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Animal livers are rich in iron, copper, B vitamins and preformed vitamin A.Daily consumption of liver can be harmful; for instance, vitamin A toxicity has been proven to cause medical issues to babies born of pregnant mothers who consumed too much vitamin A. [3] For the same reason, consuming the livers of some species like polar bears, dogs, or moose is unsafe.
Slices of bacon are fried and slices of veal liver (often covered in flour) are sauteed in the rendered fat. The bacon and slices of liver are placed in a dish and covered with a gravy [12] made with the fond. [2] [3] Many recipes call for the liver to be scalded first. [13] [14]
The word liverwurst is a partial calque of German Leberwurst (pronounced [ˈleːbɐˌvʊʁst] ⓘ) 'liver sausage', and 'liver sausage', a full calque. [1]A fourteenth century mention in Latin however uses the term "liverworsted": [2] "Hec fercula dari solent magna sulta, porrum, pulli, farti seu repleti, ferina apri, carnes piperis, XII tybie gesenghet, XII pulli in suffene seu sorbicio ...
Liver and onions is widely eaten in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and in Germany, [citation needed] where it is usually eaten along with boiled or mashed potatoes. Beef or veal liver is common in the US; veal or lamb liver are the usual choices in the UK. In the French traditional recipe the liver is fried with butter and bacon. [2]
Tripe taco — Mexican sheep or calf tripe dish with tortillas. Tripice – a Croatian stew made from tripe boiled with potato, with bacon added for flavour. Tripoux — Occitan sheep tripe dish traditional in Rouergue. Trippa alla fiorentina — an Italian tripe dish fried with tomatoes and other vegetables. Trippa alla livornese. Trippa alla ...
A variety of pâtés (containing liver) on a platter Animal heads, brains, trotters, and tripe on sale in an Istanbul meat market. Offal (/ ˈ ɒ f əl, ˈ ɔː f əl /), also called variety meats, pluck or organ meats, is the internal organs of a butchered animal.
Liverwurst (another type of pork liver sausage), however, is never smoked, nor does it contain bacon. The USDA requires that the product contain a minimum of 30% liver. [3] A typical commercial formula is about 40% pork liver or scalded beef liver, 30% scalded pork jowl, 20% lean pork trimmings and 10% bacon ends and pieces.
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.