Liver.

[ummmm]

Do you like it?

How do you serve it?

Just found out the men like it so thought I might put it on the menu this week.

[ummmm]

That sounds interesting, Mick.

[RATTER15]

Ummmm, probably ox liver is the easiest to get but lamb liver is also readily available.

[ummmm]

I have some chicken livers in the freezer. I might get them out and make some pate :-)

[EcclesCake]

My butcher usually has calves liver, costs much the same as fillet steak though!

[shaneystar2]

I love liver .We usually have pigs liver ,soaked in milk first and fried with onions and bacon and then the gravy made from the pan juices .Creamy mash and peas .Mm..mmm.
I always get it from the butcher though .He cuts off nice slices .
Supermarket liver tends to be all odd bits and pieces in a pack .

[Mick-Talbot]

I fry the liver in a butter/oil mix

[Mick-Talbot]

Liver and onions is sooooo 1970's

[DTCwordfan]

love it - as long as it is very pink, nothing worse than when it becomes like the soles of your shoes when overcooked.

Lambs or Pig for me......ove chicken, goose and duck too. Raw oxen makes good meat for the hounds. They love it.

Mash for me too, green beans, parnsips or neeps......

[ummmm]

Eccles...just checked on Tesco. Lambs liver is £2.22/kg. Ox and pigs is £150/kg.

[ummmm]

I'll get mine from the butchers. Just wanted to see the difference in price. Fillet steak is £26.50/kg.

[Alagopus]

We used to have a dog that loved liver wouldn't touch pig's liver.

[sherrardk]

Bleurgh - don't do offal, don't actually touch uncooked meat (apart form bacon). Don't actually eat a lot of meat because I am so fussy, but each to his own.

[EcclesCake]

Yep those prices are about right. Calves liver is £20/kg though :-(

[ummmm]

How come when tesco sell it for £2.22?

[Mick-Talbot]

From a very old calf, ummmm?

[ummmm]

I dunno. I clearly don't know much about liver :-)

[EcclesCake]

Calves liver isn't the same as ox liver. Calves liver is much more more tender.

I'm desperately trying to remember what I pay, I'm pretty sure calves liver is £20-£24 and fillet steak is £24-28 depending on which cut from the fillet you buy. Either way it is a shocking comparison and why Mr Cake only gets calves liver as a treat!

[ummmm]

I'll ask at my butchers tomorrow and let you know :-)

[EcclesCake]

Check out the difference in price between beef and veal.

What is sold as ox/beef liver, comes from a fully mature beast which is consequently larger, hence lower cost. It is commonly used for animal food due to it being a relatively cheap source of protein.

I don't know many people who eat beef liver (when they do it is a slow cooked dish), generally pig and lamb is preferred with calves being a treat.