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Post by Clipper on Nov 19, 2018 15:21:03 GMT -5
www.wideopeneats.com/brains-and-eggs/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=partner&utm_term=stp&utm_campaign=stp&fbclid=IwAR2oDDKgCL3n9MOQHYYqe9ABpDS-1ienUZu4wLm6UxvJoV53b5paUESGPqcI seem to remember mentioning pig brains and eggs recently in another thread somewhere. I ate pig brains and eggs only once and they were prepared with fresh pig brains, not canned. I was not impressed. Haven't sought them out since. The canned pig brains in gravy look like someone already ate them once. YUK! I DID recently see FRESH pig brains at a meat shop in Kingsport. Not many meat markets around here but when I want custom cut, thick, butterflied pork chops for stuffing, or a filet mignon for Kathy that is pretty much guaranteed to be tender, I drive the twenty miles to Kingsport. Just a note. I ate the pig brains and it did NOT make me any smarter. In fact I suspect I was rather DUMB to even try them. haha.
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Post by kit on Nov 21, 2018 9:19:57 GMT -5
I'll pass on this one, thanks.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 21, 2018 10:33:36 GMT -5
Yep. I agree Kit. Pig brains fall in the same category as chitterlings. Something that a person might try ONCE, but definitely not something one would make a part of their daily diet. I have yet to try Chitterlings, and having smelled them cooking once at a soul food restaurant in Winston Salem NC, I think I will pass on that one too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 16:11:24 GMT -5
My neighbor make chitterling once a month. Apparently she loves them and other high fat fried foods. Her huge weight attests to that but as she says she is blessed. Those things smell like crap being cooked. I constantly spray the hallway when she is cooking them. I must add her head is rather small for her body.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 16:18:26 GMT -5
When I was a friar we would have sweetbreads once in a while in a hash. They added something else that gave a crunchy feel in you mouth. I liked them.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 21, 2018 19:03:11 GMT -5
Veal sweetbreads are quite good when cut into bite sized pieces, dredged in a seasoned flour mixture and deep fried. I have eaten them that way and also have had them boiled and then sautéed in butter with garlic and onion before serving over a bed of rice.
My ex brother in-law operates a custom cutting meat shop in Verona. He used to save the thymus gland sweetbreads from veal calves and lambs and my mother in-law would fix them for us. They are tough if taken from a larger calf or a cow, so they are normally harvested when butchering small calves or lambs. I was not a fan of the lamb sweetbreads.
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Post by kit on Nov 22, 2018 8:50:15 GMT -5
Clipper, what's your brother-in-law's name who owns the meat cutting shop in Verona? It isn't Darrell Curtis is it?
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Post by Clipper on Nov 22, 2018 10:42:03 GMT -5
Yep. I was married for 5 yrs to his sister Kathleen, who is now deceased. She was the mother of my youngest son. I am still on friendly terms with Darrell and occasionally stop and see him when we come to the area. How do YOU know Darrell? Have you taken deer there for processing? He is a character for sure. Great guy.
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Post by kit on Nov 23, 2018 5:05:25 GMT -5
I know Darrell through ham radio. I've communicated with him several times although I've never met him or Liz. His FCC 'call sign' is K1DCC and mine is KC2GQR. He owns the VHF repeater in Kirkland that many of us hams use routinely, both locally and with a function called 'EchoLink'. It's through EchoLink that I used to talk several evenings with Dave Griffin (N2CHI) in Murrells Inlet, SC just before he passed.
Darrell also used to take the same bus to school as my ex-wife's current husband Ralph Sexton.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 23, 2018 9:36:55 GMT -5
That is interesting. What is a VHF repeater? Is it an antenna tower of some sort? Did Darrell actually erect it in Kirkland? If so, why in Kirkland when he is in Verona?
Have you ever communicated with a fellow named Doug Arvidson from Camden? I have been friends with him since the 70's when we both started work at Griffiss. He was a rookie law enforcement cop when I was a rookie apprentice firefighter. I know he is an active ham operator.
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Post by kit on Nov 23, 2018 11:03:24 GMT -5
VHF is the abbreviation for 'Very High Frequency'. In this case they're frequencies between 137.000 and 174.000 MegaHertz which are referred to as "2 Meters" (which is the approximate length of each wave). Many radios are 'dual band' and will also transmit and receive at UHF (Ultra High Frequency) in the range of 400.000 to 520.000 MegaHertz which are referred to as "440". As a comparison, Citizens Band which many of us remember, is about 28.000 MegaHertz, which is "11 Meters". The frequencies of standard commercial AM and FM radio stations is much, much lower.
Although Darrell owns the VHF repeater we use, it's not at his house. The repeater itself is located in a building in Kirkland with the antenna on a very high tower because of it's altitude. The fewer obstacles in the way, like hills, trees, buildings, etc. the better our communications. We refer to this as the repeater's 'footprint' and Darrell's repeater has a great footprint.
Yes, I know Doug Arvidson. Several of us hams volunteer for emergency communications for the Tour de Cure bike races around Oneida Lake each year, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association. I was stationed portable in Doug's van one year. We also do communications for the Honor America Days Parade in Rome each year. I don't know him well, and seldom talk with him on the radio because he monitors a different frequency than I do, but I do know who he is.
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Post by kit on Nov 23, 2018 11:05:36 GMT -5
By the way, I'm not sure what this has to do with pig brains with gravy... unless you're trying to tell me something.  |
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Post by Clipper on Nov 23, 2018 12:07:17 GMT -5
Hahaha! Yes we do tend to wander from the original subject quite often. I don't know if that is a good thing, a bad thing, or really quite unimportant. As for trying to tell you something, I find you to be one of the many very intelligent people I know. Let's not slight the pigs though. www.seeker.com/iq-tests-suggest-pigs-are-smart-as-dogs-chimps-1769934406.html"smarter than some humans?" Hell, I have met humans who possessed the brain activity of a rock, and an intelligence quotient in the negative numbers, but you are certainly not one of those individuals, haha. |
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Post by Clipper on Jan 24, 2019 11:42:50 GMT -5
Well, that same old meme featuring the ad for pig brains and gravy showed back up on Facebook this morning. The photo is just as revolting to the tummy as it was when I originally posted the link. Brains and gravy rate right up there with deep fried beef rings when it comes to desirability as a menu choice. Beef rings are very expensive due to the difficult process necessary to obtain them. It takes two people. One to hold a gun and another to stand at the rear of the animal, holding the tail up with one hand while holding a very sharp knife in the other. When the person in the front shoots the cow between the eyes, the cow's butt puckers and protrudes for a split second. The person at the rear has the opportunity to quickly slice off a couple of beef rings, which are breaded and deep fried. I have never tried the dish, but it is rumored to leave a person with bad breath and a really bad aftertaste in your mouth. (an old meat cutter's joke I heard from my former brother in-law)
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