Organ meat is delicious!  I wasn't raised on it, but I am a foodie and am
always interested in trying new things.  As an American, I feel like the
culture here is extremely watered down.  With the industrialization of food,
taste buds atrophy and people get used to things like white bread and PB&J
etc.  I am very interested other cultures of the world.  In many other
countries, organ meat is a staple.  If you train yourself to think that
millions of people happily eat every part of most animals, it makes it
easier to stomach.  Once you get over *what* you are eating, you will see
how good it really is.  Then you will want to try the parts of the animal
you haven't had yet.

Things I have had the privilege to learn:

Pork skin is probably the most delicious thing I have ever eaten.
Beef Heart is amazing.  (In Peru, they are called anticuchos and are
skewered chunks of heart.  You probably wouldn't know you are even eating
heart)
Bring on the blood sausage.
liver and tripe is packed full of flavor (however strong)

I have yet to but would love to try haggas, sweetbreads, and anything else I
have never eaten that comes from an animal carcass.

Zack






On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Trish <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi all-
>
> I haven't eaten organ meat because I am very afraid. What does it all taste
> like?
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Larry Magee <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi, I've been on the Paleo Diet for one month after being on the Zone
> Diet
> > for over a year.  They're fairly similar diets.  The main difference is
> > that
> > on the Paleo Diet I've eliminated dairy and soy sources of protein and
> > replaced it with more meat and fish, and I've really cut back on salt.  I
> > wasn't really overweight when I started Zone but my cholesterol and
> > triglycerides were bad.  They cleared right up on the Zone Diet and I'm
> > trying the Paleo Diet to see if it will clear up my daily stuffy nose and
> > inflamation around some injured tendons.
> >
> > My question -
> >
> > The Paleo Diet recommends lean meat but also recommends organ meats that
> > are
> > very high fat, like beef sweetbreads and tongue (see
> www.nutritiondata.com
> > ).
> >  These organs from the young animal (veal) aren't too high in fat, but
> > would
> > probably hard to find.
> >
> > I'm assuming there are a lot of Paleo Dieters that eat the beef
> sweetbreads
> > and tongue.  Is the high fat okay?  Also, all the organ meats are pretty
> > high in cholesterol.  What is the answer about that?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Larry Magee
> >
>