Winner, Winner Liver Dinner

[2lumpy]

Sorry, I ate it all.

 

[ridgetops]

What's that in the upper right hand corner of the pan? It looks like a butthole.

 

[sticksender]

Might be a piece of heart thrown in there.

 

[2lumpy]

What's that in the upper right hand corner of the pan? It looks like a butthole.

It is, good eye ridge. I fry them up out of respect. It represents mule deer management in the west.

 

[mata]

It looks good, but now all I can see is the butt hole!

 

[2lumpy]

It looks good, but now all I can see is the butt hole!

Thanks mata, that means a lot to me. It means my message is resonating.

 

[DeerHunter53]

Ahhh liver and onions after the kill, fresh. Doesn't get any better than that Lumpy
Always a favorite in my Dads camp lots of onions

 

[2lumpy]

Ahhh liver and onions after the kill, fresh. Doesn't get any better than that Lumpy
Always a favorite in my Dads camp lots of onions

Your Dad was a wise man 53. An old time outfitter from Callbran, Colorado had me add sautéed mushrooms to the mix. I must say, since then the mushrooms have never hurt a near perfect meal.

 

[Trix4me]

Ahhh liver and onions after the kill, fresh. Doesn't get any better than that Lumpy
Always a favorite in my Dads camp lots of onions

I liked to fry up some bacon then cook the liver, onions and mushrooms in the grease. The non liver eaters were ticked cause I was wasting bacon

 

[2lumpy]

Every thing’s better with bacon. You still save bacon grease Trix4you.

 

[2lumpy]

Had a friend and his wife over for dinner tonight. His wife and I eat liver, with onions and mushrooms, I barbecued fillet for my wife and ribeye for her husband. Everyone was happy happy happy.

 

[DeerHunter53]

Your Dad was a wise man 53. An old time outfitter from Callbran, Colorado had me add sautéed mushrooms to the mix. I must say, since then the mushrooms have never hurt a near perfect meal.

The mushroom part I haven't done but nothing tastes better in deer camp than fresh liver and onions. Also means someone got lucky

 

[DeerHunter53]

Had a friend and his wife over for dinner tonight. His wife and I eat liver, with onions and mushrooms, I barbecued fillet for my wife and ribeye for her husband. Everyone was happy happy happy.

Definitely an acquired taste those who eat liver and onions probably ate it from an early age like me

 

[eelgrass]

Don't ask me why but ever since I was a kid we've always sliced up the liver and soaked it overnight in milk. Even the old timers at the hunting club did it.

 

[sourkraut]

One of my favorite meals! Can't understand the soaking in milk

 

[2lumpy]

Don't ask me why but ever since I was a kid we've always sliced up the liver and soaked it overnight in milk. Even the old timers at the hunting club did it.

One of my favorite meals! Can't understand the soaking in milk

It removes some of the strong taste. The milk draws the blood out of the liver. Salt water will as well……. So….. if one is good, two must be better. I do both but I use cultured butter milk if there is any available.

I have used milk on version, elk, deer, moose and caribou. Soak it over night in the fridge.

 

[elkantlers]

I soak liver in Milk also. I know it pulls out blood because the milk looks like strawberry milk when I dump it out.

 

[Trix4me]

On several occasions (years ago) I ordered liver at Lamb’s Cafe in downtown SLC. Several people in our group made some serious groans and grimaces.

 

[2lumpy]

On several occasions (years ago) I ordered liver at Lamb’s Cafe in downtown SLC. Several people in our group made some serious groans and grimaces.

You know you done good then.

I used to order liver at cafe/restaurants quite often but as its popularity faded away, I started to notice a change in quality/taste. (Old liver don’t sound very appetizing.) Then I got sick after eating a cafe liver dinner and that finished my eating liver except at my home or someone else’s, that I trust. Also, I only eat deer liver now. If I could get it year round eat it once a week. As a substitute I now eat McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, with extra onions.

 

[eelgrass]

Beef liver and onions was a staple at our house when I was a kid. I suspect it was because it was inexpensive. We ate a lot of hamburger too but I don't remember ever eating a steak. A beef roast on special occasions. We ate chicken livers and gizzards too. My mom loved both. My dad used to say "we're just trying to keep you alive, not fatten you up."

 

[2lumpy]

Beef liver and onions was a staple at our house when I was a kid. I suspect it was because it was inexpensive. We ate a lot of hamburger too but I don't remember ever eating a steak. A beef roast on special occasions. We ate chicken livers and gizzards too. My mom loved both. My dad used to say "we're just trying to keep you alive, not fatten you up."

