what they charge for that stuff today you can have a ribeye.
I grew up in an English kitchen run by a woman who had lived through times of want and could make a meal out of butcher shop sweepings.
I ate black pudding/blood sausage often as a wee lad. I never became enamored over brains. Maybe I should have as they say we are what we eat.
I ate black pudding/blood sausage often as a wee lad. I never became enamored over brains. Maybe I should have as they say we are what we eat.
mckenney99
Member
I mentioned on another thread that I got up every morning for school at about the same time my dad was getting ready for work and my dad would have eggs and some kind of meat every weekday morning, ready for our breakfast. On his semi-annual trips back to his birth area in western KY he would pick up a case of tins of Armour Pig Brains to mix in with the scrambled eggs, (our local grocer could not get them from his suppliers). We didn't eat them often because he had to stretch out his stash to last until the next trip to KY. I remember them being salty and the taste/texture might put some people off but I didn't know any better, so I ate them and enjoyed them and the time I got to spend with my dad.
carpriver
US Veteran
I grew up eating beef tongue, beef heart, ox tail soup. liver, a poor family will make due with what the have or can get cheap. we also ate every thing on the hog except the squeal.
This flapjack is still on the griddle? Soak it in Italian dressing, wrap it in bacon and grill it . . .
My only experience eating cow tongue was a ration from the Belgian Army. My unit D 1/48inf was attached to them during Reforger in the early 80's. The rations were ok but the best part was the fresh bread and butter from the mobile bakeries they had.
Chubbo
Member
Frugal Food
Alton;
It seems as though we have many things in common.
We are electricians. We eat, and reject many of the same foods, and must have attended different schools together, basically the schools of hard knocks.
A few of the things that I refuse to eat, and some that weren’t mentioned are, blood Puddin', lungs / lights, chitlins, mountain oysters, and souse.
Souse, I consider the worse, of the lot, and deserves an explanation.
Souse contains absolutely every part of an animal but their hair, hooves, and feces.
I seriously doubt if buzzards, and vultures would eat souse.
Alton;
It seems as though we have many things in common.
We are electricians. We eat, and reject many of the same foods, and must have attended different schools together, basically the schools of hard knocks.
A few of the things that I refuse to eat, and some that weren’t mentioned are, blood Puddin', lungs / lights, chitlins, mountain oysters, and souse.
Souse, I consider the worse, of the lot, and deserves an explanation.
Souse contains absolutely every part of an animal but their hair, hooves, and feces.
I seriously doubt if buzzards, and vultures would eat souse.
CPTCUFFS
Member
Best for me is pickled tongue on saltines. Had a woman I worked with brought me Lengua Estofado, It was really good too.
Head cheese tastes better with the lights out.
Chubbo
Member
Rusty;
You have reminded me of another name, that I've heard, used for souse.
Thanks old friend, but I must, respectfully, turn down, souse or head cheese, whether the lights are off or on.
Why would you want to eat something a cow had in it's mouth?
I'll take two eggs please.
I'll take two eggs please.
Never tried tongue - always wondered are you tasting it or is it tasting you?
I'd try it if I got the chance. No way my wife is going to cook one though.
Love liver & onions with bacon. Unfortunately she won't cook that either. I like braunschweiger sandwiches - just the way Rusty suggested.
Never tried blood sausage, not sure I would even if given the chance.
Used to have brains & eggs once in a while. It was ok, but nothing I'd go out of my way for.
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It's just another muscle group. The one time I had it, it was smoked, cooked somehow and sliced very thin as cold cuts. GREAT sandwiches.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Growing up with the old family members from the old country nothing goes to waste. We ate everything if we didn’t we didn’t eat. Tripe in tomato sauce, first boiled in water then simmered in sauce. Yummy.
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S&W-Keeper
Member
Tongue
I always try to eat further back on the pig.We had a restaurant near here a few years back that offered pig ear sandwiches.I also turned them down.
I always try to eat further back on the pig.We had a restaurant near here a few years back that offered pig ear sandwiches.I also turned them down.
