Comments on: fegato alla veneziana http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roving Gastronome: The Blog http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-6249 Roving Gastronome: The Blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:07:02 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-6249 [...] was inspired to get into it finally by cook eat FRET, and a recent post there about fegato alla veneziana. Please go read it, because it’s hilarious, but I don’t want to give away the ending, [...] [...] was inspired to get into it finally by cook eat FRET, and a recent post there about fegato alla veneziana. Please go read it, because it’s hilarious, but I don’t want to give away the ending, [...]

]]> By: Kristie http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5764 Kristie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:46:45 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5764 Maybe the calf was a heavy drinker? Maybe the calf was a heavy drinker?

]]> By: Meg http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5745 Meg Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:20:57 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5745 I am an innards hating diva, I admit. I like to think of myself as a non-picky eater, but... innards defeat that delusional vision of myself. What a bummer for something you love to 1) turn out badly and 2) now remind you of your cat barfing it back up. I am an innards hating diva, I admit. I like to think of myself as a non-picky eater, but… innards defeat that delusional vision of myself.

What a bummer for something you love to 1) turn out badly and 2) now remind you of your cat barfing it back up.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5744 Jamie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:06:01 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5744 Oh, I was so hopeful for this! I tried liver for the first time this summer and HATED it. But maybe it was bad too. Since commenting here earlier this year about scallops, I have had them once in sushi since arriving in Nashville. I got food poisoning. Heartbreaking food luck for us both! Hope your register mix-up gets fixed. Shall I take a moment to shamelessly remind you of a certain 100% return policy at a certain neighboring business that is opening Friday? If you're there and you spot a frazzled curly-haired girl in Hawaiian roaming about, do say hello! I promise we have no bad liver (well, or any liver for that matter...) Oh, I was so hopeful for this! I tried liver for the first time this summer and HATED it. But maybe it was bad too.
Since commenting here earlier this year about scallops, I have had them once in sushi since arriving in Nashville. I got food poisoning. Heartbreaking food luck for us both!

Hope your register mix-up gets fixed. Shall I take a moment to shamelessly remind you of a certain 100% return policy at a certain neighboring business that is opening Friday? If you’re there and you spot a frazzled curly-haired girl in Hawaiian roaming about, do say hello! I promise we have no bad liver (well, or any liver for that matter…)

]]> By: zenchef http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5743 zenchef Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:01:58 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5743 Ohh.. bad liver is really yuck! I'm glad both you and your cat survived the experience. I usually soak it in milk but it won't help much if the liver is not fresh. The recipe looks good though! Well, there's always a next time! Ohh.. bad liver is really yuck! I’m glad both you and your cat survived the experience. I usually soak it in milk but it won’t help much if the liver is not fresh. The recipe looks good though!

Well, there’s always a next time!

]]> By: MangerLaVille http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5740 MangerLaVille Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:34:14 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5740 I think you got some bad liver. And after you have been craving and searching, that sucks. You should tell Whole Foods, I am sure they would do something about it. I think you got some bad liver. And after you have been craving and searching, that sucks. You should tell Whole Foods, I am sure they would do something about it.

]]> By: Brittany http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Brittany Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:58:26 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5739 Aw! Meow! What a cutie. I have only had liver in chicken form, pureed to the point of Fancy Feast. And I love it. I need to try if from the calf. I feel lame now. Aw! Meow! What a cutie.

I have only had liver in chicken form, pureed to the point of Fancy Feast.
And I love it.

I need to try if from the calf.
I feel lame now.

]]> By: chefectomy http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5737 chefectomy Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:45:55 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5737 It tastes like shit because it is liver... It tastes like shit because it is liver…

]]> By: Joan, In the 88th Street Zone. http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5736 Joan, In the 88th Street Zone. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:19:11 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5736 Fegato Fiasco! Loved this dish when I met it in Venice decades ago. Have loved it ever since. Didn’t know liver could so easily be so bad. Guess I’ve just been lucky with my butcher over the years. Maybe a key to my luck is the fact that my butcher stopped keeping it in stock! He says there’s not enough call for liver. When I want calf’s liver, or chicken livers, he has to order it especially for me. I always thought that was a drag. Until I read your story, and decided it was probably a gift! I always enjoy your entries, whether they’re about hits or misses. You have the gift of conveying the essential experience of whatever it is you are writing about. Keep 'em coming! Fegato Fiasco! Loved this dish when I met it in Venice decades ago. Have loved it ever since. Didn’t know liver could so easily be so bad. Guess I’ve just been lucky with my butcher over the years. Maybe a key to my luck is the fact that my butcher stopped keeping it in stock! He says there’s not enough call for liver. When I want calf’s liver, or chicken livers, he has to order it especially for me. I always thought that was a drag. Until I read your story, and decided it was probably a gift!

