The future of liverwurst?

[Conan The Librarian]

Mmm. Brauschweiger and liverwurst. I like em. Remind me not to find out how they are made.

[Mikey]

Ha!  Liverwurst on seeded rye with mustard and sliced onion, a rare treat (only because I'm watching my cholesterol); pan seared venison liver and onions, with or without rye bread as asandwich or main meal; venison liver and heart as a alternative to beef and kidney pie; sliced venison heart, pan seared as either a sandwich or as a main meal with taters and onions; sliced venison liver or heart with curried cauliflower, onion and garbonzo beans. 
 
Substitute wild hog parts for the venison if ya want to because that is just as tasty.  And instead of wolfing down mouthful after mouthful, chew yer dang food so ya don't phart so much and yer wife won't make ya sleep inna garage.........

[Oldshooter]

Mikey that was rich! 
 
Conan
 
They say people that like law and sausage should not see how either is made!

[mannyrock]

   
    Deli meat lasts because it is soaked through and through with nitrates and other preservatives.  A few years ago, these were proven to be linked to a significant increase in cancer of the colon.  Makes sense.
 
   I have tried almost all of the "delicacies" you guys have mentioned, and the taste and texture of them made me want to puke.  Eating and puking do not go together well with me.
 
    Mushrooms are one of the big mysteries to me, as to why people eat them.  They are balls of white and brown fungus that grow on the crp infested ground in the woods. They have a subtle, dank, bitter flavor that in my opinion adds nothing to anything.  This flavor soaks into and ruins the taste of any fine meats or vegetables that they come into contact with.    Why take a beautiful piece of meat, or a fresh vegetable, and mask the flavor with stinking fungus?
 
Mannyrock
 
 
 

[ironglow]

Now, when you guys talk "onions"..I hear you!  I like onions either in a salad, sandwich or nearly anything else.  I even eat slices of the big, sweet varieties all by themselves.
  I had a friend who just loved Limburger & Onion sandwiches..used to bring them to work..where he ate them, sitting all by himself!
    Being a true Wisconsin man, Cheesehead ought to be right into that Limburger thing, since the only place in the USA where Limburger cheese is made is in Monroe, Wisconsin..at the Chalet Cheese Co-op.. .

[BBF]

Braunschweiger is not Leberwurst, IMO it doesn't come close to it. It is rare to find a good German style Leberwurst.

Now if want a real stinky food which calls for acquired taste, try Limburger cheese. !!! My Missus demands a sealed container for that stuff before I can put it in the fridge.This stuff encourages the growth of hair on your chest.
 
Re Mushrooms:  Most are to be eaten raw with a nice dip !!
Those of you that have been in Germany I suppose you know what is meant by  Tartar on Rye.

[Buckskin]

Limburger isn't too bad in small quantities.  And mushrooms!!! If you don't like mushrooms you need to try some fried up fresh picked morels. Definately one of the best treats you can find in the woods.  We are mere days away from the morels season here and it should be a good one...

[JonnyReb]

Northern houses are designed around sauerkraut. Heres the drill...
Husband eats large amount of sauerkraut
Wife goes upstairs in specially desighned two story house.
Wife goes into temporary pulmonary arrest from the stench but is able to activate bathroom vent fan and evacuate rest of family downstairs
Husband sleeps upstairs comfortably, sustaining minor methane intoxication that has temporary effect of inducing craving for more sauerkraut, and perhaps liverwurst and beer.
Wife and family sleep safely downstairs.
No lastng ill effects, just some typical wifeish criticisms
Husband reminds wife that her own fusillades after eating her comfort foods of choice are no different.

  lol, always wondered why northern houses were so tall and skinny. I see now they were built to follow the design and principal of a chimney.

 Frankly i'm amazed ya'll can spell the names of these "foods", let alone eat them 

[Oldshooter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATm1OH2ASv0

[ChungDoQuan]

According to Dr Oz, canned sardines are the perfect food for anyone with a prostate gland. 

The taste and smell of cheese depends on the kind of bacteria and mold that grows on it when it ages. The sweaty monks working in the Limburg monastery "discovered" their cheese by carrying the new blocks of cheese back to the warehouse without wearing shirts. To this day, Limburger cheese is innoculated with armpit bacteria to give it its particular flavor. Oh, yeah, don't look up "cheese mites."

[Conan The Librarian]

I had no idea there would be any interest in this topic. It was just a rant for me.
 
About liver and onions: here's my recipe: calf liver pan fried to shoe leather consistency. Massive heaps of fried
onions, and glops of ketchup on the side.
 
I keep two cans of sardines in mustard sauce in the pantry. Good stuff.
 
Buckskin:
 
About Limburger, good point! I agree. It has a terrible reputation, but is actually very good. It's one of those things that I'll put on a smorgasbord around the holidays and not tell anyone what it is. Everybody thinks it's really good and there's never any left. For those not familiar with it, it is sold in small jars, and is a spreadable cheese.
 
