Your favorite unsual meat/animal parts?

[FYIImaSpy]

I've had tripe and liver before and not a big fan. Had beef tongue for the first time yesterday, and it tasted so good (once you get over the eww factor). The texture and flavor was not at all what I expected.
What are some unusual parts of cow/pig/chicken that tastes awesome?

 

[Born2bwire]

Pig's tail is good and cow's stomach is really great.

 

[lxskllr]

None. I don't eat internal organs, or anything outside of the mainstream with meat. The closest would be naturally cased sausage and hotdogs. I like the crunch.

 

[Ausm]

head cheese

 

[TecHNooB]

Camel's hump.

 

[TecHNooB]

Camel's hump.

 

[FoBoT]

chicken gizzards
you can get them by the boxful at some of the chicken places around here

http://www.gochickengo.com/

GIZZARDS AND/OR LIVERS Can be ordered separately or mixed together 1/2 Order 4.49
Full Order 6.49

 

[FYIImaSpy]

I googled head cheese, and the image scared me (meat jello?)

 

[Demo24]

Bear was pretty good. Very dark meat. Not exactly something you find very often though.

 

[amdhunter]

I love goat. There's a guy on my job getting ready to slaughter a few and I've already placed my order.

 

[lokiju]

I've had gator, deer, elk, buffalo, frog legs, squirrel.

All of them were tasty and I'd have them again.

 

[Ausm]

I googled head cheese, and the image scared me (meat jello?)

Basically cow and pig brains in gelatin.

 

[Platypus]

I like tripe and cow's head (cheek meat). Tripe is great.

 

[Gibsons]

chicken gizzards
you can get them by the boxful at some of the chicken places around here

Done right, they're really good. Strange chewy texture, but I like that too.

 

[spacejamz]

Lamb rocks...

 

[Gibsons]

Lamb rocks...

Rock of lamb?

 

[ElFenix]

I googled head cheese, and the image scared me (meat jello?)

real gelatin is meat.

 

[lxskllr]

Rock of lamb?

That hung me up for about 20 seconds :^D

I was wondering which part of the lamb rocks came from, and trying to sync that with the picture. I don't consider lamb an unusual meat dish.

 

[El Guaraguao]

cow brain and fried chicken gizzard (drools)

 

[IceBergSLiM]

chicken hearts on the grill.

 

[Vonkhan]

Goat brains - spiced up and sauteed with hot peppers, eaten with freshly baked naan bread and onions. Delicious

Cows udders - made into kebab. Mind blowing, freaking amazing

Raw baby octopus - in freshly grated wasabi, pretty good

Fish eyeballs - as part of a fish stew. No thanks

Fish eggs (not caviar) - fried in large lumps. Awesome

Beef tongue - enjoyed it

Some other stuff that I forget ...

 

[jemcam]

I've eaten a lot of tasty animals and guts, gator, buffalo, turtle, frog, deer etc. They were okay, nothing special if you ask me.

However, chicken gizzards, hearts, and livers are one of my favorites. Especially gizzards, I love them.

I had deer liver and heart once, I didn't really care for it, as a matter of fact, it was nasty. Of course, I found out later it was my fault because I didn't remove the skin from the liver before I prepared it. It was so bad I won't even try it again though. That was back in 1982 and I've never forgotten how bad it was.

 

[FYIImaSpy]

Looks like chicken gizzards are many people's favorite. I'll have to try that.

 

[SN4p]

Sweetbread
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sweetbreads are the thymus (throat sweetbread) and the pancreas (heart or stomach sweetbread), especially of the calf and lamb (although beef and pork sweetbreads are also eaten).

The "heart" sweetbreads are more spherical in shape, and surrounded symmetrically by the "throat" sweetbreads, which are more cylindrical in shape.

One common preparation of sweetbreads involves soaking in salt water, then poaching in milk, after which the outer membrane is removed. Once dried and chilled, they are often breaded and fried. They are also used for stuffing or in pâtés. They are grilled in many Latin American cuisines, such as in the Argentine asado, and served in bread in Turkish cuisine.

The word "sweetbread" is first attested in the 16th century, but the logic behind the name is unclear.[1] The bread element may be related to "bræd," meaning "flesh."[2]


Sooooooo yummy.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I am not normally a fan of organ meat (I hate liver and would never try kidney), but when I was in China I had lamb stomach several times. It was sliced thin, seasoned, and barbecued. A little chewy but very good! I also tried a few liver things there as well as intestines and I didn't like them. And I had the opportunity to eat brains but did not.