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irisblue

(34,652 posts)
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:38 PM Nov 2024

Liver and Onions

I loved my moms version.

Well rinsed liver, dredge in flour, a bit of crisco to sautee the onions soft, bit more crisco to fry the liver.

Serve with parsley potatoes.

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Liver and Onions (Original Post) irisblue Nov 2024 OP
I love liver and onions...with taters of some kind... wcmagumba Nov 2024 #1
I need bacon and fried apples, too displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #3
Wait...maple bacon &fried apples? Alone or with the fried liver? irisblue Nov 2024 #5
We fry bacon, and onions first, then the liver in the drippings displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #9
Thx I think I got it. irisblue Nov 2024 #12
I'm going to try this! Phentex Nov 2024 #22
Hope you enjoy it displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #23
My brother and I would run screaming and gagging from the dining room Ocelot II Nov 2024 #2
It is not for everyone. irisblue Nov 2024 #4
I love fried chicken livers too...I even had lamb fries with fried taters and white gravy when in the south... wcmagumba Nov 2024 #6
Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. rsdsharp Nov 2024 #7
Lived in diners as a wandering carpenter in southern cachukis Nov 2024 #8
I bow in your direction irisblue Nov 2024 #10
I hated them as a child. As an adult, I realized that my mother used to cook them to death so it was like trying to LoisB Nov 2024 #11
MMom had several kids & a semi useless man & herself to feed. Liver was cheap eating irisblue Nov 2024 #13
I think "cheap" is why we had it so much too. LoisB Nov 2024 #17
I confess I cook them pretty well done, though not shoe leathery displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #14
You gotta stand next to the pan, flipping them often in my experience irisblue Nov 2024 #15
My mother used to cook all meat to shoe leather displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #16
...and that's good. With my mother's, you had to chew and chew and chew... LoisB Nov 2024 #18
First, the only liver I will eat is calves liver dhol82 Nov 2024 #19
Have you tried letting them soak in milk overnight? Retrograde Nov 2024 #20
my grandpa liked them + frog legs. pansypoo53219 Nov 2024 #21
I learned to cook liver from a housemate at the Notorious Commune chowmama Nov 2024 #24

displacedvermoter

(3,463 posts)
9. We fry bacon, and onions first, then the liver in the drippings
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:00 PM
Nov 2024

we fry potatoes separate and when the liver is about done the thinly sliced apples go in with it for a couple of minutes.

Pretty yummy, but I confess it is the only way I like liver.

Phentex

(16,597 posts)
22. I'm going to try this!
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 11:15 AM
Nov 2024

I am always looking for ways to increase my iron and apparently liver is the way to go. But I only have bad memories of it as a kid. My tastes have changed so I think I can do this. A guy at the store suggested I stir fry it and add a lot of Thai flavors to make the livery taste.

I'm so tired of taking iron supplements that I'd love to get my source from foods.

Ocelot II

(122,974 posts)
2. My brother and I would run screaming and gagging from the dining room
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:40 PM
Nov 2024

when presented with liver and onions.

irisblue

(34,652 posts)
4. It is not for everyone.
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:43 PM
Nov 2024

When I had dogs I would make Ziggy Cakes, a wheat flour/egg /liver muffin thingy.
When those were baking alla the dogs were close by.
Happy memory if smelly kitchen

wcmagumba

(3,597 posts)
6. I love fried chicken livers too...I even had lamb fries with fried taters and white gravy when in the south...
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:47 PM
Nov 2024

years ago and it was good too...

rsdsharp

(10,465 posts)
7. Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:48 PM
Nov 2024

I used to work in a grocery store meat department. The “spluck” sound they made when you dropped one on the block to skin it out and slice it, coupled with the smell, was enough for me.

cachukis

(2,880 posts)
8. Lived in diners as a wandering carpenter in southern
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:49 PM
Nov 2024

Maine, NH and Vermont. The blue plate special. Many times.
Years later, in the business world in mid 80's in Florida, I recruited a guy from Atlanta who was vacationing with his parents in Naples.
Always had at least one interview while dining. Always tells.
We went to Cafe L' Europe on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota. Premier restaurant. For lunch.
He ordered the mini filet mignon and I ordered the special, liver and onions.
He immediately questioned my sanity, but I calmly replied that if this top shelf restaurant was offering liver and onions, it had to be superb.
I remember it well. It was the best I ever had.
I did hire him, but he always thought of me as a bit iconoclastic thereafter.
I learned more about him, than he did of me at that luncheon, which helped me inspire him to get things done.

Just a liver and onions story.

LoisB

(9,438 posts)
11. I hated them as a child. As an adult, I realized that my mother used to cook them to death so it was like trying to
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:01 PM
Nov 2024

eat shoe leather. I haven't had any for many years now but I did like them when I used to cook them.

irisblue

(34,652 posts)
13. MMom had several kids & a semi useless man & herself to feed. Liver was cheap eating
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:06 PM
Nov 2024

displacedvermoter

(3,463 posts)
16. My mother used to cook all meat to shoe leather
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:26 PM
Nov 2024

as it was the only way my father would eat it. Hamburgers were cooked to a hockey puck state and pork chops were cooked crispy.

Your liver advice is sound.

dhol82

(9,501 posts)
19. First, the only liver I will eat is calves liver
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 08:35 PM
Nov 2024

Beef liver is an abomination.

It has to be cooked rare and then the pan deglazed with balsamic vinegar. That is the only way to nirvana. Then served with mashed potatoes (butter and cream) and caramelized onions.

Retrograde

(10,911 posts)
20. Have you tried letting them soak in milk overnight?
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 11:35 PM
Nov 2024

Or even buttermilk? I find this removes a lot of the iron taste and tenderizes them a bit. I saute them in an oil/butter mix, and serve with caramelized onions on the side.

chowmama

(616 posts)
24. I learned to cook liver from a housemate at the Notorious Commune
Sun Nov 10, 2024, 03:46 PM
Nov 2024

which was not a commune, but apparently was notorious. The housemate was named Sarah and she sometimes cooked liver on her night to cook. Sometimes, she made chopped liver. It was fantastic, if not always kosher. Schmaltz was not available in our smallish college city.

Anyway, what she taught us was you have to soak the liver in cold water to get every last bit of blood out of it. I still do that - start it in the morning in a freezer container of cold water in the fridge. By supper, I can drain it, blot it dry, make sure the gallbladder has been removed and trim away any greenish bits, and cook it with onions and maybe bacon.

I always have a package or two of liver in the freezer. Nice late-worknight food, as it cooks so quickly (as long as you plan ahead for the soaking).

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