Tonight Chez trof: CHICKEN LIVERS!

[trof]

Miz t. is out of town for a few days and I'm a bachelor again for a bit.
She doesn't like liver in any form except pate', and she makes a very good one.
Go figure.


I get my chicken liver fix at the Winn-Dixie.
A nice older 'church-lady type' in the deli fries 'em up for me.
As soon as I walk up to the counter she shouts "HEY, LIVER MAN!"
"HEY, LADY! How about fryin' me up a batch of chicken livers?"
"Take about 5 minutes."
"I'll be back."

I pick up a few other things and head back for my livers.
The 'batch' comes to about a pound and a quarter for under 4 bucks.
I'll make 2 or 3 meals off of these, so not a bad deal.
She doesn't overcook them and they're just right.
I eat one in the car on the way home.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Glad you enjoy them, my dear trof!

They don't do much for me, so you can have my share!

[trof]

2. Hey Peg. Nice to see you here.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

3. I LOVE them!

They are so unhealthy I only eat them once or twice a year. It's been a while so you have inspired my weekend "pig out"! Thanks

[trof]

4. That's about how often I indulge.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Up here i used to be able to stop for gas and get fried gizzards, too.

Family run gas station, convenience store and, behind the counter, fry pot working overtime to make
delicious fried gizzards.
dunno why I liked them so much, but that was the only place I could get them.
Didn't make them myself...another mystery of the time.

Place is gone now, I discovered, when I moved back here, after a 6 year absence.

Happy liver eating......I love them too, but Mr. dixie does not.

[The empressof all]

6. I love them too

I usually sautee them with onion and a sprinkle of brandy at the end. Sometimes I will puree this in the food processor....Just a few pulses...and make a sandwich on rye with some sliced hard boiled egg and maybe a slice of bacon

Sometimes in memory of my mother I will just cook them on a brown paper bag in the oven which leaves the outsides kind of crispy but the insides smooth and creamy. I give a good sprinkle of kosher salt and make sure no one else is home so I don't have to share.

[Lucinda]

7. Sounds like my mother and iced tea. She hated it, but made the best I ever had. :)

I'm the only one around here who likes liver (chicken or otherwise) so it sounds good to me!

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

8. "She doesn't overcook them and they're just right."

That's the problem I have always found when ordering liver of any sort in a restaurant: They invariably overcook it.

BTW, my favorite way of having chicken liver is the traditional Jewish chopped chicken liver. There is a typical recipe here if you want one.

[csziggy]

9. Mmmmmm, I love chicken livers

My favorite way to cook them is to take a bunch of thin sliced onions and caramelize them in bacon fat. When the onions are done, I take them out of the pan, toss the chicken livers in a little seasoned flour and quickly saute the livers until just done.

Some weekends when my husband is out of town, I'll buy three pounds of onions and a pound of chicken livers, fry them up and that will be all I'll eat the whole weekend!