Hearts and Livers and Tongues, Oh MY!
11-22-2011, 12:46 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Northern Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Posts: 2,976
I keep both the Heart and Liver, but the Tongue?? never heard of that one, mabey a Cow Tongue.
I give the Liver's to a Buddy who makes a Liver Loaf, I like Beef Liver and Onions but I can take or leave the Deer Liver. Now the Deer Heart is Pretty Good, I soak it in water and keep rinsing it out untill most of the Blood is out of it, sometimes I do it with Milk, or even mix some Milk in with the Watre. I then slice the Heart thin, mabey about a 1/4", slice me up some Onions heat up the pan with some Olive Oil and fry it up. It taste like Steak, if you've never tried it, ty it you'll be surprised how good it taste.
I give the Liver's to a Buddy who makes a Liver Loaf, I like Beef Liver and Onions but I can take or leave the Deer Liver. Now the Deer Heart is Pretty Good, I soak it in water and keep rinsing it out untill most of the Blood is out of it, sometimes I do it with Milk, or even mix some Milk in with the Watre. I then slice the Heart thin, mabey about a 1/4", slice me up some Onions heat up the pan with some Olive Oil and fry it up. It taste like Steak, if you've never tried it, ty it you'll be surprised how good it taste.
11-22-2011, 06:04 AM
#7
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
I've ate the deer heart one evening while we camped and hunted. We'd stalked and shot a nice deer that day and for the evening meal, we fried the heart in bacon grease and onions back at camp. It was pretty good. But then we were starving from being on the move all day.
The liver I will not eat. My friend eats deer liver. He makes some kind of paste out of it. Then he smears that goop on crackers. He seems to enjoy it. And after he eats it that man is disgusting to be around because he breaks the most horrible wind you ever experienced.
The tongue is said to be the best part of the deer. I just can not make myself cut it out and eat it. They say, skin the tongue and boil it with onions and peppers until tender, then set it over a wood fire grill and cook it. It's suppose to be really good. I've ate cow tongue and it was good. But I never knew what I was eating at the time.
So my answer is.. leave the guts in the woods.
The liver I will not eat. My friend eats deer liver. He makes some kind of paste out of it. Then he smears that goop on crackers. He seems to enjoy it. And after he eats it that man is disgusting to be around because he breaks the most horrible wind you ever experienced.
The tongue is said to be the best part of the deer. I just can not make myself cut it out and eat it. They say, skin the tongue and boil it with onions and peppers until tender, then set it over a wood fire grill and cook it. It's suppose to be really good. I've ate cow tongue and it was good. But I never knew what I was eating at the time.
So my answer is.. leave the guts in the woods.
11-22-2011, 06:19 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: The "empire" state-NY
Posts: 583
Gotta eat the heart! ( kind of a spiritual thing w/ me)
Liver & kidneys-no. Although I enjoy calf/beef & chicken livers, something about the texture of the deer's organ gives me pause.
Never had any sort of kidney.
I've always enjoyed turkey & chicken gizzards too which, if I think about it, is a little gross...
Liver & kidneys-no. Although I enjoy calf/beef & chicken livers, something about the texture of the deer's organ gives me pause.
Never had any sort of kidney.
I've always enjoyed turkey & chicken gizzards too which, if I think about it, is a little gross...
11-22-2011, 07:50 AM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 542
I don't eat organ meat if I can help it. Ok, maybe its in hotdogs and bologna, if it is don't tell me. 
I have eaten squirrel brains and tongue when I was a kid. My grandmother would pan fry the heads. Don't believe I would do that now though.
I have eaten squirrel brains and tongue when I was a kid. My grandmother would pan fry the heads. Don't believe I would do that now though.