I discovered this site meetup.com where like minded people can create clubs to organize functions and meet people. One of the meetups we joined is “The Denver Adventurous Eaters Club” Here’s the description and some pics. I would recommend meetup.com to anyone!
Is there any more regal animal than the pig? Intelligent, resilient– and tasty! Mmmmm…
The pig is truly versatile. As the saying goes, you can use everything but the squeal from our porcine pals.
You may have heard the term “heritage pork”, which is the carnivore equivalent of “heirloom tomato”. Heritage hogs come from vintage breeding stock– the old genetic lines before the age of growth hormones and genetic modification. They are culinary relics from the days when pork was rich and deeply flavorful, as opposed to the modern day pork chop which tastes eerily like a similarly engineered chicken breast– fluffy, dry and tasteless if not for the help of a talented cook.
Did I mention quality heritage pork is delicious and quite fashionable these days ( http://www.nytimes.co… )?
I happened upon some heritage pork recently, direct from a farmer named Henry Jupille at out in Montrose, Colorado. The breed is called Tamworth (http://en.wikipedia.o… ), of which there are, by Henry’s approximation, roughly 1000 animals in the US.
I was lucky enough to receive the whole heads (skinned), feet (officially called “trotters”), livers, hearts and kidneys from two fine hogs.
AND, Henry also sent natural lamb kidneys, livers and tongues.
What to do, what to do?
I think this calls for a meetup! We?ve got some cooking and eating to do.
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Eyeballs for Everyone!
“Lamb hearts”
“Grilled lamb heart” – Very Tasty!!
“Lamb tongues peeled (L), and unpeeled (R)” – Lina’s Favorite
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