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USCHO Cooks: Allez Cuisine!

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Speaking of offal, I have a pound of beef livers in my freezer. I know I can prepare liver, onions, and sauerkraut, or I can make beef liver pate, but beyond that, I'm lost. :o

Also, I understand beef tongue is something worth trying. True or false?

Worth a try. Once you get over the "this was in the cow's mouth" factor, it's really just a muscle like your standard meat. Slightly different texture, taste is pretty similar.
Don't look at the little tongue things on the edge of the meat. WHen I was a kid we had to stay at a very elite hotel before moving into our house when we moved to England. The kitchen packed us huge bagged lunches for school (would have fed a construction worker and I was about 4 ft and 50 lb soaking wet). We got tongue sandwiches all the time. I traded them for PBJ. I was sick of 'fancy food'
 
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Worth a try. Once you get over the "this was in the cow's mouth" factor, it's really just a muscle like your standard meat. Slightly different texture, taste is pretty similar.

If my mom was cooking it, its worth trying. Horseradish and tongue sandwiches are quite tasty

Don't look at the little tongue things on the edge of the meat. WHen I was a kid we had to stay at a very elite hotel before moving into our house when we moved to England. The kitchen packed us huge bagged lunches for school (would have fed a construction worker and I was about 4 ft and 50 lb soaking wet). We got tongue sandwiches all the time. I traded them for PBJ. I was sick of 'fancy food'
Then I might as well pick some up on Saturday. And as long as I'm going the Chris Cosentino route, any other suggestions? Sweetbreads? Tripe? Heart?
 
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Can't get sweetbreads from my farm of choice, so I just ordered tongue for next week. I'll call a couple of other reputable butchers and see what they offer.

As for tonight's dinner, making French toast with French bread and apple-smoked bacon. My dad thought I was going to use the Butternut Texas Toast; looked at him and told him "we don't do that any more."

Also, when cooking thick sliced bacon, do you bake it at 350 for 20 or 400 for 15? I tend to forget...
 
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Had to find the recipe...

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

2 1/4c all purpose Flour
1/2c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1 3/4c sugar
1/2c (1 stick)unsalted butter room temp
1/2c vegetable oil
2 lg eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2c buttermilk
2 c grated unpeeled zucchini (about 2 1/2 medium)
1 c semisweet choc chips
3/4 c chopped walnuts (I never add these- family allergy)

Oven 325F

Butter and flour 13X 9X2 pan

Sift first 4 ingredients in bowl
Beat butter, sugar and oil in another bowl
Add eggs one at a time. Add Vanilla
Mix in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk in 3 additions each
Mix in grated zucchini
Pour into pan and sprinkle choc chips and nuts over top
Bake cake until tester comes out clean- about 50 minutes.
Cool completely in pan.

People have no idea there is zuke in it. :p

I made this last night and it was VERY good. Thanks for the recipe.
 
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The French toast was excellent. Topped mine off with toasted walnuts, dates, and blackstrap molasses, plus the apple bacon cooked perfectly at 400F for 20.

I'd like to start saving my bacon grease though; I've heard that southern greens, such as collard, mustard, and kale, taste better with that bacon flavor rather than olive oil.
 
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Can't get sweetbreads from my farm of choice, so I just ordered tongue for next week. I'll call a couple of other reputable butchers and see what they offer.

As for tonight's dinner, making French toast with French bread and apple-smoked bacon. My dad thought I was going to use the Butternut Texas Toast; looked at him and told him "we don't do that any more."

Also, when cooking thick sliced bacon, do you bake it at 350 for 20 or 400 for 15? I tend to forget...
I'll sell you a whole steer, then you can have sweetbreads and steak, and roasts, and hamburger, and spare ribs, and tongue, and oxtail, and liver, and every other meat you can think of from a steer. :p
 
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I'll sell you a whole steer, then you can have sweetbreads and steak, and roasts, and hamburger, and spare ribs, and tongue, and oxtail, and liver, and every other meat you can think of from a steer. :p

Can he ride the steer back to Michigan too?

EDIT: But he can't have Rocky Mountain Oysters!
 
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True, veggies aren't the only thing that benefit from tasty grease. I once read that prior to WW2, bacon fat was America's favorite frying/sauteing fat.
 
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I'll sell you a whole steer, then you can have sweetbreads and steak, and roasts, and hamburger, and spare ribs, and tongue, and oxtail, and liver, and every other meat you can think of from a steer. :p
Tell ya what: I'll carve off what I want, then ride the rest home. :)

True, veggies aren't the only thing that benefit from tasty grease. I once read that prior to WW2, bacon fat was America's favorite frying/sauteing fat.
I just wish I had a way to save it. Do I start straining it into a small container, slowly filling a single jar and storing it in the fridge?

And with October and Oktoberfests happening, I'm trying to find a recipe for sauerbraten. Seems weird... with my mom no longer with us, I decided to stop being a wimp, stop trying to cut the fat out of traditional recipes, and I've actually felt better about what I've made.
 
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Tell ya what: I'll carve off what I want, then ride the rest home. :)


I just wish I had a way to save it. Do I start straining it into a small container, slowly filling a single jar and storing it in the fridge?

And with October and Oktoberfests happening, I'm trying to find a recipe for sauerbraten. Seems weird... with my mom no longer with us, I decided to stop being a wimp, stop trying to cut the fat out of traditional recipes, and I've actually felt better about what I've made.

I've never strained it, I keep it in the fridge but my mom kept it on the stove 24/7. It was always there when I was a kid.
 
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I've never strained it, I keep it in the fridge but my mom kept it on the stove 24/7. It was always there when I was a kid.
I think I'll keep it in the fridge.

I decided to go ahead and make beef liver with onions and garlic mashed potatoes tonight, along with a vegetable of some kind.
 
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Dredged the liver in a flour and seasoned salt mix, then sauteed it in olive oil for 2-3 min. per side. It had a nice crust, wasn't overcooked, and is something I would make again.

Next up: sauerbraten!
 
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Chicken piccata, anyone?

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