General Food Talk

[Mariner]

I need to become repulsed by chocolate and potatoes (in all forms)

So do I. So do I. And, damn, for some reason I now have chocolate covered pretzels dancing in my head.

[tbamom]

So do I. So do I. And, damn, for some reason I now have chocolate covered pretzels dancing in my head.

OH yes! I made a batch of them with jumbo pretzel rods and melted Lindt chocolate (they sell couverture here for baking) and then I rolled them in various toppings. I may need to have my jaw wired shut.

[Ellen]

Liver. Ugghh. I never liked it, and when I learned about liver function in junior-high science, I tried to explain it to my mom. Um, yeah, like that was gonna work.

Years later I had a college roommate who loved liver. Ugghh. When she cooked liver, you could smell the stench in the downstairs entry hall. I'd walk into the apartment and ask, "Whom are you cooking?" (That didn't work, either...)

[Critical]

I've always prided myself on being an adventurous eater, but organ meats are a line I really won't cross. I've eaten liver before, but that's it. I just can't do it. I know it's "in" right now with cuisine for restaurants to use the cuts that no one used to eat. I've seen more than one restaurant have marrow on the menu. No thanks.

Actually, I will eat liverwurst, but not cooked liver. I'm not sure why there's a difference for me, but there is. I don't have liverwurst much though because it's so high in fat and calories. I can hardly enjoy it because I'm doing the math in my head.

[nennie]

I love liverwurst. Like you it is so high in fat and calories I don't eat it often.

[AJane]

I went through a brief liver-and-onions phase some years back, but it's just not appetizing to me any more. I really like any kind of pate, though. I don't buy it, but if it's being served (I was at a brunch buffet at a high-end hotel a few weeks ago - some of the most delicious food I've ever had, the eggs Benedict with smoked salmon was to die for ) I'll have it.

[prhoshay]

I do like liverwurst, but don't have it very often. I do like pate, but seldom get it, and don't work hard at trying to get it. While the liver and onions smell good while it's cooking, the only thing I like about that stuff is the onions. I've noticed that a lot of my "country" friends like the liver AND onions. I don't get the impression that my mother cooked liver, hardly, at all since I didn't have to do the "cry-in-misery-and-protest" when it was served, thank goodness. You know how we ALL tried to cook and get our children to eat what we were told was GOOD for them.

Had to really fight my Catholic mother on the white fish issue, though. She almost killed me trying to insist that I eat it.....and I had anaphylaxis issues with it, and kept going to the restroom to spit it out. And she finally gave up on trying to make me drink the white milk, because I just COULDN'T! Nestle's Quik changed that just a little, but not much. Disgusting, vile white liquid!!! To this day, I cannot understand how people can stand that taste....my sister being one of them.

[tbamom]

I do like liverwurst, but don't have it very often. I do like pate, but seldom get it, and don't work hard at trying to get it. While the liver and onions smell good while it's cooking, the only thing I like about that stuff is the onions. I've noticed that a lot of my "country" friends like the liver AND onions. I don't get the impression that my mother cooked liver, hardly, at all since I didn't have to do the "cry-in-misery-and-protest" when it was served, thank goodness. You know how we ALL tried to cook and get our children to eat what we were told was GOOD for them.

Had to really fight my Catholic mother on the white fish issue, though. She almost killed me trying to insist that I eat it.....and I had anaphylaxis issues with it, and kept going to the restroom to spit it out. And she finally gave up on trying to make me drink the white milk, because I just COULDN'T! Nestle's Quik changed that just a little, but not much. Disgusting, vile white liquid!!! To this day, I cannot understand how people can stand that taste....my sister being one of them.

My biggest childhood nightmare was going to a friend's house for lunch and being served a tuna sandwich and glass of milk. I don't do tuna and don't drink milk so it wasn't fun trying to eat a bite and chase it with a mouthful of milk.

[TripleGemini]

I've always prided myself on being an adventurous eater, but organ meats are a line I really won't cross. I've eaten liver before, but that's it. I just can't do it. I know it's "in" right now with cuisine for restaurants to use the cuts that no one used to eat. I've seen more than one restaurant have marrow on the menu. No thanks.

Actually, marrow (prepared correctly) is really good. You eat it with toast and a little bit of salt (sea salt is best, but anything but table salt should be OK). Yum :-)

Thanks to chefs like Chris Cosentino, more people are eating offal. But I draw the line at brains, tongue, and sweetbreads. And probably other stuff that I haven't run into.

[tbamom]

Actually, marrow (prepared correctly) is really good. You eat it with toast and a little bit of salt (sea salt is best, but anything but table salt should be OK). Yum :-)

Thanks to chefs like Chris Cosentino, more people are eating offal. But I draw the line at brains, tongue, and sweetbreads. And probably other stuff that I haven't run into.

I went to a blind tasting at a local restaurant and sweetbreads was one of the courses. I just made bites with my veggies and they tasted nice. I just had to close my brain off. My son bought himself an offal cookbook and he makes tripe very often. The thing with these trendy meats is that once people jump on the band wagon they aren't inexpensive anymore and people who were eating them because they could afford it no longer can. When I was first married chicken wings and thighs were so cheap and now they are almost as expensive as breasts.