Do you, or would you, eat offal? Lung, liver, kidney, heart.

I eat liver often and I love steak and kidney pie or pudding. Sadly here in Italy offal is not widely used though locally there is a very special dish - Fritto misto alla Piemontese - which uses pig's brain too I know that might sound unpleasant but I can assure you it is delicious!

Hello Thea, as far as I'm concerned, offal is awful! I hate it with a passion, but I'll cook liver, bacon and onions for Tony. He prefers pig's liver, as it has more taste than lamb's. I coat it with seasoned flour, then fry it in a large pan. When the outsides are sealed, I add sliced onion, then when that has softened, I put in a couple of bacon rashers. When everything is cooked, I crumble in an Oxo cube, then mix a level dessert spoon of cornflour with about 100mls of water. Stir this into the pan and bring to the boil for a really rich gravy. I cook liver about twice a month, as it gives me the chance to make myself a nice pasta dish. Tony will only eat pasta if someone else serves it up to him! He also loves steak and kidney pudding, so I usually make a batch of 3 or 4 and then freeze them for him for later use. There are some very good microwave steak and kidney pudding recipes around if you want to cut down cooking time.

I'll eat beef kidney and liver, but not lung or heart. Chicken liver is something we have every now and then too and there's usually heart in there as well which isn't realluy someting I enjoy too much, bit it's OK. Kidney and liver with bacon and onions is quite tasty. It's not something I could eat regularly though and it's more of a "once in a while" thing. I've eaten brains before as well and they weren't so bad!

i'd have to be really hungry. my grandfather would have ate it though.he ate brain,tongue,liver.. if i had to,i'd probably make a soup of it.probably the best way to hide what it is.

I love liver & onions. that is the only one of the above mentioned that i have eaten. I like to roll it in flour & fry it w/alot of onions cut up over it. I had some just last week.

I know some of the people will freak out when they hear some of us eat those but it is not a big deal to eat them in my home country and they actually taste very good when they are cooked good. For example, kidney, we eat chicken kidney, use some sauce like soya sauce to preserve it and cooked it in the sauce for couple hours, wait until the kidney absorb the flavor, then it can be served, it is very good :-)

I like offal. it seems rather obscene not to use the whole animal. heart I particularly like, and Liver and Bacon casserole is a favourite.

Well I have tried all those things which you mention along with tongue, heart, brain and a few other things which do not sound in the least bit tastey. From those you mention the only one which I regularly eat is kidney and only when served in a steak 'n' kidney pie, a la Fray Bentos. I think because from an early age I was brought up eating the likes of liver and bacon the thought off eating offal doesn't put me off even if I don't actually enjoy the taste of a specific part. This may sound harsh but not to make use of every part is in my opinion a waste and I get annoyed at those who are willing too eat meat but turn their noses up at offal without ever trying it. Just to add to your collection of weird and wonderful food you must try Tripe, preferably deep fried as it is lovely. Plus slow cooked pigs trotters are not half bad either.

A lot of what we consider offal is put into hot dogs here in the US. I was raised on a farm so the liver, heart, tounge, tale all those never go to waste. Tounge is boiled then sliced up and used for sandwich meat. Liver is devine with onions. Heart we've boiled and diced up for soups and stews. Never used the kidney before, but the intestines are saved for making sausages.

Hi, mostly I like liver either cooked on its own with onions etc or with pasta or as a pate.I like kidneys too but don't buy it myself and had tasted lung at home. Otherwise it depends on what it is. Last time we went to the meat shop there was a big tongue it was somewhat green, I would not eat that.

I have had all of them and I like them . There is a sort of soup that you can make with lungs. It´s delicious. Then I like fried liver in a heated skillet with lots of crushed garlic. That way, the interior is still half done. Kidney I like with cognac or grilled. And with heart I prefer "anticuchos" a peruvian discovery. They are like squares, grilled and served with a very hot chile paste. Yummy!!!

In my country has a soup which its ingradients lung,liver,kidney and heart of pig.It is a popular soup in Thailand.I also like to eat.

now...why did i miss this discussion.....i guess i was not a member then. still...here i go...my favorite would be roasted liver and kidney. heart can go both roasted and with curry. never tried lung.(might consider if opportunity arises) and why did you miss the brain? sheep/goat brain curry is really delicious. you should try that sometime..

i eat anything...!!! actually they all taste good...especially if u know how to cook them right

I do not eat organ meats. The idea does put me off. Mom would cook livers and heart from chicken. Gizzards, as well. I just cannot do it. Not Brains either.

I eat liver, we fry it with onions and have it with gravy, it's really good for you it contains lots of vitamins and iron. I tried kidneys once too but wouldn't have them again, kidneys you have to cut out some little tubes that are left inside it's really awkward and messy and the result doesn't taste that nice either (I made a stroganoff recipe with them). So I'll eat them already prepared in a steak and kidney pie but not on their own if I have to prepare them scratch.

Here in the Philippines we eat offals it is like delicacy here. There are many ways how to cook it here. To remove the smell we add some spices to taste it better. We clean it very well while rubbing salt on it and boiled first before to cook it. Some foreigners don't like it and find it disgusting but here there's many ways to cook it here.

Don't know what offal is... so I can't say. I have eaten liver many times. I stopped as it just cannot be good for you! Think about it; it's the filter for the body which means it catches all the goo... eewww!! But it does taste good fried with onions!!!! It also has too much sodium in it. I have eated hearts from chickens. they are great! Also when you make gibblet gravey at Thanksgiving... you use the insides of the turkey for flavor!! I don't eat any of that anymore as I don't hardly ever eat meat!!!But the ones I have eaten do taste good -- just not good for you!!!

Hi thea09! We love offal! In my culture, we cook offal normally in a soupy kinda food. For example, a noodle soup. We will use beef broth as the soup and add all sorts of offal in it. We also cook it in curry and chili. Pretty much the same theory, but we eat it with rice instead. Ox tounge is the best when boiled, then sliced very thinly and stirfried with very hot Wok and chili, lots of chili!