Swarm 14

Just making fun of Pedro ,women and men eat ofals in France, pig´s feet is another popular one too, in Paris the fashion was to go and eat pigs feet at Les Halles around 2 or 3 in the morning adter the theater. Another dish I can do without. My grand mother made some mean spleen too..yuk...

Well I think you two may just need to show up for the next one given all the interest....jajaja.

The four stomachs are the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. The only good reason to eat them are to cure a hang over. The Rocky Mountain Oysters, now that some some good eats.

Pedro's menudo was made with callos, but I thought it had great flavor...muy rico. Never heard of same with turkey or granitos de maiz.
Not just a country food...lot sold in Guadalajara.

Dawg...we shared a straw, no hands involved. Never got any callos...difficult with a straw.

Offal...Mi favorito is tacos de sesos. Best place lakeside is Don Emilio's in Jocotepec. I still hold the record for tacos de sesos consumed at one sitting. (like 25 yrs. ago when the old man was still alive across the street)
Downside...once in a while I bite into a piece of lead, but it's only .22 caliber

An Irish family in New York (the Tynan's) made a lot of money by controlling all the packing houses in the midwest on the purchase of "honeycomb tripe"...
Sold it for big bucks to the Czechs, Polskis, and Hungarians on the East Coast.

So Pedro couldn't help himself, when tempted.

seisdedos wrote:

brigitte wrote:He ate it just to show you what a sisi you are and what a man he is like if eating organ meat is a sign of anything...

Well it is a popular dish and it was on the menu so it isn't unusual for people in Frida's to order it. My wife likes it and she certainly isn't manly! Today we had pig's feet as part of our meal.

I have always like offal since I partook it at my grandfather's table as a young boy. Kidney, tripe, liver, thinly sliced cold heart sandwiches or crusty fried brain sandwiches with homemade mustard on fresh baked bread.

Down here they do it even better.

Back in your part of the previous world, I think the two culinary highlights of the year, was about this time of the year for the sponge (morel) mushrooms and hog castration day...at least it was for me. Dipped in flour and pan fried.

Here are some pics courtesy of Pedro:

Hocks looks like he ate something funny........jajaja.

Just about everyone looks like they were caught in the act of eating something funny. . .

And pedro was wearing his bib.

CanuckBob wrote:Hocks looks like he ate something funny........jajaja.

Ate something funny is right. His brownies were tasty though, just the right amount of seasoning to make an average sunset spectacular.

Slainte39 now we can agree morels..then lamb, tiny green beens, asperagus..Spring and fall are my favorite seasons over there but over here the wild mushroom season is about to start and soon the market will have mountains of them so I am happy!

slainte39 wrote:

Back in your part of the previous world, I think the two culinary highlights of the year, was about this time of the year for the sponge (morel) mushrooms and hog castration day...at least it was for me. Dipped in flour and pan fried.

hahaha just about everything was dipped in flour and pan fried back then. The sponges were THE culinary highlight of the year. We could fill a brown paper grocery bag full on a good day. My Mom wouldn't allow pig's nuts in the house.

My in laws come from cattle raising family on the coast. Tacos de huevos de toro (RMO) cut into small cubes with scrambled eggs, tomato, onion, serrano chiles and cilantro are delicious.

Do the men in US or Mexico cook animal balls and women stay away from that task? Just curious my uncles cooked them never the women but I never heard from the women they would not do it . Still I do not know a women who cooks them? Just curious.

My mother in law prepares them. I imagine other women do also.

In Colorado, I knew any number of rancher's wives who would prepare Rocky Mountain Oysters. Maybe their willingness to do so helped keep their husbands in line out of fear?

RoofBob wrote:

CanuckBob wrote:Hocks looks like he ate something funny........jajaja.

Ate something funny is right. His brownies were tasty though, just the right amount of seasoning to make an average sunset spectacular.

Maybe he'd like to share his recipe.

CanuckBob wrote:Hocks looks like he ate something funny........jajaja.

He was just THINKING about those callos in the menudo.

seisdedos wrote: My Mom wouldn't allow pig's nuts in the house.

My Mom wouldn't either unless you had a full bucket. 50 to 60 lb. pigs were about the right size and the best flavor.

Brigitte...My Mom wouldn't allow my Father in the kitchen, so she was the only game in town. He could make coffee, strong and black, that would work as varnish remover...that was about it.

Mutton balls were cooked by the men in a cave in a very large fireplace on vine cuttings. I think it is the version of an American BBQ and the men did the cooking in the cave and would bring the food out . It was one of the few time when I saw men cooking and never were they allowed to cook in the kitchen. Women were way to smart for that and that was their domaine.

brigitte wrote:Do the men in US or Mexico cook animal balls and women stay away from that task? Just curious my uncles cooked them never the women but I never heard from the women they would not do it . Still I do not know a women who cooks them? Just curious.

My wife cooks them. My friends and I buy a calf and share the feed cost. We have it butchered by one of the local butchers. I usually end up with the oysters. My wife skins them and pan fries them. One of mi amigos, he and I butcher several goats a year. Some we rent them out for grazing brush around here. Others we sell. Right now I have a few big horn sheep that are wild we haven't done anything about them yet as they are not a big problem. Beautiful to look at and make great mounts. They are a pain the ass as they eat the hay and feed. That cost $$$. The big horn sheep can bring ina pretty penny if we let hunters come for the weekend. Some people just let the hunters have em for free just get a them off the property.

espíritu del lago wrote:Beautiful to look at and make great mounts.

Okay, Tex, once you mount up what do you do?

George

ofal ain't awful.i have done sheep fries. had "prairie" oysters[they is misgnomed "rocky mountain" by youse excited statesers. sweet breads,calf,pork and sheep brains[german-breaded,provincial french-red wine and shroom sauce]. and my world famous haggis which is usually a 10 pounder. liver, beef heart, tongue,etc. as well.
again i say-her menudo was excellent. as good as what i had in barra for breakfast.
where can i get haggis makings here? i have yet to find real lamb as well ,because i prefer to bbq my own although the rack at tangos is excelente

mattoleriver wrote:

espíritu del lago wrote:Beautiful to look at and make great mounts.

Okay, Tex, once you mount up what do you do?

George

Artwork, a lot of concrete cowboys pay big bucks to shoot them. I just admire them til they consume my livestock feed, usually they will move on to greener pastures on their own accord. Concrete cowboys will pay up to $1.000 or more per head depending on how big the rack is just to have them stuffed and mounted to hang on the wall and have bragging rights. Most of these guys are lawyers, doctors and highly paid business professionals . They like to come down to get some R&R, drink beer and eat BBQ.

When I mount up, I find my wife's sweet spot, strictly for pleasure ..

Right now I have a few big horn sheep that are wild we haven't done anything about them yet as they are not a big problem. Beautiful to look at and make great mounts. They are a pain the ass....

I would guess they would say the same thing about you while being mounted.

hound dog wrote:Right now I have a few big horn sheep that are wild we haven't done anything about them yet as they are not a big problem. Beautiful to look at and make great mounts. They are a pain the ass....

I would guess they would say the same thing about you while being mounted.

are you upset because nobody wants to mount you?

Now on the other hand, depending on how much beer and tequila has been consumed, I don my spurs and chaps..... Call the rodeo clown up and try to hang 8 seconds and hope and pray the bull doesn't kill or maime me.