# I tried Beef Liver Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718 "2014-04-09T14:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/41 "2014-04-09T23:47:06Z")
I love liver, I can’t stand cilantro ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/42 "2014-04-09T23:57:21Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Too much can be a problem, particularly for children. > > Liver is very high in Vitamin A. And [too much Vitamin A](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_A) is a problem that can affect bone growth and the absorption of other vitamins. Polar bear liver, maybe. You would have to eat absurd amounts of beef liver, or other commonly eaten types, for it to cause any sort of problem. In general, vitamin A deficiency is far more likely to be a problem for people than is getting too much of it. Liver is a nutritious food, high in high quality protein as well as several important vitamins. It would not be good to eat large quantities, all the time, but that is true of virtually all foods. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/43 "2014-04-10T00:02:17Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I love liver, I can’t stand cilantro You’re welcome over to my house anytime, but we’ll definitely order in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/44 "2014-04-10T00:36:30Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > We buy turkey liver (dirt cheap) and make a stroganoff recipe that is delicious. But most people will not even try it. > > I honestly cannot think of a food I could/would not eat. I’ve had sea cucumber, and while it is my “least favorite” sushi choice, I’d eat it again. I’m with you except I don’t think I would eat sea cucumber a second time. I love liver, especially chopped with fried onions, eggs, and mayonnaise. Of course that’s usually with chicken liver, but my mother used to do it with beef liver. I like most foods I’ve ever tried, some more than other. I was amazed how good chicken sushi is. Horsemeat sushi is nothing special but perfectly edible. I think I have never had tripe, though. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/45 "2014-04-10T00:44:55Z")
When I was a kid, one bite of sweet potato would make me retch. Vile, those things were. Nowadays, they just taste bad. It doesn’t matter how they’re cooked- I can’t bring myself to like them. The strange thing is that _they taste just fine raw_. Something changes for the worse when those buggers are cooked. The same thing happens with carrots, but not nearly to the same degree. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/46 "2014-04-10T00:46:31Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > That’s why it’s called ‘too much’ A good rule of thumb is never eat more than one liver in a single meal. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/47 "2014-04-10T00:47:29Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I think I have never had tripe, though. Tripe is good. Tripe is much friendlier to the palate than it is to the eye. I grew up on phở (as a half-Vietnamese born in Vietnam) and love menudo (as a longtime resident of SE Texas). Here: you try something with tripe, and I’ll seek out either sea cucumber, or sushi made with a land-based protein. We’ll both learn and grow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/48 "2014-04-10T06:02:47Z")
I can eat it raw. Doesn’t bother me a bit. Even when I cook it, it’s still red inside. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/49 "2014-04-10T06:18:16Z")
Every time I shoot a deer I make sure to take the heart and the liver. I then bread and fry the heart in oil and throw the liver in the garbage…Every damn time. > [@kayaker](#): > > We buy turkey liver (dirt cheap) and make a stroganoff recipe that is delicious. But most people will not even try it. > > I honestly cannot think of a food I could/would not eat. I’ve had sea cucumber, and while it is my “least favorite” sushi choice, I’d eat it again. **Kayaker** , can you post a recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/50 "2014-04-10T06:24:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A good rule of thumb is never eat more than one liver in a single meal. I guess it depends on the livers. Chicken or duck livers are scarcely more than a mouthful. (OK, I have quite a big mouth) ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/51 "2014-04-10T06:53:03Z")
As a kid my mother made liver about once every three weeks and I enjoyed it. Wasn’t until I was grown that I learned how disgusting it is to many people. Mother never said a word about it. Try it cooked in sherry! Yum! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/52 "2014-04-10T11:27:47Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > **Kayaker** , can you post a recipe? [This is the basic starting point.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-livers-stroganoff/). We use whatever mushrooms are seasonally abundant. You can substitute some/all of the sour cream with Greek yogurt to decrease the fat. Bon Appétit! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/53 "2014-04-10T12:15:36Z")
Moving this to CS. ---
**Author:** ![ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/54 "2014-04-10T14:12:57Z")
I prefer calves liver, thinly sliced, dusted in flour, sauteed in butter; a wine-cream sauce made with the deglaze. The liver should be slightly pink inside. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/55 "2014-04-10T14:36:37Z")
> [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](#): > > I prefer calves liver, thinly sliced, dusted in flour, sauteed in butter; a wine-cream sauce made with the deglaze. **The liver should be slightly pink inside**. This is an important point. Organ meats in general, and liver in particular, are _faaaaaaaaaaaaar_ more sensitive to overcooking than muscle meats. Overcoooked liver is grainy, dry, and quite disgusting. Overcooked heart is rubbery and chewy beyond belief. Liver is definitely not for everyone, but if you haven’t had it properly prepared, you’ve given yourself basically no chance to like it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/56 "2014-04-11T07:37:19Z")
As a child (and sporadically as an adult), I enjoyed liver, properly prepared – with onions! But I quit eating it due to the cholesterol. A serving of liver contains about 100% RLA (recommended lifetime allowance) of cholesterol. It’s also been pointed out that one of the jobs of the liver is to filter a variety of toxins and contaminants from your blood, which it either stores up and/or eventually metabolizes. So when you eat liver, you’re eating the collected and concentrated sewage sludge that some cow’s liver has collected. ---
**Author:** ![SacFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SacFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SacFly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/57 "2014-04-11T12:08:22Z")
I enjoy eating beef liver, but I can’t prepare it. The consistency of raw liver turns my stomach and destroys my appetite. I don’t have a problem cooking chicken or lamb livers, just beef. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/58 "2014-04-11T17:09:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Are you going to say ‘filter’? Because it isnt, really. Really? Well, that’s exactly what I learned in that A&P class of mine. Are you suggesting that my A&P instructor didn’t know what she was talking about? If that’s not a good enough reason for you, then how 'bout this: liver tastes like sh\*t. At least to me. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/59 "2014-04-11T17:17:25Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > Are you suggesting that my A&P instructor didn’t know what she was talking about? I would suggest that your A&P instructor was “dumbing it down” for you. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718/60 "2014-04-11T17:28:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I would suggest that your A&P instructor was “dumbing it down” for you. So much for “civil discourse” on the SDMB. What’s your problem, bub? Are you insecure, or something? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-beef-liver-again/685718.md?page=4)