Finally, check this out. Interesting way to do baked per-tater. I gotta try this....
http://www.lemonythyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Sliced-Twice-Baked-Potato1-960x260.jpg
 

[ironglow]

Havn't had a braunschweiger sandwich in years.Cute story about braunschweiger. Back in the late 80's, when walleye fishing was fantastic on Lake Erie, I was usually out there 3-4 days a week fishing. A friend of mine, who had never fished the lake before, asked me if I would take him and his son out. 'Course I said yes. We were out there maybe 2-3 hours, and he was feeling seasick. He didn't want to go in, as his son was having a good time catching fish, so he tough't it out. I got hungry, and made a braunschwieger sandwich, with a big slice of onion and a little mustard. As I took the first bite, a piece of onion got on my chin, with just alittle mustard on it. That, was all it took. He was over the side pitching cookies. His son lasted about 10 more minute's, and he was losing it too, so we headed back in to shore. They never went fishing with me again. Still friends thou. Sounds like I need to make a trip to the meat market today, getting hungry. gypsyman

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  Next question;
 
  Did you observe closely to see if the fish "bit" on whatever they threw up ?

[BBF]

Limburger smells more like dirty socks than a ripe armpit.

[nw_hunter]

   
    Deli meat lasts because it is soaked through and through with nitrates and other preservatives.  A few years ago, these were proven to be linked to a significant increase in cancer of the colon.  Makes sense.
 
   I have tried almost all of the "delicacies" you guys have mentioned, and the taste and texture of them made me want to puke.  Eating and puking do not go together well with me.
 
    Mushrooms are one of the big mysteries to me, as to why people eat them.  They are balls of white and brown fungus that grow on the crp infested ground in the woods. They have a subtle, dank, bitter flavor that in my opinion adds nothing to anything.  This flavor soaks into and ruins the taste of any fine meats or vegetables that they come into contact with.    Why take a beautiful piece of meat, or a fresh vegetable, and mask the flavor with stinking fungus?
 
Mannyrock

You poor feller! Something must have happened to kill your taste buds! The Morel mushroom is sooooooo flavorful.They are the one food I can make a complete meal with and need nothing else to go with them.I may have a piece of steak left on my plate after eating, but never a mushroom.Especially a Morel. "Oh" To keep with the thread........Not sure how they would go with liverwurst

[ChungDoQuan]

Morels are great! I also like to take a big portabella cap and grill it gills down for 8-10 minutes, then flip it over and fill it with either feta or bleu cheese and give it another 6-8 minutes. Slap that on a bun with your choice of fixings, and have yourself a mushroom burger! Good stuff!

[mannyrock]

   Killed my taste buds?  :-)  Actually I have the opposite problem.
 
   I have a very big nose, and an incredible sense of smell and taste.   I can smell people from 30 feet away, based on sweat, cologne, perfume etc.   If I circle a person from that distance, I can actually find their scent cone and stay in it.  (Just like a dog.)     Because of this, I think that I taste things well beyond what most people can taste.   (It's a curse, not a gift.) Things that are only slightly bitter to most folks are incredibly bitter to me.  Things that are only slightly spicey to most folks are incredibly  spicey to me.
 
   If there the slightest bit of garlic in anything, I can taste it immediately, whereas other people don't even know it is there.   (I hate garlic.)    If I eat the slightest piece of raw onion in anything, I can taste it in the back of my throat for 3 days.  Yech.
 
   So, the good news is that I'll leave all of these fine delicacies to you guys. 
 
Manny, the Dog
   

[Conan The Librarian]

ChungDoQuan:
 
I tried to like portabella burgers, and had them at restaurants, but we never had one we liked.
 
My favorite vegie burger is made of home-made falafel, but fried in burger size patty instead of the little balls. Just a thin coat of oil in the pan is enough. Yum! I like Boca burgers frozen patties. Tasty for a factory food.

[blind ear]

   

 
    Mushrooms are one of the big mysteries to me, as to why people eat them.  They are balls of white and brown fungus that grow on the crp infested ground in the woods. They have a subtle, dank, bitter flavor that in my opinion adds nothing to anything.  This flavor soaks into and ruins the taste of any fine meats or vegetables that they come into contact with.    Why take a beautiful piece of meat, or a fresh vegetable, and mask the flavor with stinking fungus?
 
Mannyrock

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The flavor of mushrooms is described in culinary terms as earthy, a "dirt" taste. Brazil nuts, some beans and other foods have the earthy taste. Pairing with the right other foods aids in appreciating the flavors. Appreciation of many foods is often an acquired taste. Books are written about food pairings most easily found in appetizer, tapas recipes etc. It is part of culinary training.
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Some people do have super taste acuteness and don't like many generally accepted foods or appreciate some foods that most people don't. Male pigs are not butchered in much or Europe for this reason. ear

[Bob Riebe]

Back when I had a class on edible wild plants, I knew mushrooms well enough I would go to parks and pick my own. I learned how some taste better than others fried in butter.
We have one  up here, that can often be found in oak woods, that smell horrible when being fried but taste like fried chicken with a much better than average seasoning without doing anything except frying them in butter.