I always enjoy your entries, whether they’re about hits or misses. You have the gift of conveying the essential experience of whatever it is you are writing about. Keep ‘em coming!

]]> By: wendy http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5734 wendy Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:53:23 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5734 merle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......... merle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!………

]]> By: Sara http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 Sara Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:47:40 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5733 Even if it tasted bad, your pictures are still beautiful! Even if it tasted bad, your pictures are still beautiful!

]]> By: lifeinrecipes http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5732 lifeinrecipes Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:24:43 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5732 Oh, Claudia, yuk. Just yuk. Didn't it smell kinda off when you were cooking it? I've never had liver that tasted that way - just badly textured over-cooked stuff, but nothing like that. Poor kitty. Oh, Claudia, yuk. Just yuk. Didn’t it smell kinda off when you were cooking it? I’ve never had liver that tasted that way – just badly textured over-cooked stuff, but nothing like that. Poor kitty.

]]> By: Brooke http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5730 Brooke Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:04:30 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5730 Poor Merle (I love that name, by the way - definitely an old man cat sorta name). Liver is the devil to me, so I can't really blame him. Poor Merle (I love that name, by the way – definitely an old man cat sorta name). Liver is the devil to me, so I can’t really blame him.

]]> By: aforkfulofspaghetti http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5729 aforkfulofspaghetti Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5729 Oh, bleurgh. Nothing is so wrong as bad meat. And bad liver? Jeez? Enough to give anyone the heebies. Poor Merle. Has he forgiven you? Or is he quietly plotting his revenge? Oh, bleurgh. Nothing is so wrong as bad meat. And bad liver? Jeez? Enough to give anyone the heebies.

Poor Merle. Has he forgiven you? Or is he quietly plotting his revenge?

]]> By: We Are Never Full http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 We Are Never Full Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:09:34 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5726 i'm soooo sad! this has been one of the dishes we've been meaning to make for awhile. it should not have tasted like poo. that's just wrong - and sucks! we do soak our liver in milk - it does help diminish the poo smell. supposedly it's an equalizer - we wrote about it's effect on kidneys we made a LONG time ago: http://www.weareneverfull.com/when-life-gives-you-veal-kidneys/ next time see what happens... but you may have gotten a bad liver. i’m soooo sad! this has been one of the dishes we’ve been meaning to make for awhile. it should not have tasted like poo. that’s just wrong – and sucks!

we do soak our liver in milk – it does help diminish the poo smell. supposedly it’s an equalizer – we wrote about it’s effect on kidneys we made a LONG time ago: http://www.weareneverfull.com/when-life-gives-you-veal-kidneys/

next time see what happens… but you may have gotten a bad liver.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5725 Melissa Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:44:02 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5725 Holy claws! It killed me how you set up this post. I was so anticipating a wonderful end result, but then you grimaced and the cat vomited. Damn. I would talk to WF too. Get my money back at least on the difference between the veal rack and the liver. They rang me up $19 for acorn squash the other day, $14 too much. I definitely went back and got my cash. And yes, let us know if you try again. I'd like to see how that goes. P.S. More cat photos, please. So I can stare at your little ones and say "HEE" and grin like an idiot at my screen. Holy claws!

It killed me how you set up this post. I was so anticipating a wonderful end result, but then you grimaced and the cat vomited. Damn.

I would talk to WF too. Get my money back at least on the difference between the veal rack and the liver. They rang me up $19 for acorn squash the other day, $14 too much. I definitely went back and got my cash.

And yes, let us know if you try again. I’d like to see how that goes.

P.S. More cat photos, please. So I can stare at your little ones and say “HEE” and grin like an idiot at my screen.

]]> By: Mal Carne http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5724 Mal Carne Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:26:23 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5724 My usual home beef or calf's liver attempts have usually ended up the same way. How does one get liver from a retail market that doesn't taste like crap? (literally) btw - I'm betting Merle found something fabric covered to deposit the liver on, didn't he? My usual home beef or calf’s liver attempts have usually ended up the same way. How does one get liver from a retail market that doesn’t taste like crap? (literally)

btw – I’m betting Merle found something fabric covered to deposit the liver on, didn’t he?

]]> By: Lesley http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5722 Lesley Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:11:28 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5722 Not even Merle could keep it down...I agree with Joy--perhaps the purveyors of exotic organ meats at the WF will replace your bad liver. However, I don't know what their policy on replacing your bad kidneys (resulting from eating bad liver) is. :) Not even Merle could keep it down…I agree with Joy–perhaps the purveyors of exotic organ meats at the WF will replace your bad liver. However, I don’t know what their policy on replacing your bad kidneys (resulting from eating bad liver) is. :)

]]> By: Jack http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5720 Jack Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:38:25 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5720 Mommie was bad! Poor Merle! He doesn’t look very happy in the picture. Our cats are always yacking-up something but not liver. I don’t like it and wouldn’t even think of trying to develop a taste for it. As for liver’s unpopularity in the South, it just doesn’t make sense to eat something that can be put on a hook and used to catch a nice catfish! Dry-aged steak is a taste worth acquiring, but none of that awful offal for me! Mommie was bad! Poor Merle! He doesn’t look very happy in the picture. Our cats are always yacking-up something but not liver. I don’t like it and wouldn’t even think of trying to develop a taste for it. As for liver’s unpopularity in the South, it just doesn’t make sense to eat something that can be put on a hook and used to catch a nice catfish!
Dry-aged steak is a taste worth acquiring, but none of that awful offal for me!

