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Why I don't eat brains #6349734
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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349740
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There was another thread on this same article. If you read the article, they don't know if he even ate squirrel brains, and they don't know if he even had that particular disease. More fake news.

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349746
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I guess. I just went by the "journal looking" site link they provided.

Only one of the four people they observed ate brains. I just have always thought it could be dangerous but I know a lot of people eat them.

On herbivores (yes squirrels eat like 3% bugs not the point) I eat meat, heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys if they look healthy which they almost always do.

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349757
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I don't think its a great idea either. Just sort of pointing out the levels these "journalists" will stoop to these days.

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349773
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I will never understand why people want to eat all these crazy things on an animal. For instance on a cow, its tongue, sweet breads, eyeballs, tripe, kidneys, heart, brains, etc. There are so many other good things like steaks, roasts, etc. Why does anybody need to eat that other stuff? And most of that stuff isn't healthy.

I had a neighbor who used to scramble pig brains or fish roe in his morning scrambled eggs. I can't imagine fish-flavored eggs!
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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349808
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I've heard Neurologist David Perlmutter, MD say at least 4-5 times how "organ meats" are excellent And important we need to eat more. Here is his channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4gSp_Gp2-g

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: Trapper7] #6349809
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Originally Posted By: Trapper7
I will never understand why people want to eat all these crazy things on an animal. For instance on a cow, its tongue, sweet breads, eyeballs, tripe, kidneys, heart, brains, etc. There are so many other good things like steaks, roasts, etc. Why does anybody need to eat that other stuff? And most of that stuff isn't healthy.

I had a neighbor who used to scramble pig brains or fish roe in his morning scrambled eggs. I can't imagine fish-flavored eggs!
sick

I would have to assume you've never tried everything you've listed , so why the rant? People eat them because they like them. Tongue is honestly the best part of a beef.

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: M.Magis] #6349813
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Originally Posted By: M.Magis
Originally Posted By: Trapper7
I will never understand why people want to eat all these crazy things on an animal. For instance on a cow, its tongue, sweet breads, eyeballs, tripe, kidneys, heart, brains, etc. There are so many other good things like steaks, roasts, etc. Why does anybody need to eat that other stuff? And most of that stuff isn't healthy.

I had a neighbor who used to scramble pig brains or fish roe in his morning scrambled eggs. I can't imagine fish-flavored eggs!
sick

I would have to assume you've never tried everything you've listed , so why the rant? People eat them because they like them. Tongue is honestly the best part of a beef.
I beg to differ, the mountain oysters are the best part

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349815
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Yepper. Tradition, taste, healthy (as in *very* good for us), ethic of respecting game by using every bit we can, etc. Many great reasons for eating organs. "Eat offal, it's not awful!" should be our slogan.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349816
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Deer heart is better than the inner loins.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349818
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Beef, pork and chicken liver are all very good to eat. The last deer liver I made was terrible. Hearts are okay. Brains have a smell that turns me off and I worry about the pryons, so I have never eaten and won't eat brains.

Keith

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: Trapper7] #6349820
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Originally Posted By: Trapper7
I will never understand why people want to eat all these crazy things on an animal. For instance on a cow, its tongue, heart,

I eat beef tongue occasionally. It's not my favorite meat but it is nice for something different. It's good enough to have sometimes. I would rather have deer tongue than beef tongue but it's a lot of work to get the little bit of meat you get, with a deer tongue. When my son was little, deer heart was his favorite part of the deer. On opening day of deer season the first thing we ate, for supper that night, was deer heart.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349825
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The heart and tongue are just muscle, like any other meat. As for the other stuff, they're delicious too. My 5 year old daughter absolutely loves em. Every single critter I kill, she begs to have the "guts". She can identify the liver, heart, and kidneys on sight, still in the critter.

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: M.Magis] #6349830
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Originally Posted By: M.Magis
Originally Posted By: Trapper7
I will never understand why people want to eat all these crazy things on an animal. For instance on a cow, its tongue, sweet breads, eyeballs, tripe, kidneys, heart, brains, etc. There are so many other good things like steaks, roasts, etc. Why does anybody need to eat that other stuff? And most of that stuff isn't healthy.

I had a neighbor who used to scramble pig brains or fish roe in his morning scrambled eggs. I can't imagine fish-flavored eggs!
sick

I would have to assume you've never tried everything you've listed , so why the rant? People eat them because they like them. Tongue is honestly the best part of a beef.


Not everything, but some of it such as heart, liver, sweet breads, and kidneys. Heart and liver taste the same, very bitter and loaded with cholesterol. Kidneys taste and smell like urine. Brains in scrambled eggs is insane!


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349834
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seriously, you needed a reason NOT to eat brains?

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seriously, you needed a reason NOT to eat brains?


