Liver, Onions & Bacon - mmmmmmmmmm Good

[Henry]

Maryann is slightly anemic, so trying to find some foods rich in iron for her to eat.  The doctor gave her a list of foods and among them is liver.  I actually love liver, although I think it is a little high in cholesterol.  To the best of my knowledge, none of the girls will eat it as well as a lot of people I know.  I fried up about 6 slices of bacon, then cut up a big old sweet onion and fried that until transparent, then threw in the 2 1/2 slices of beef liver cooking on each side about 7 minutes.  Makes for a pretty cheap meal as the cost of the liver was 95 cents. We had mashed potatoes and some new buttercup squash with it.  Very filling and very good for those who like it.

I think the last time I had liver was at a restaurant where they served it with an onion gravy..

[trussell]

Henry,

I just had liver and onions from The Pantry on Friday night- it's something that I really enjoy but don't get very often since my wife hates it (along with most other people).  Although a bit more than the 95 cents that you paid for yours, it's one of their less expensive dinners

-Trevor

[dearon]

Haven't cooked it or had it in over 35 years, my husband hates it, (as association with being in the service).  I do remember the smell of it and I liked the pork liver best, not as grainy as beef liver.

[Sue W.]

I like it too, my family does not!  The last time I had it was at a restaurant on a family camping trip.  I like the sound of the onion gravy!

[Mike Raburn]

LIVER....( I may need one someday) I am blood type Miller Lite if you are wondering......................

I get two tubs of chicken livers, spread em out with olive oil, garlic,sat and pepper, in a tinfoil wrap, place on the BBQ for two beers and a cigar, my timer... EXCELLENT!

[edakrupp]

love liver, like mine slightly pink in the middle, rich sauce topped off with a dash of Medera (Sweet Sherry) cuts the livery taste.

[David Shea]

I too love liver and onions.  I had it for the first time in about 19 years last fall.  My kids and I raised 3 pigs so we had some nice pork liver.  I gave some of it away to a neighbor and my mom and kept the rest.

The break of 19 years was due to my fear of the hormones and antibiotics that are given to factory raised animals.  Since the liver is a filter of toxins, it is the place where most of these poisons are stored.  I have a couple of packages of liver left from last fall & do not plan to eat liver again until I am able to confirm the source.

Dave

[Henry]

Oh David!!  David!!  David!!

I could start another whole topic on this, but when I was listening to Obama's speech on Health Care and listened to the Doctor who was talking about spending money to train people to change their lifestyles, I thought then how many things have been identified as bad for us and later found no basis for the original claims.

We could drive ourselves bonkers over this and if there is one thing I am not in favor of it is governing people's private lives and what they do or don't do in their own homes, such as what they eat, whether they smoke or not, or a number of other things.  Now, I may be a miserable Old Crank, but my kids no better than to tell me how I should live my life at my age.  I enjoy myself and don't place strenuous restrictions on myself.  I am almost 76 and consider, if I live to be 86, I want to truly enjoy the last ten years of my life.

In regards to liver, my take is, if it was a big problem, they certainly would have pulled it off the shelves in the store, so if you like liver, by all means enjoy it, but then again, you do what you want to do and feel comfortable with.