slo’s WEDNESDAY 10/2 poll - Liver & Onions 🙂👍🏻 or 🙁👎🏻

[E&Cmom]

No! Not a fan of either. I don’t think I have had liver since I was a kid.

 

[NC Belle]

My parents made it a lot in the 70s/80s...overcooked and burnt onions. I see it on the local buffets once in awhile and a local place has it on the menu. My parents are sometimes close to order it, but I think they can't eat it too well with various issues. I think Food Network shows mention liver is suppose to be trimmed in a certain way and soak in milk to make it better.

 

[BayouQueen]

I enjoy calves liver, but as others said, it's really hard to find. Back in the day, it was around and I ate it about once a week during my pregnancies for the B vitamins and other nutrients.

 

[ford family]

We ate a lot of offal growing up, liver, kidneys, stuffed hearts etc and we still enjoy some of them today although their availability has declined.

ford family

 

[BlueStarryHat]

My Mom loved it and used to cook it a few times a year. She used calf liver if I'm remembering correctly. I liked it a bit. It smells really good when cooking, but has a texture that you either like or you don't.

I no longer eat organ meats unless it's in scrapple. I'm guessing there's some in that. Scrapple is one of those foods the less you know the better.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Fast forward to being an adult at some Jewish party where they have what looks like a dip or cold pâté made of finely ground meat, mixed with finely chopped onions, hard boiled egg and garlic and spices. It is spread on crackers. Turns out, it is called Chopped Liver. It's incredible how the change in temperature, texture, moisture level, and the addition of some great spices and other ingredients changes the whole thing to something really tasty. I get it once in a while now as a treat, but only from an authentic Jewish deli that makes it fresh. It tends to go bad in a couple days.

About 20ish years ago DW and I ate at a restaurant that had an extensive salad bar/cold buffet. She comes back to out table with a dark brown pate among other things on her plate. She takes a bite, says “this tuna salad tastes funny.” I had to inform her it was chopped chicken liver.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Thankfully my mother refused to cook liver. My father liked it but he had to order it at a restaurant.

 

[Deb]

About 20ish years ago DW and I ate at a restaurant that had an extensive salad bar/cold buffet. She comes back to out table with a dark brown pate among other things on her plate. She takes a bite, says “this tuna salad tastes funny.” I had to inform her it was chopped chicken liver.

why would she be willing to try "tuna salad" that looked like that?

 

[ronandannette]

Yes, I like it! But only the way that I cook it myself, which is exactly the way my DMother did. I can't say we have it very often but DH likes it too.

 

[loves to dive]

I love liver and onions, it was my birthday meal request every year growing up. I also love fried chicken livers. Might be the Georgia girl in me. I don't get liver and onions that often any more just because you can't find it in restaurants unless you are in a very small town and it's a Mom and Pop place. I don't cook it at home since hubby can't stand it and it does tend to smell up the house. I did cook it at least once a week during my previous marriage. I can get fried livers when visit hubby's parents in south Georgia, nowhere around where I live still has them. I haven't seen either in the grocery store in a while.

 

[soccerdad72]

tvguy must be on vacation I know he's the resident DIS liver and onion lover.

 

[tvguy]

We frequent two family restaurants that have liver and onions on the menu. My wife hates it, and was horrified when she learned it is the best selling entree at both establishments. "The number one comfort food" according to one of the servers.
I like eat, and probably like a lot of the customers at those restaurants, the only time I have it is when I eat out.
I grew up with it, but not a regular menu item. It was a special occasion dinner.

 

[Sweettears]

I love it and have some in the freezer that I just might have to pull out tonight. It has to be bacon and onions though.

 

[DodgerGirl]

For reasons unknown my father LOVES liver and onions and everytime my family would eat at IHOP my father would get liver and onions there but to me it's very unappealing and I don't know why people like liver and onions but it's Dad's favorite meal

 

[slo]

I’ve really enjoyed the replies to this poll.
Thank you to everyone for your participation with this and every poll.

One thing that interested me is seeing people post about calf liver - I never heard of that. I always learn something new every day from your replies

 

[Sweettears]

I’ve really enjoyed the replies to this poll.
Thank you to everyone for your participation with this and every poll.

One thing that interested me is seeing people post about calf liver - I never heard of that. I always learn something new every day from your replies

Used to be common but pretty hard to find these days.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I like it when I cook it. Growing up, my mother cooked it to hockey puck consistency. In college, I made it myself and realized it didn't need to cook NEARLY as long as my mother did. I really liked my liver/onions.

DH hates the smell of it -- I haven't cooked it in nearly 35 years because of that.