I read the start of this is and thought you were going to conclude that therefore, fish and insects are animals, as they breath. Fish with gills and insects with spiracles. And anyway, they are both animate.
When i say “meat” i usually mean the muscles of a vertebrate. I like liver, and I’ve enjoyed roast grasshoppers, but don’t think of either as “meat”. But the word has a lot of different meanings. When a friend tells me they don’t eat meat, i ask them to clarify, especially if i plan to cook dinner for them.
That seems a little narrow to me. I’d consider organ meats meat. At least, I know I’d be really disappointed if I told you I didn’t eat meat, and you served me liver.
I’ve been going with semi hard lately. Brush corn tortillas with oil and bake on a sheet pan for 10-15 min at 350. Still pliable with a slight crispness on the pan side. There’s a pretty narrow window to get them out at exactly the right time before they become too crispy.
Add some grated hard boiled egg and I’m good. My gf likes liver, but not chopped liver. So I occasionally make it for myself. I cook up a bunch of chicken livers, with the majority going to the dogs as treats. The few I use are then mashed with one hard boiled egg and some grated onion. Mmmmm.
I don’t mash it - I love the supple texture of chicken liver and I would hate to lose that. Chop up some onions into strips, fry them until they’re golden brown and caramelized, then take them out, gently sauté whole chicken livers while stirring them in a wok until the inside is barely pink, mix with the onions, add salt and pepper, and serve on rice or some other carb. It should look something like this (warning: livers).
Of course, chicken liver and onions is just Offal for Beginners. You want to go hardcore, try Jerusalem Mixed Grill: Chicken livers, hearts and gizzards, grilled and spiced and served in a pita.
We can eat chicken liver together any time. That’s exactly how i like them. (Or wrapped in bacon and broiled. That’s good, too.) But I’m not a fan of “chopped liver”. Typically the liver is over cooked, it’s cut with eggs, and i like eggs, but not with liver, and often the whole mess is studded with bits of raw onion which I’m not fond of.
