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My father made a wonderful tongue & beans soup; must have been 45 years ago. Little brother and friend come home, I tell them, "You've got to try Dad's soup!" T
by jakzurr 4y ago
My father made a wonderful tongue & beans soup; must have been 45 years ago. Little brother and friend come home, I tell them, "You've got to try Dad's soup!" They both raved about it, until I mentioned the meat was cow tongue. Years later I was still catching flack about that little incident. But he'd grown up on a farm and meat was meat; I thought it tasted great.
- ljf 4y agoRight until the 90s in the UK you could get ox tongue in the deli of nearly all major supermarkets here (nicely sliced) - I loved it long before I realised what it was. I grew up on a very small farm, but I'm sure many non farm folk were eating it back then too.
- groffee 4y agoWhy do we balk at tongue (and brains, eyes, squishy bits etc) but not actual cuts? Food is food.
- samatman 4y agoI don't balk at tongue (last ate it grilled at table) but you won't catch me eating brain. I have a deep horror of prion disease that precludes developing an appetite for nerve tissue.
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoLengua tacos are delicious! But I once tried pig's ear at a korean street food cart. It felt like chewing on an ear. I still wish I had never tried it.
- dieselgate 4y agoOh classic, that reminds me of "rocky mountain oysters" - proof that anything fried can be pretty alright