]]> By: noble pig http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5719 noble pig Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:14:47 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5719 OMG I am laughing so hard...this would have been a great Halloween story...but I want to know was dry aged steak then shared with you? My fork would have been looking for a hand out. OMG I am laughing so hard…this would have been a great Halloween story…but I want to know was dry aged steak then shared with you? My fork would have been looking for a hand out.

]]> By: Peter http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5718 Peter Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:14:15 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5718 Who you calling a fegato? Our cat noisily pukes a lovely mixture of kibble and houseplant all over the house on a regular basis. It's really charming, and relaxing, and makes me want to pet him with a shovel. Who you calling a fegato?

Our cat noisily pukes a lovely mixture of kibble and houseplant all over the house on a regular basis. It’s really charming, and relaxing, and makes me want to pet him with a shovel.

]]> By: Ethel http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5717 Ethel Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:52:43 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5717 I can just picture you waiting to be transported to culinary heaven after your first bite and then UGH. I would definately go back to whole foods as they would want to know. Liver must be fresh. Poor cat. Hope your next cooking venture is your usual-----------great. I can just picture you waiting to be transported to culinary heaven after your first bite and then UGH.
I would definately go back to whole foods as they would want to know. Liver must be fresh.
Poor cat. Hope your next cooking venture is your usual———–great.

]]> By: TaratheFoodie http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5716 TaratheFoodie Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:45 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5716 Nice to finally meet your little kitty, Merle! However he looks a little pissed that you thought something you wouldn't eat would be just fine for him to eat. Merle's like, "What am I, chopped liver??!!" .... ... bad joke? Oh, and I think you should run a contest and have people re-name this post. Like "Shit on a Plate" or "Fun with Feces"... haha Sorry, I took Benadryl this morning... :-) Nice to finally meet your little kitty, Merle! However he looks a little pissed that you thought something you wouldn’t eat would be just fine for him to eat. Merle’s like, “What am I, chopped liver??!!” …. … bad joke?

Oh, and I think you should run a contest and have people re-name this post. Like “Shit on a Plate” or “Fun with Feces”… haha

Sorry, I took Benadryl this morning… :-)

]]> By: democommie http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5715 democommie Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:55:14 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5715 Donald: I think (I hope) I know what that last sentence meant, but it still was a laugh producer. Claudia: Sorry to hear that you got some bad liver. I've never been a huge fan, although a lot of that has to do with my moms practice of making it as much like shoe leather as humanly possible. I do love me some pate, though. I've redone my kitchen ( I moved the sawhorses) and since the temp plummeted yesterday--19" of snow in Morrisville--about 65 miles south of and 1200' higher than Oswego--I made some "fridge soup". I think I'll put the recipe up at my place later today or tomorrow. I don't have a cat, so I had to eat it myself--no ill effects, yet!) . I did have some excellent liver once; it was cooked by a young english woman. I've heard that they boil steaks in "Old Blighty" but she, by God, knew how to saute liver. Donald:

I think (I hope) I know what that last sentence meant, but it still was a laugh producer.

Claudia:

Sorry to hear that you got some bad liver. I’ve never been a huge fan, although a lot of that has to do with my moms practice of making it as much like shoe leather as humanly possible. I do love me some pate, though.

I’ve redone my kitchen ( I moved the sawhorses) and since the temp plummeted yesterday–19″ of snow in Morrisville–about 65 miles south of and 1200′ higher than Oswego–I made some “fridge soup”. I think I’ll put the recipe up at my place later today or tomorrow. I don’t have a cat, so I had to eat it myself–no ill effects, yet!) .

I did have some excellent liver once; it was cooked by a young english woman. I’ve heard that they boil steaks in “Old Blighty” but she, by God, knew how to saute liver.

]]> By: Donald http://www.cookeatfret.com/veal/2008/10/28/fegato-alla-veneziana/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 Donald Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:47:43 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/?p=1351#comment-5714 Eventhough plated that looks good, I can not do liver. My mom loves it and used to prepare it with onions, but I had to drown it with ketchup just to get it down. We even had a dog, but one ate what one was fed. Eventhough plated that looks good, I can not do liver. My mom loves it and used to prepare it with onions, but I had to drown it with ketchup just to get it down. We even had a dog, but one ate what one was fed.

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