# Faggots: Can you use calves liver? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765 "2019-10-14T21:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/21 "2019-10-15T12:32:44Z")
Turkey liver is an ok substitute. Mild, like chicken liver, but much bigger. Yesterday I cooked 25 turkey livers for my dogs. Boil water, drop in livers, simmer 30 minutes. Cool, then bag up in multiple small zip-locks. Freeze whatever won’t be used soon. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/22 "2019-10-15T15:13:36Z")
Pork liver is a common ingredient in Cajun boudin, isn’t it? Do you have any Cajun meat markets in your area? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/23 "2019-10-15T15:27:51Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Today I learned. Oh man, this slew me. Me too! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/24 "2019-10-15T17:17:08Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Pork liver is a common ingredient in Cajun boudin, isn’t it? Do you have any Cajun meat markets in your area? I"m not sure I’ve ever seen a Cajun meat market outside Louisiana! Is this a common thing? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/25 "2019-10-16T13:31:10Z")
We have a few in Houston. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/26 "2019-10-16T16:26:25Z")
You’ll find them at Mexican butchers. Sent from my LG-M150 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/27 "2019-10-16T17:01:09Z")
Anything that’s made of minced-up bits and pieces can be made of whatever’s to hand. Like so many traditional local dishes, it’s basically poverty food rather than haute cuisine. But don’t forget to complete the meal with spotted dick: > **[Spotted dick](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spotted-dick)** > > Steam a traditional fruity sponge pudding with suet, citrus zest and currants then serve in thick slices with hot custard And custard. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/28 "2019-10-16T20:35:39Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > We have a few in Houston. 🙂 Envious! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/29 "2019-10-16T21:13:51Z")
I don’t see why not, adjusting for quantity. Mammal livers are all pretty similar. I made up a bunch of vension liver boudin balls recently, turned out really well. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/30 "2019-10-17T05:39:37Z")
I’ve never found getting the pig’s livers a problem (I get mine from a German butcher) but sometimes have trouble getting the crépine (not because they’re rare, but because there’s a high demand for them for a local variant called _skilpadjies_ that uses lamb’s liver) . IMO, it’s not a faggot if it’s not crépine . ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/31 "2019-10-17T08:41:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I’ve never found getting the pig’s livers a problem (I get mine from a German butcher) but sometimes have trouble getting the crépine (not because they’re rare, but because there’s a high demand for them for a local variant called _skilpadjies_ that uses lamb’s liver) . > > IMO, it’s not a faggot if it’s not crépine . Had to Google some, but crépine = caul fat and skilpadjies = small pofadder variant and it all makes delicious sense. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765/32 "2019-10-17T13:21:15Z")
As a British child in the eighties I was always somewhat bemused by TV adverts for ‘Brain’s Faggots’ - but that was more for the choice of using the (presumably family) name ‘Brain’ to advertise an offal product. The offensive American sense of ‘faggot’ wasn’t even on my radar back then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faggots-can-you-use-calves-liver/841765.md?page=1)