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So can anyone recomend any good cook books or sites etc for "forgotten cuts"?

 

It sounds terrible, but while I definitely remember Liver being cooked at home, never any other cut that I can think of other than the usual supermarket norm, so never learnt what to do with them.

 

So while I think of myself as an OK cook, and can whip up a meal with most things (and sometimes they are edible!), I have no idea where to start with some of these more forgotten bits of the animal, but I am happy to try them if I come across them at farmers markets or butchers etc.

 

In fact, I'm sure I have seen them, and not bought them as I don't really know how to treat them... I know if I put something unusual infront of OH, and it has been ruined by my cooking, I will really struggle to get him to try it again!

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OH made ox tail potjie the other day [ he hails from South Africa where lots of things are cooked in the heavy cast iron witches pots for hours on end.. ]

YUMMY - for some reason I thought it would taste like that awful ox tail soup from a can ... but it was yummy ... and really cheap !

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I've tried all the cheap cuts and offal over the years. Some I like and do buy - neck of lamb, oxtail, belly pork, tongue, black pudding - all favourites. I love brawn but only eat that made by my farmer friend in France (she cuts out the nasty bits :wink: ) and it is delicious! The rest are edible but I wouldn't buy and prepare them out of choice - hubby buys them so then I do them! The only thing I draw the line at is tripe. Even the dogs spit it out :vom::lol:

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Blimey, it must be massive!

 

Ruby loves the heart she gets in her raw dog meat. I have to cut it up smaller before mincing though as it's not as squishy as the other meat and hard to get in the mincer.

 

Did they like it?

 

My Nonno used to cooke heart in a sort of red wine sauce from what i remember. I never tried it, but it smelled delicious.

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