Two great foods that most people throw away

[silverpig]

1. Bone Marrow

I love this stuff. I just roasted some soup bones for a stock I'm making and before putting the bones in the water, I ate the marrow. It's fantastic stuff. I know about osso buco, but few people eat it and fewer still will actually eat the marrow from the bones they get when they buy meat.

2. Fish Skin

We are lucky to have fresh sockeye salmon here in the summer, and one of my favourite meals is a fillet of sockeye on the grill. No seasonings save for maybe a little S&P. Cook it on high, skin down, for 14 minutes and it's done to perfection.

I find that most people think the skin is inedible or something, so they leave it on their plate, or if self-serve, scrape their piece of salmon free of the skin. I am perfectly happy to roll up the entire fillet's worth of skin and eat it as is. It is the best part of the fish IMO, and that's saying something because I'd rather have fresh sockeye than steak any day.


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[blinblue]

I have to agree with you one these somewhat. Bones are great for soap, not sure how much I'd enjoy eating the marrow. Fish skin though is just fine in my book, and I'll happily eat salmon skin (not sure about just by itself in large quantities, but the ratio of meat to skin in a normal serving is just fine)

 

[Ns1]

I did the marrow once and thought I was gonna die of a heart attack. One or two is good, 4+ is not.

 

[JS80]

I did the marrow once and thought I was gonna die of a heart attack. One or two is good, 4+ is not.

Truth spoken.

But srsly, people throw away bone marrow!??!

PS Wagyu filet with bone marrow at Cut = x_x

 

[silverpig]

Truth spoken.

But srsly, people throw away bone marrow!??!

People I know buy them for stock, just boil them, and throw everything but the liquid stock out.

I'll happily buy a $2 pack of soup bones, roast them, and eat the marrow as the "meat" part of my meal.

 

[zerocool84]

My grandma makes beans with ham bone in it. Tastes so damn good but I personally am not a bone chewer. I give them to my puppies.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Break the bones, suck the marrow, break the bone, suck the marrow!

Wish I could remember which game or movie that was from.

 

[bfdd]

Break the bones, suck the marrow, break the bone, suck the marrow!

Wish I could remember which game or movie that was from.

Bone marrow is so delicious. Some fish skin is meh others are bomb.

 

[destrekor]

hmm

Bone marrow is one of those things you think about in a brief second, and then forget about ever having thought about it.

It is something that has come to mind numerous times, considering I am a big-fan of an ancestral/cave-man-style primal diet... as it's something just about every animal loves to go for when available.

And I'm a huge fan of unsaturated fats - I sometimes go out of my way to try and pick up good snacks that are loaded with unsaturated fatty acids, it's just something I think we should get more of (at least here in America - Europe, or at least Southern Europe, has a fairly natural/healthy diet that is the norm in their society).

I'm going to have to try marrow one of these days. Sounds so, well... wrong... but yet... the primal part of my brain is telling me "omg yes yes yes god damn do it already."

 

[MAKENITO]

Never tried bone marrow anything.. and I dont throw away fish skin

 

[TecHNooB]

fish skin is great.

 

[bobdole369]

WTF - this is so disgusting. I threw up. Thats like licking cow hoof or eating the roach, sucking the goo out of bone marrow? WTF?! People will eat anything I guess. Once I saw an entire container full of chicken feet for sale, there was like 80 feet in there with toes/nails and everything all wrapped up like a pound of ground round.

Fish skin is basically fine, I see nothing wrong with it.

 

[Ns1]

WTF - this is so disgusting. I threw up. Thats like licking cow hoof or eating the roach, sucking the goo out of bone marrow? WTF?! People will eat anything I guess. Once I saw an entire container full of chicken feet for sale, there was like 80 feet in there with toes/nails and everything all wrapped up like a pound of ground round.

Fish skin is basically fine, I see nothing wrong with it.

you ever sit back for a second and think about what you're eating when you're chowing down on cheese?

 

[zinfamous]

bone marrow absolutely.

no on fish skin for me. well, I don't really like fish as it is.

 

[bobdole369]

I know allll about cheese. Same goes for most of the cured meats. Its really nasty stuff. I watched how they made salami once. Its essentially allowed to rot and the mold eats most of the meat out.

Somehow that doesn't bother me as much as bone marrow.

 

[endervalentine]

agree with OP on both counts! any other things people throwaway that's super good?

 

[Ns1]

I know allll about cheese. Same goes for most of the cured meats. Its really nasty stuff. I watched how they made salami once. Its essentially allowed to rot and the mold eats most of the meat out.

Somehow that doesn't bother me as much as bone marrow.

yay for inconsistency!

 

[gevorg]

Sheep testicles are yummy!

 

[Amused]

I always am amazed by people who leave salmon skin behind.

It's the healthiest and tastiest part of the fish!

 

[RedRooster]

Gizzards and hearts as well!! People are nuts throwing away perfectly good nourishing meat products.

 

[DrPizza]

salmon skin is awesome on the salmon. We slowly simmer ours in some butter on the cast iron frying pan; with a lid over them to keep some steam in. Just a little bit of salt and pepper.

I'm constantly amazed at the prices of some things around here. Boneless skinless chicken breast is CHEAPER than soup bones (which they label as dog bones.) But, I purchase a package of 3 bones every time I go to the grocery store. If I walk into the house with grocery bags, my dogs get all excited because they know they're getting a treat.

 

[destrekor]

I know allll about cheese. Same goes for most of the cured meats. Its really nasty stuff. I watched how they made salami once. Its essentially allowed to rot and the mold eats most of the meat out.

Somehow that doesn't bother me as much as bone marrow.

Sometimes we think too much about what we eat.

Marrow has never been a big thing here in the U.S.
It sounds horrifying and all kinds of disgusting.

But if you let your conscious mind sit in the back for awhile, and let your primal mind chill out center-stage, you get a whole new perspective. I mean, marrow is basically the gold of the edibles world. Of course, as soon as you stop thinking like an animal, you get a little confused about the whole marrow thing.

 

[Rage187]

How do you prepare the marrow, boiling?

 

[Genx87]

I cant believe how many people dont eat the skin on chicken.

 

[Squisher]

I made ham and lentil soup in a crock pot over the weekend, you better believe the bone that I cracked in half went in there.


I made two loaves of oatmeal beer bread today with the half beer I fell asleep with over the weekend. From the feeding frenzy I observed I'll have to say it went over well.