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\piqued. Very high nutritional density, but these days everyone prefers lean muscle meat, and are put off by organ meats (sadly, myself included). People used t
by hyperpallium 7y ago
\piqued. Very high nutritional density, but these days everyone prefers lean muscle meat, and are put off by organ meats (sadly, myself included). People used to eat them routinely, e.g.: lambs fry, steak and kidney pie, lamb's brains, tripe (lungs), heart.
- dalbasal 7y agoTripe is stomach. Lung is not always consumed, but is sometimes. Scottish haggis and related scandi dishes are made from "the pluck" which means lungs, liver/fry and tongue.
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- leadingthenet 7y agoTripe isn't lung, but stomach. As an aside: if you ever visit the Balkans (including Hungary and Romania), definitely try Tripe Soup. It's a local delicacy and it's fantastic.
- ghaff 7y agoLiver in particular used to be something of a comfort food staple in at least parts of the US. I'd encourage people to use fresh veal liver if available rather than the frozen beef liver that may be in the back of a freezer in a supermarket somewhere. I also like veal kidneys and sweetbreads but rarely see them.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoOne way to try sweetbread is to see if your local Mexican market with a food court has "mollejas" tacos. Otherwise I have no idea how the average American will encounter it. Seems super old timey. I also love buying those large packs of chicken hearts and browning/carmelizing them in a pan.
- ghaff 7y agoEvery now and then you'll see them on a restaurant menu and you can sometimes get them from a butcher (although TBH they're probably more prep work than is worth it for me). But, yeah, pretty hard to come by.