Nose to Tail in Practice

[liuzhou]

Donkey is also very much used nose to tail. In addition to the above, my local vendor also carries donkey brains, tripe, bones, hooves, skin, and intestines. All sold seperately.

 

 

[billyhill]

Googling around, it isn't easy to find donkey recipes.

[liuzhou]

34 minutes ago, billyhill said:

Googling around, it isn't easy to find donkey recipes.

 

Well, it isn't a mainstream meat. Anything you can do with beef, you can do with donkey.

 

Donkey Fried Noodles

 

Donkey Soup Noodles

 

Donkey Soup

 

Donkey Stir Fry

 

Donkey with Green Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

[billyhill]

Thanks for the insight.

[SLB]

I collected my half-pig this week, and they sent along some of the organs:  heart; liver; kidney; and the tongue (which I realize is not an organ).

 

I'm fixin' to grow, y'all!!  

[liuzhou]

40 minutes ago, SLB said:

I collected my half-pig this week, and they sent along some of the organs:  heart; liver; kidney; and the tongue (which I realize is not an organ).

 

I'm fixin' to grow, y'all!!  

 

"tongue, n.

 the principal organ of speech; "

 

Oxford English Dictionary

 

 

[liuzhou]

One of the reasons I love living in this strange land is that ordering a whole pig's head for delivery within 30 minutes is perfectly normal. That's said I've never done so. But I love knowing I could.

 

For ¥198 ($23.77 USD) this could be moving in with me shortly.

 

 

Although I've eaten every part of those heads with delight, I buy the parts individually as I simply don't have the space to invite them all to stay en masse. My heads move in in instalments.

 

 

[liuzhou]

Related to this the Observer has an article today on "St John: 30 ways the ‘nose to tail’ restaurant changed the way we eat".  This is to mark the 30th anniversary of Fergus "Nose to Tail" Henderson's opening St. John restaurant in London. Interesting read.

 

Includes a passing mention of eGullet.

 

Edited August 18, 2024 by liuzhou (log)

[Ddanno]

I'm absolutely loving reading through this thread @liuzhou. I'm a big fan of Fergus and St John. Thanks for putting it together.

 

There's also cooking en vessie, where (usually) a chicken is poached inside a pig's bladder- which is later discarded because it's basically rubber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_vessie?wprov=sfla1

 

Sorry for the necrobump

Edited Monday at 10:25 PM by Ddanno (log)

[liuzhou]

6 hours ago, Ddanno said:

Sorry for the necrobump

 

No need to be sorry. Some topics should be bumped; some should be dumped.

 

 

[Ddanno]

On 12/20/2023 at 11:16 PM, liuzhou said:

 

Well, it isn't a mainstream meat. Anything you can do with beef, you can do with donkey.

 

Donkey Fried Noodles

 

Donkey Soup Noodles

 

Donkey Soup

 

Donkey Stir Fry

 

Donkey with Green Peppers

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've never seen or really thought of donkey as being a meat source and, after five Shrek movies, those captions make it sound like Donkey cooked the dishes 😄 (in my head anyway)

Edited Tuesday at 12:37 PM by Ddanno (log)

[pastrygirl]

I recently tried 'chicharron preparado' -  not a crispy fried chicharron (pig skin) with toppings but a wheat cracker with slightly chewy but tender pieces of skin in the pile on top.  The skin didn't seem particularly pickled like the recipes I found suggest, but maybe the lime juice and hot sauce hid that.  More just a textural element with a very faintly porky flavor when eaten on its own.   Overall reminded me of ceviche, with lime, tajin, hot sauce, salty cheese, cucumber, lettuce, & avocado.  Mayo was offered and declined.  I enjoyed it.

 

 

https://mysliceofmexico.ca/2021/10/22/cueritos-with-vegan-option/