Many of the cooking shows on TV are doing all kinds of offal for Halloween. I have a great recipe for chicken liver pate but I must admit I’m not all that fond of much else. Cow’s tongue is good but I remember having trouble pealing it (been a while). Pate is great, but currently no family nearby with whom to share (too much work to make a small amount) and meats are all off my diet until February (because I promised a full year and I never cheat).
If I were Claire, I’d have told the kid “brains” also, because little boys WANT to be able to brag about having had something gross (why else the popularity of Rocky Mountain Oysters?) Real oysters are a better aphrodisiac! I love them baked.
It is cow pancreas. It used to be a staple at bar mitzvah buffets. You blanch them, take off the membrane, and saute with mushrooms, then make a roux and thicken it with chicken broth for the gravy. Keep it warm in a chafing dish and serve over either steamed rice or toast points. It was considered a real treat, but now I have to watch my cholesterol, so no more sweetbreads or chopped liver. Bummer.
T_Lexi over 10 years ago
; ) I heard once that sweetbreads were offal… (Claire is SO good with kids!)
Ken Otwell over 10 years ago
Cute strip – great family. But please Google sweetbreads.
sbchamp over 10 years ago
Sweetmeats!
spazmaticcelery over 10 years ago
Where is this sister? She is not at the table.
Bargrove over 10 years ago
Nope. Sweetbreads are not brains and they are also verygood. And so are brains. Check with zombies.com
LadyChel over 10 years ago
So why do they call it “sweetbreads”? : /
vldazzle over 10 years ago
Many of the cooking shows on TV are doing all kinds of offal for Halloween. I have a great recipe for chicken liver pate but I must admit I’m not all that fond of much else. Cow’s tongue is good but I remember having trouble pealing it (been a while). Pate is great, but currently no family nearby with whom to share (too much work to make a small amount) and meats are all off my diet until February (because I promised a full year and I never cheat).
vldazzle over 10 years ago
If I were Claire, I’d have told the kid “brains” also, because little boys WANT to be able to brag about having had something gross (why else the popularity of Rocky Mountain Oysters?) Real oysters are a better aphrodisiac! I love them baked.
vldazzle over 10 years ago
And sweetmeats are also the so called “sugarplums” which have nothing at all to do with this, but we’ll soon be in the season.
marilynrknits over 10 years ago
It is cow pancreas. It used to be a staple at bar mitzvah buffets. You blanch them, take off the membrane, and saute with mushrooms, then make a roux and thicken it with chicken broth for the gravy. Keep it warm in a chafing dish and serve over either steamed rice or toast points. It was considered a real treat, but now I have to watch my cholesterol, so no more sweetbreads or chopped liver. Bummer.