Offal is a wonderful food but one that has lost its popularity in recent years due largely to the snobbishness of our society and the increase in marketing for higher prices goods but with current world situations it’s very important to waste as little as possible (like the American Indians who used everything from the animal they had killed, even the bones for hunting instruments/jewellery)
Most offal is extremely high in essential vitamins and minerals that can’t be found in other parts of the animal.
My mum always used to cook me a mean liver stew when i was younger which has been the inspiration for today’s meal which is liver and beans and one that i was looking forward to, it’s been a long time since I last had any liver so when the idea popped into my head while walking around Tesco’s I had to grab the guy who was filling the shelves and do a little dance up and down the aisle (I didn’t actually do this but it really did happen inside my head)
Once I got back to mine I started to cook immediately as I had a long day at work which left me needing to refill the petrol tank. One of my housemates was very off-put by the idea of what I was cooking but I thought to myself “I’m only just beginning” I fried an onion until caramelised and then added the chopped liver for about 10 minutes (or until it’s no longer pink in the middle) I then served up with some Tesco standard beans (39p) The meal was as good as I had anticipated it to be and the beans went very well with the liver...so much in fact that I will be having this long after the experiment has ended!!
I have a few good ideas for tomorrows meal which build on tonight’s dish so stay tuned...
