Using the liver

[HUNTNUT]

Worked in a hospital laboratory for 40+ years. Not eating it. Nope, Nada, Never.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

We "used' to eat the livers out of all our deer at our property in Northern WI until one fateful day. I had shot a small buck with my cousin in tow and we brought the liver back to the deer shack. One of the older fellas who did a lot of the cooking was cutting it up to fry and the whole thing was full of huge tapeworms. No more liver eating ever since. That was probably 45 years ago.

 

[GuyMontag42]

Saved a few over the years. Don't feel bad about leaving it now. I find it gross... isn't it a filter for toxins? How can that be good? Tons of work to make pate - the liver is masked so much by other spices that one can almost eat it!! Pass...

This should be addressed.

If anyone chooses to leave the organ meat, it’s at least fair to acknowledge that they are leaving the MOST nutrient dense meat. Put another way, they are choosing to take home the less healthy meat because it tastes better (no judgement I pinky swear).

Maybe the flavor or concept yucks people out but the nutrient density of liver & organ meat is what leads many wild predators to specifically seek out this fine table fare.
- https://health.clevelandclinic.org/organ-meat-benefits

In the interest of fairness, I will post this link which seems to say arctic reindeer liver did have a higher level of toxins compared to its bodily meat. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3417694/

 

[GuyMontag42]

We "used' to eat the livers out of all our deer at our property in Northern WI until one fateful day. I had shot a small buck with my cousin in tow and we brought the liver back to the deer shack. One of the older fellas who did a lot of the cooking was cutting it up to fry and the whole thing was full of huge tapeworms. No more liver eating ever since. That was probably 45 years ago.

This seems like an excuse for people who don’t like the flavor…

This would be like swearing off bear meat because you or a friend caught trichinosis from one once. It’s understandable, but why forego an entire lifetime of experiences because of one issue? I don’t never eat rabbit because I saw a spotted liver once, I just left that one and got excited about how I might get the next one. This is where basic food safety precautions come into play.

 

[huntsman22]

it’s at least fair to acknowledge that they are leaving the MOST nutrient dense meat. Put another way, they are choosing to take home the less healthy meat because it tastes better

I'll choose' tasting better' to all the associated puking and gagging that liver brings on.....

 

[doc holiday13]

we have lots of pate in our house. We serve it at all the gatherings in the winter. I'll make a liverworst with garlic and onion seasoning and serve with mushrooms and mashed potatoes.