It was a different time then eel. I suspect your, parents, like mine were young marrieds in the 1930’s, they knew what lean times were and how to survive.

I don’t care for chicken liver, it’s too crumbly and dry for me, but gizzards and chicken hearts are a delight. Lov’em, Flying J gas stations used to have them on their hot food counter but after Pilot bought them out, the whole company went to crap!

 

[eelgrass]

It was a different time then eel. I suspect your, parents, like mine were young marrieds in the 1930’s, they knew what lean times were and how to survive.

I don’t care for chicken liver, it’s too crumbly and dry for me, but gizzards and chicken hearts are a delight. Lov’em, Flying J gas stations used to have them on their hot food counter but after Pilot bought them out, the whole company went to crap!

My brother 2lumpy! We would have been best buds back in the day.

 

[2lumpy]

My brother 2lumpy! We would have been best buds back in the day.

A greater power knew better eel… really!!

 

[eelgrass]

It was a different time then eel. I suspect your, parents, like mine were young marrieds in the 1930’s, they knew what lean times were and how to survive.

Yep, my mom came to California from Kansas during the depression and my dad came from Oklahoma during the same time frame. They met in the little town of Hilmar, CA. They got married right after WWII.

 

[2lumpy]

Here’s a couple of different old time food that all the folk that I grew up with ate in the fall and winter. Do you recognize them from these photos?

Both had rather unappetizing names but it never seem to bother anybody but us kids.

 

[DeerHunter53]

Here’s a couple of different old time food that all the folk that I grew up with ate in the fall and winter. Do you recognize them from these photos?

Both had rather unappetizing names but it never seem to bother anybody but us kids.

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The bottom one is liver loaf all the inerds cooked together not sure on the top one. how bout you Eel

 

[mata]

Here’s a couple of different old time food that all the folk that I grew up with ate in the fall and winter. Do you recognize them from these photos?

Both had rather unappetizing names but it never seem to bother anybody but us kids.

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What is the top picture? Looks good!

 

[Trix4me]

Ever had head cheese?

 

[2lumpy]

Ever had head cheese?

That was a good try 53, it does look
a lot like a liver spread in the photo. Some folks made it out of bigger chunks of meat but my Dad ground it pretty fine.

Good eye Trix4U! The picture is hog headcheese. Not a common food item now but it was back in the 1950/60, with the farm families.

Any idea what the top item is, it’s a little tricky because the name is a bit deceiving now days. We’ve generally changed some of the ingredients but left the name the same as it was back in 14th century England.

Here is another one I have not seen or eaten in decades. They used to sell this in every meat market, grocery store back in the 1950/1960 too.

Sorry. It’s not a horse penis!

 

[HORNhunter7]

That was a good try 53, it does look
a lot like a liver spread in the photo. Some folks made it out of bigger chunks of meat but my Dad ground it pretty fine.

Good eye Trix4U! The picture is hog headcheese. Not a common food item now but it was back in the 1950/60, with the farm families.

Any idea what the top item is, it’s a little tricky because the name is a bit deceiving now days. We’ve generally changed some of the ingredients but left the name the same as it was back in 14th century England.

Here is another one I have not seen or eaten in decades. They used to sell this in every meat market, grocery store back in the 1950/1960 too.

Sorry. It’s not a horse penis! View attachment 162146

Some type of offal.

 

[gburk]

Dat be a beef tongue
Shape of bottom piece gives it away
My dad used to bring those home on occasion, mom never approved. He was on his own for preparation. At the time I was fairly indifferent.

 

[2lumpy]

Dat be a beef tongue
Shape of bottom piece gives it away
My dad used to bring those home on occasion, mom never approved. He was on his own for preparation. At the time I was fairly indifferent.

You’re right gburk. It was sandwich meat every time we butchered a steer/cow. Haven’t even seen one in over 60 years. I’m sure, sometime, somewhere there are folks still chowing down on them.

 

[2lumpy]

So I can’t get any takers on what this is.

It’s mincemeat. A Christmas Holiday treat my folks used to make every year. I never asked and they never said………. so I just assumed it was made with meat. Wrong, I learned long after they stopped making it that there was no meat in it. Here are the ingredients.

Ingredients​

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 large green apple, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 ¼ cups sultana raisins
• 1 ⅛ cups white sugar
• ½ cup dried currants
• ½ cup raisins
• ½ cup butter
  Private Selection™ Salted French Butter
  
  
• ½ cup chopped almonds
• 1 ½ tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1 cup brandy

 

[notdonhunting]

My wife grandmother would make mincemeat pie, but she would used deer neck meat and only deer neck meet, no substitution.
It was pretty good but kind of weird eating a desert pie that had meat.