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Friends,
Karen must want something. She's been cooking chicken gizzards in the crock-pot all day and this evening we will feast on them. A little basmati rice and thickened gravy ...yum.
And tomorrow evening, she's planning elk heart with dressing, cooked slowly in the crock-pot. That, with Pace HOT Picante Sauce and I'm in Heaven.
Heck, I remember in my guiding days that my clients NEVER wanted their elk tongues and I'd carve out each and every one of them. Oh crap, throw them in a big pot with water and a few bay leaves and leave the mess to slowly cook for three days or so. Man, elk tongue is about as good as it gets.
Actually, that's wrong; moose tongue is better, mostly because it's bigger. And eland tongue is the best of all (I ate so much I thought I was gonna puke).
My question is ... Do y'all eat strange stuff like gizzards (wild goose is best), elk/moose/deer heart and tongues?
Blessings,
Steve
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Never tried the tongue but heart from nearly any big game is my absolute favorite.
I also take the heart and gizzard from game birds. It has an odd texture, but the flavor is good.
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Forgot to mention...the liver gets thrown as far away from me as possible. No joke...It's kind of become a personal tradition.
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I'm the same, liver is not my on my top 100 list.
Although, I love any kind of hog liver. Warthog liver is unreal-good.
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Last time I filled on elk, I came back with 3 hearts. No one wanted theirs.I haven't tried stuffed heart. I just took the last 3 hearts that I had in the freezer, treated the thick pieces like I was making pastrami, and pickled the thin pieces. I've had beef tongue, but I've never remembered to cut it from a deer or elk. I like gizzards, but I don't think to keep them on pheasants.
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Hell ya I do! clean heart well and cut into about 1" to 1 1/2" pieces. Lightly dredge in flour Pan fry in butter with sliced onions and a bit of extra virgin olive oil Season to taste while cooking with salt,pepper,garlic powder,a dash of Thyme and Beau Monde(optional) When almost cooked deglaze with sherry
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No offense to the lovely Karen but "BARF" DZapper!
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Bob you ate hog testicals in Tenn and never even knew it!
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I did not. And you best save the rest, mister.
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I would lie right down next to a liver and pass away due to starvation.
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I must be hungry. The heart looks real good.
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No offense to the lovely Karen but "BARF" DZapper! Actually, I almost made her puke once. We had a few deer down on a Montana hillside and we were butchering. I was getting a fresh deer liver out a buck's gutpile and I remembered a fellow guide-friend of mine who always claimed that raw deer liver was GOOD. So, I had to try a hunk. Actually, it was a much cooler temperature than I thought it would be and it tasted clover-ish. Yeah, I went back for seconds and thirds. Of course, Karen is shoulder-deep in the guts of a doe she'd headshot and she opined that that raw liver-eating was as gross as it comes. And, yeah, I know that there are all sorts of parasites and bad-nasties in raw liver. Still, it was decent. Blessings, Steve
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Officially the day of weird posts. First some dude wants a new peter and now y'all are eating peter parts and all. Bob you ate hog testicals in Tenn and never even knew it!
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was hiking with wife and saw turkey nest, my wife wanted the eggs to eat, I told her we can not and besides there are baby turkeys inside and she said I no I like. She is from Thailand we eat a lot of weird stuff.
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I must be hungry. The heart looks real good. NO KIDDING, that looks absolutely delicious. Thanks to DVDGeorge, we will try another new way of cooking heart. Steve
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Pickled heart and tongues are great on saltines with a cold beer.
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I would lie right down next to a liver and pass away due to starvation. Once had a dog that would do the same! That said, I hate offal in general and liver in particular with the exception of when its in pate..
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Hell ya I do! clean heart well and cut into about 1" to 1 1/2" pieces. Lightly dredge in flour Pan fry in butter with sliced onions and a bit of extra virgin olive oil Season to taste while cooking with salt,pepper,garlic powder,a dash of Thyme and Beau Monde(optional) When almost cooked deglaze with sherry I cooked some deer heart like that once and I might as well have cut up my belt and tried to eat it.
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Pickled heart and tongues are great on saltines with a cold beer. I can tell you for an absolute fact that scarfing down gobs of pickled quail eggs and lots of Canadian beer gave me a case of terminal farts. Steve
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