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Lambs liver

noblehead said:
Most high-street butchers (and good butchery dept in a supermarkets) will have beef bones @therower

They make a good stock much the same as a Ham Hock does when making a pea & ham soup.
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53 years and I've completely missed " beef bones". Understand there availability for pets but not us humans:):):).
Ignorance on my part.
Feel educated and a bit more knowledgeable.
Actually worked half a day in a slaughterhouse once, de-boning cow's heads. If I'd have known then what I know now I would have smuggled out a few skulls.;););)
 
Be aware that once cooked, bones are bad for dogs - they become hard and can cause damage, like splinters of plastic or glass.
When I buy a whole animal at the butcher - I have a traditional butcher just around the corner, I get the bones and bits, so I can render the fat and use the bones in casseroles.
Modern cookery standards are very wasteful and many cuts of meat which were standards in a lot of households are now not bought regularly. Such things as pressure cookers are no longer on the wedding present lists of most engaged couples.
Back at the time I left home chickens were not available as parts, you bought a whole one and ate all of it, right down to boiling the carcase to make soup.
 
Brunneria said:
Liver counts as one of the most nutritious foods available. Far better than our old friend broccoli. lol.
But as someone said above, don't have it too often. It is sooooo nutritious it can overload you with some vitamins.
Once a week or so, is fine.

@therower
the beef bones thing is because of bone broth. Good for low carbers to get certain minerals, and very good for health on quite a few levels.

I get mine from the butchers at the end of the road. I think the poor love believes I am going to give them to the dogs (and I do give SOME of them to the mutts), but the majority go into my slow cooker and simmer with exquisite slowness for about 24 hours. A tablespoon of cider vinegar in the water causes all the nutrition to leach out of the bones, and into the liquid, while things like the cartilage dissolve. Then you just strain the bones out and use the liquid however you like - stock for soups and stews, drink it by the mug, freeze it and keep it for later.

If you google 'Bone Broth' you will find quite a cult following nowadays. I don't do the cult thing, but I must say it comes in very useful at times, and can taste absolutely delicious.

(My butcher charges £1 a carrier bag for the bones. Sometimes a bag can contain about 6-8 skeletal chicken carcasses or a huge amount of pork or beef ribs. With quite a lot of the meat left on.)
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I must confess, although I am a foodie I had no idea that it was that easy to make bone broth. I've never thought of it.
I have a large slower cooker I wasn't using. Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend
 
I find the most inexpensive cuts of meat usually have the most flovour. It's just a matter of finding the right method to cook.
Mr Google is fantastic for this.
 
I'm glad I mentioned beef bones now, years ago the used to give a cup of beef tea to poorly people xx
 
I make bone broth from beef bones.

I also boil the chicken carcass to make stock. Round here I get bags of chicken skin so I can put them in my slow cooker and get the lovely chicken fat out to make tasty chicken broth as well.
 
After this thread, Butchers across the land are scratching their heads wondering why sales of Liver and Bones have gone through the roof!
 
Bluetit1802 said:
Lamb's liver is good for any diet. So much nutritional goodness in it. I have it once a week with bacon. :)
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Just after a tasty portion of liver bacon with sweet potato. *** I forgot how good it tasted years ago , definitely putting it on my Sunday menu from now on .
 
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The last batch of beef bones I got from my butcher was a disaster the bones he gave me were huge much bigger than my slow cooker and I ended up having to attack them with a hacksaw and took simply ages to get them small enough to go in the cooker.

Cooked them overnight and ended up with about an egg cup of broth will be more careful next time I attempt it.:)
 
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