Couldn't agree with you more, Bob.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: Trapper7] #6349837
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Originally Posted By: Trapper7
Not everything, but some of it such as heart, liver, sweet breads, and kidneys. Heart and liver taste the same, very bitter and loaded with cholesterol.


Liver has a lot of cholesterol but heart is very low in cholesterol.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: Trapper7] #6349856
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Originally Posted By: Trapper7


Not everything, but some of it such as heart, liver, sweet breads, and kidneys. Heart and liver taste the same, very bitter and loaded with cholesterol. Kidneys taste and smell like urine. Brains in scrambled eggs is insane!



Heart is bitter? Never had any that tasted bitter.

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Not everything, but some of it such as heart, liver, sweet breads, and kidneys. Heart and liver taste the same, very bitter and loaded with cholesterol.


Liver has a lot of cholesterol but heart is very low in cholesterol.


That could be. The heart I had was tough and bitter, not as bitter as liver, but still bitter.

BTW, I've eaten turtle,coon, muskrat, beaver, caribou, moose, elk, venison, mountain lion, even timber wolf. Just none of their innards.
Even had fish head soup once. Prefer the fish fillets over the soup. Use the fish heads for coon and mink trapping, they work great.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6349865
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Yuch! remind me of relative who would cook squirrel heads an eat brains

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Heart and liver do not taste the same at all. We eat deer heart every time, unless it's obliterated by a bullet. It is excellent. I don't care for the liver.
The reason the old guys eat everything is that how they were taught, to not waste anything.
I use pork brains all the time for tanning. I took a bite once out of curiosity, they taste very bland to me, almost tasteless. I remember, as a kid, my uncle used to always come get the brains and head meat when we butchered a cow or pig. Dad make something out of the belly fat, nasty gello like stuff, lol.
People in general are wimps today, and get grossed out at what was just normal 50 years ago.


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6350084
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My grandfather would get mad if you head shot a squirrel. He would eat the brains with poke greens and eggs the next morning for breakfast.W as his favorite breakfast there good that way.They eat things like that for the fat few people work hard enough to need that anymore

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: nyhuntfish] #6350135
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had a neighbor girl was funny about food. wouldn't eat fish. fixed a bunch of channel cat fillets. breaded and deep fried. she wanted to eat supper with my daughter so I told her it was river chicken. went on and on about how good river chicken was and how she wished her mom would fix it and would I show her how. finally told her it was catfish. she got a funny look on her face and began gagging. thought she was going to puke. ran out the door and across the street.

lots of stuff I don't like but I don't like it cause to me it doesn't taste good. goose and antelope comes to mind. lots like them. I can eat it but sure not my preference.

I think it odd that on a trapping site there are people who think one part of an animal is perfectly fine but another part is disgusting. without ever even trying it.


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someone on here posted he was good enough hunter he didnt have to go digging in the gut pile for food... i feel the same way


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Tried them once. Not for me. I'll use them for tanning and making bad choices

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I don't know about brains, but I sometimes hear people say "eat your heart out."

Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: Trapper7] #6350524
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Originally Posted By: Trapper7
Not everything, but some of it such as heart, liver, sweet breads, and kidneys. Heart and liver taste the same, very bitter and loaded with cholesterol. Kidneys taste and smell like urine. Brains in scrambled eggs is insane!

Buwahahaha!! ROFLMAO!!

Heart & liver not only taste NOTHING alike, neither is bitter and heart isn't "loaded with cholesterol". By the way, certain forms of cholesterol are not only GOOD FOR US, they are ESSENTIAL nutrients. Liver is good for us and should be eaten more often than it is.

Kidneys ONLY "taste and smell like urine"... If you're too ignorant to slice in half and CLEAN THE URINE out **BEFORE** consuming. Buwahahaha! Oh man! City folk are too funny!

I always fall back to the highway example:
Seeing one idiot driving the wrong way down the Interstate does NOT invalidate roads, automobiles or driving. So too with consuming offal. One idiot doing it incorrectly merely exhibits THEIR lack of proficiency. It DOES NOT invalidate the concept nor the practice.

Thanks for the great laughs T7! Man, haven't laughed that hard in ages. Too funny!


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Re: Why I don't eat brains [Re: danny clifton] #6350531
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Originally Posted By: danny clifton
I think it odd that on a trapping site there are people who think one part of an animal is perfectly fine but another part is disgusting. without ever even trying it.

Amen!

Great story about the neighbor girl as well. Expect most are exactly like her.


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I love a slice of heart in a sandwich bun, cheese and a little BBQ sauce. But even better I love pickled heart. My uncle made some once and it was the best stuff I ever had next to a juicy steak. Cow tongue is a delicacy in this house too.


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Some of the older cultures, the desirable parts were the organs. The meat was dogfood.

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heasrt is one of the best part of the critter, never seen a bitter one.

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Deer heart is better than the inner loins.

agreed! that is the first thing me and the kids eat, usually right after the kill

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