I do not have sensitive taste buds for foods, but after a long stay in the hospital decades ago, I came out very sensitive to tasting sugar.
I could no longer chow down on multiple candy bars as it would cause a burning sensation in my mouth, plus in beers, I can taste any sugar immediately and I hate sweet beers.

[gypsyman]

Ironglow, never noticed if the fish ''bit'' better after a chumin session. Never stayed out very long after somebody was hanging over the side.   Always headed back in to shore to put them out of their misery. gypsyman

[Victor3]

   Killed my taste buds?  :-)  Actually I have the opposite problem.
 
   I have a very big nose, and an incredible sense of smell and taste.   I can smell people from 30 feet away, based on sweat, cologne, perfume etc.   If I circle a person from that distance, I can actually find their scent cone and stay in it.  (Just like a dog.)     Because of this, I think that I taste things well beyond what most people can taste.   (It's a curse, not a gift.) Things that are only slightly bitter to most folks are incredibly bitter to me.  Things that are only slightly spicey to most folks are incredibly  spicey to me.
 
   If there the slightest bit of garlic in anything, I can taste it immediately, whereas other people don't even know it is there.   (I hate garlic.)    If I eat the slightest piece of raw onion in anything, I can taste it in the back of my throat for 3 days.  Yech.
 
   So, the good news is that I'll leave all of these fine delicacies to you guys. 
 
Manny, the Dog
 

 Stay away from anything with truffle oil, Manny. It may be fatal for you.


 For those who have never tried it, all I can say is get a small bottle of the real stuff and give it a go. Pour a tiny bit on any liverwurst, limburger or spam and tell me it aint the nectar of the gods. Prolly could make dry cat food into a delicacy. 


http://www.oregontruffleoil.com/

[ironglow]

 I like Limburger, but I chicken out and now and then get the ersatz variety..

[Brett]

Back to the subject of deli meats...  There did used to be a much wider variety available than there seems to be today.  I have not seen real Pastrami (not the crap made from turkey) in a long time.  Also missing is Olive Loaf and Pickle and Pimento (P&P) Loaf.  Maybe the stuff all got band by the FDA or something.   

 

[Conan The Librarian]

One good one I just discovered is "low sodium turkey breast". The kind available to me is really superb. Just like it was carved from a Thanksgiving bird. A few of the supermarket delis sell it. It's way better than the normally familiar sliced turkey.

[powderman]

Also missing is Olive Loaf and Pickle and Pimento (P&P) Loaf.  Maybe the stuff all got band by the FDA or something.   

 
We never buy from the deli, way too high, but theres plenty of the above pre packaged around here, we like dixie loaf a lot too. POWDERMAN. 

[maddogg]

Lets not forget about Blood and Tongue sausage.
I also liked Smoked oysters until I ate a tin to many- took me a whole day to recover.

[Bob Riebe]

Back to the subject of deli meats...  There did used to be a much wider variety available than there seems to be today.  I have not seen real Pastrami (not the crap made from turkey) in a long time.  Also missing is Olive Loaf and Pickle and Pimento (P&P) Loaf.  Maybe the stuff all got band by the FDA or something.   

I have seen olive loaf in the not distant past.
It depends on where one is shopping.
Darn, I may just go see if it is still there and buy some.
This thread is making me hungry for all the stuff I loved as a kid, another one is jellied beef loaf. Ma used to put it on heavily buttered toast for me.
My mouth is watering.

[cudatruck]

jellied beef loaf aka head cheese! good stuff but a little sour with vinegar for most peoples tastes.

[mannyrock]

 
  Now tongue, that's a different matter.  It's not an organ;  its just a very large muscle, just like any other piece of meat.  I have never had any  before, but I have heard that it is excellent.  I understand that you have to somehow boil it first and peel off the skin?
 
   If you watch old old movies, you will often see that when there are scenes inside of a dinner, there is usually a painted menu on the wall, and on that menu you almost always see "tongue sandwich."  It must have been pretty darned popular in the big cities back in the 20s and 30s to constantly show up in movie sets like that.
 
   Anyone have a great recipe for a beef tongue?   I am trying to get my courage up.
 
Manny

[pastorp]

Walmart in inverness,fl carries olive load in the deli and Oscar Mayer still packages P&P loaf.

We used to get hog head cheese from Copeland sausage co. years ago in tubs. Boy howdy was that ever good when it was real fresh. And of course ya gotta cook pig tails in with your greens and smoked hog jowels in with your black eyed peas.

Of course my Cardiologist put all those goodies on my Never Eat Again list after my last surgery.

Mushrooms I love. They had lots of them in NM. Even had one that tasted just like lobster. The shaggy marines were my favorite though. They came up during Elk season. If I found a stand elk hunting stopped until I had gathered all the mushrooms I could Cary. When I moved to Alaska the first summer a stand of shaggy marines came up in the church parking lot. Would you believe none of those Indians knew they were editable. They wouldn't eat any until I had eaten mine.

Manny, I've eaten tongue but never cooked it myself. It's a good firm meat. I liked it.

Ox tails are great too.

Regards,