# Anyone like liver & onions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242 "2010-01-16T22:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/41 "2010-01-17T02:00:03Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I LOVE the smell of liver and onions cooking, > … That is how I discovered I like liver and onions as a child. As a normal kid, I assumed that I hated liver; and as a spoiled child I was never forced to eat it. 😉 Then one day my mother was preparing a small portion just for herself while preparing a different meal for the rest if us and it just smelled sooooo good. I begged for a sample and she swore I would hate it and gave me just one small bite at first. My poor Mom ended up with only half her dinner that night and started preparing two portions on the rare occasions she cooked it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/42 "2010-01-17T03:31:06Z")
I had it for my evening meal tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/43 "2010-01-17T03:44:48Z")
I’ve dissected too many autopsy livers to want to eat liver\*. I like onions, though. \*I did not partake of haggis while visiting Scotland, probably for related reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/44 "2010-01-17T03:58:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The trick to cooking delicious liver is to soak it in milk for a couple of hours before dredging in seasoned flour, then pan frying in bacon grease with sweet onions. Oh dear. Now I have to try that. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/45 "2010-01-17T04:54:23Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh hell yeah. Well-prepared liver & onions is awesome. So is breaded pan-fried liver. However, if overcooked, it quickly loses its appeal. This. Absolutely. With bacon is even better (with bacon is even better in almost any dish), but calves’ liver and onions, or chicken livers and onions, when properly prepared is scrumptious! Alas, my regular lunchmate detests the stuff, and out of courtesy to her I never order it even when I know the restaurant does a marvelous job with it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/46 "2010-01-17T04:56:16Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Alas, my regular lunchmate detests the stuff, and out of courtesy to her I never order it even when I know the restaurant does a marvelous job with it. ☹ She doesn’t have to eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/47 "2010-01-17T04:57:19Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > This. Absolutely. With bacon is even better (with bacon is even better in almost any dish), but calves’ liver and onions, or chicken livers and onions, when properly prepared is scrumptious! > > Alas, my regular lunchmate detests the stuff, and out of courtesy to her I never order it even when I know the restaurant does a marvelous job with it. ☹ Yep…I’ll have to wait 'til my sweetie is gone for a day or two, cause right now the apartment STILL smells of carne asada \ and we made that yesterday. I would drive him out of the place completely if I made liver and onions with him here. 😛 Too bad one can’t rent a place to cook for a day as easily as one can rent a place to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/48 "2010-01-17T04:57:49Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Not just chicken, but skinless chicken breasts. Tofu has more flavor. Tofu! No kidding. At least the dark meat has some flavor to it, but try to find that in any restaurant dish. ☹ At Thanksgiving several of us want the dark meat and there’s just barely enough to go around. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/49 "2010-01-17T05:03:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > She doesn’t have to eat it. But she has to look at it and smell it. When it’s on the menu and I note it, she’ll say go ahead, but I know it’s offputting to her. I’d rather be considerate of a friend than be selfish – and anyway, the one or two restaurants around here that offer it have lots of other dishes I love. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/50 "2010-01-17T05:06:08Z")
When I was a kid, you could buy baby beef liver, which was even more mild than calf’s liver. What does pig’s liver taste like? I’ve never seen it in the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/51 "2010-01-17T06:01:13Z")
(Hannibal Lector) I like liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti(/Hannibal Lector) ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/52 "2010-01-17T06:50:15Z")
My mother made liver and onions about twice a month when I was a kid. She told me later that each time she half-expected me to say, “Wait; this is liver? And I like it? No, that’s not right! Kids are supposed to hate the stuff! My friends must never know about this or I will lose all credibility!” My ex used to cook it in sherry. Mmmm1 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/53 "2010-01-17T07:10:33Z")
My mother loved liver and onions and it was served fairly regularly when I was a kid. Less so as we got older. She loved to order it at restaurants–she got to eat it without hearing complaints and it didn’t smell up the house while it was cooking. I don’t think she knew about soaking it in milk, though. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/54 "2010-01-17T07:10:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Come to think of it, I couldn’t live without my liver. Wait. Does that mean that you have an “onion” organ? What does it do? 😛 I also like liver and onions. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/55 "2010-01-17T07:19:19Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Wait. Does that mean that you have an “onion” organ? What does it do?. Well, it can play _Seven Gypsies **on Yon** Hill_ for one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/56 "2010-01-17T07:23:17Z")
I’m reminded of ad that used to run on the radio (don’t remember what for though, I just remember the lead-in ). Anyway, it starts with a backwoods-sounding old couple just sitting down to dinner: Husband: Whut, this again? Wife: "Whut’s the matter, pa? Don’t you like liver and onions no more? Husband: Yeah…_together_! Not liver one night and onions the next." 😃 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/57 "2010-01-17T07:31:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > When I was a kid, you could buy baby beef liver, which was even more mild than calf’s liver. > > What does pig’s liver taste like? I’ve never seen it in the supermarket. Aren’t calves and baby beefs the same thing? When I was a kid in England my mother would always use lamb’s liver and I remember her telling me beef liver is not so good, but beef is usually all that is available in the U.S.A. and I have found it quite acceptable. I think I have had pig’s liver at some time in my life; I do not recall it being all that different. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/58 "2010-01-17T08:38:52Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > No, it’s definitely prevalent. Before I cook lamb and invite people over, I find out whether they like lamb because it’s a common taste aversion. The flavor has basically been bred out of chicken and pork–just look at America’s preference for white meat over dark meat. Current mainstream tastes generally prefer gentler flavors of meat. When I was out in Owensboro, Kentucky, famous for its mutton barbecue, the old time barbecue guys were saying it was harder and harder maintaining business as the younger generation prefers milder flavored meats. > > That said, I think the pendulum is slowly starting to swing the other way. On the other hand, every food seems to be covered with pepper. Black pepper, white pepper, red pepper, sometimes all three at once. Even cookies have black pepper in them, sometimes! I really don’t care for the taste or texture of liver, and I can’t cook it to save my life. However, my husband adores liver and onions, and if we’re at a restaurant that serves it, I always point it out to him. I don’t care for the smell of it, but he enjoys that dish so much that I’m willing to try to ignore it. Same thing with shrimp, I don’t like the smell or taste of it, but I will point out shrimp dishes to him. My local supermarket will steam all sorts of shellfish for free, so if I want to get him a special treat, I have them steam some snow crab or shrimp for him. Snow crab is his favorite crab, he says that king crab is entirely too bristly. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/59 "2010-01-17T15:24:21Z")
Can’t abide it … when I was pregnant, my roomie of the time insisted on cooking it at least once a week, and I was having nausea issues, it took me almost 10 years before I could fry up onion without wanting to vomit. I still cant abide calves liver stench while cooking. I can barely tolerate the smell of cooking liver in any form. Oddly enough until this current batch of medication that changes my tastebuds horribly, I could eat liverwurst sandwiches… but now I cant, as everything seems to get a strange metallic undertaste to it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242/60 "2010-01-17T23:41:59Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > In gravy with bacon and a huge side of mashed potato. My word yes. > snip . If I was on death row, this would be my last meal! My local lunch place call me when they’ve got liver on the menu. There’s an all night food place in town where they sell $2.00 worth of liver in a piece of tinfoil at 4am, it’s roasted on charcoal - I live in heaven! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-liver-onions/525242.md?page=4)