Raw Liver?

[sleepstalker]

Anyone been eating raw grass fed liver? If so can one build up too much iron?

[Raw Rob]

I eat a lot of grass-fed lamb liver. I've never heard of too much iron. I've only heard of acquiring vitamin A toxicity.

I don't really worry about it because I eat pretty small portions and not every single day.

[goodsamaritan]

I eat raw liver some once a week.  Sometimes several consecutive days like 1 tablespoon a day.  I don't pig out on it.  If you did pig out and eat a full lunch with just liver, that may be something to think about.

[phatdave]

I felt amazing after eating great quality raw liver.

I would simply eat an amount thats relative to how much there is compared to an animal. Ok that sounds a bit limp, but lets say.... if I haven't eaten a decent meal for a few days, I kill a deer, there is only so much liver. I bare stuff like this in mind, it seems fairly simple. I would eat the organs/blood/goodies etc first, warm, then the calorie dense fat would be the mainstay. Everything else would be excess.

To me this seemed slightly slightly fairytaleish to me at first, but the more I eat meat and fat, and the more I think about animals, and getting my hands on a deer, it is slowly becoming less and less idealogy, and more reality. When truely hunger and listenning to your body, it all becomes clear....

I think even above the great health benefits of eating this way, I would have to say my absolute favourite thing is the new outlook I have on life. I feel slowly more and more grounded, and am becoming more able to see lifes simplisity. Maybe thats just part of 'heathiness'.

It is a definate possitive, upward spiral.

Oh but sorry, yeah liver was/is absolutely fantastic. I WISH i could get a fresh warm one , but  quality grassfed/wild is still amazing -
 a slow introduction I find works better with new foods, so start with a little. Then more.... Oh and I just cut it quite finely, after letting it get to room temp. Then really relish the stuff (i eat it with chop sticks, served with a cup of warm water with a little sea salt dissolved in) its sooo good.

[Josh]

I've noticed a rush of energy and vitality from raw liver, that's not accounted for by the relatively small amount of carbs.

[SuperInfinity]

Raw liver tastes very like cooked liver.

[TylerDurden]

Raw liver tastes very like cooked liver.

Hardly. I've always found cooked liver to be overly dry while raw liver is often wet and bloody.

[DeadRamones]

Do you soak raw liver before eating raw, like you do when you cook it?

[TylerDurden]

Do you soak raw liver before eating raw, like you do when you cook it?

No I don't soak my raw liver - no need to as it's so bloody. When I was referring to eating cooked liver, I meant I did that only pre-rawpalaeodiet, as I haven't touched cooked liver since then.

[DeadRamones]

Oh okay. I normally buy a pre frozen beef liver. But I only slice it & throw some in with my egg shakes. Haven't tried raw yet but I'll be experimenting soon.

[ys]

I just tried a little of raw liver for the first time.  It tastes exactly like cooked only have more moisture and easier to eat.  I find cooked liver really dry similar to hard-boil egg.

[DeadRamones]

Cooked, to me taste like sand. Raw, has a slightly different taste to it.

[RawZi]

I just tried a little of raw liver for the first time.  It tastes exactly like cooked only have more moisture and easier to eat.  I find cooked liver really dry similar to hard-boil egg.

    I think that's a good analogy.  Cooked liver is textured similar to cooked egg yolk.  I've never liked cooked egg yolk nor cooked liver.  Raw unfermented liver tastes sweet.

[redfulcrum]

How do you ferment the liver?  just let it sit?  Liver is hard to eat, especially grass-fed.  It can be quite disagreeable.  It's really hard to eat more than 6 ounces.  I eat it anyways because I know the benefits of eating it. 

[cherimoya_kid]

How do you ferment the liver?  just let it sit?  Liver is hard to eat, especially grass-fed.  It can be quite disagreeable.  It's really hard to eat more than 6 ounces.  I eat it anyways because I know the benefits of eating it. 

Bison liver from Northstar Bison is actually quite tasty raw.  The raw venison liver I've eat, while probably healthier, is not nearly as good.

[van]

I agree about Norht star bison liver.   Simply leave it in the bag for  week in the fridge, then take it out and place it in a bowl in the fridge, turning it over every day or so.  It just gets better each day.  I don't like leaving food in sealed bags too long, for anerobic bacteria might be a problem. 

[Nation]

I just had raw liver for the 1st time, my 1st organ too. I can't believe how AMAZING it tasted, by far the best raw meat i've had. It was milk-fed veal liver. I will try liver from other animals this week, i hope i will like it as much. Would there be anything wrong with eating a good portion of liver every day, say 200g?

[goodsamaritan]

200 grams is a good sized portion.  You need to listen to your body when it says go or stop.  I used to have a phase where I liked a lot of liver... some bit of liver everyday... then lately I just want it once a week.  I had some 200 grams beef liver yesterday.

[MaryC]

Talking about Liver, I hadn't tasted liver since I was 7? Until yesterday and it was 

I mean I was cutting it to cook it (I’m not raw yet) and I almost cried 

Should I add I spent my whole adolescence in a super low calorie almost vegetarian diet? So I guess you get the picture.

My question: Any of you guys used to hate it and then after several tries you got used to it? I'm really really, really trying but I need some "success experience" on eating liver and other organs lol  Anyone? 

[RawZi]

    I didn't like striated muscle meat as a kid, but I managed to eat what they served me, until I turned veg.  I remember the (cooked) liver sitting there on my plate till it turned green many-a-time; because I couldn't stand to eat that either, it was worse than muscle.  I remember one time I managed to eat some liver, and I got one of my worst monster migraines, very apparently part of my body's response to liver.  I was so sorry I ate it, not that I enjoyed eating it at all.  Years later a doctor gave me a vitamin shot that turned out was derived from liver.  In response just after the shot I got painful agglutinations in said muscles that lasted for years.  Finally a doctor tested me for anti-liver antibodies (to my own liver), and I tested high positive.  I did have liver problems, lacking in enzymes there etc. 

    Anyway, about six months into me eating RAF I tried liver.  My husband surprised me.  I was arriving back from caring for relatives, and he had some liver and fish he bought with intention of serving me, and drove both around for hours in the trunk of the car on a very hot sunny day.  I hadn't tried highmeats yet either.  He's a vegetarian and has always hated fish and very likely has never tried liver in his entire life.  I didn't know what to do.  I was very busy even upon returning and I had to eat, and did not want to insult him.  I ate both (and shared with my cats).  It stank, had turned colors and was slimy.  Surprisingly neither made me sick at all.

    I've eaten liver (and high meats) many times since.  It's really quite different raw.  It never makes me sick.  It actually tastes good.  I like it with seasonings on it too, especially cinnamon which may help reduce its carbs.   

Talking about Liver, I hadn't tasted liver since I was 7? Until yesterday and it was 

I mean I was cutting it to cook it (I’m not raw yet) and I almost cried 

Should I add I spent my whole adolescence in a super low calorie almost vegetarian diet? So I guess you get the picture.

My question: Any of you guys used to hate it and then after several tries you got used to it? I'm really really, really trying but I need some "success experience" on eating liver and other organs lol  Anyone? 

[sven]

Been eating it for a month.  This is by far the worst tasting food to me.  I cut up frozen liver into small pieces, let it slightly defrost, put the small pieces in my mouth and down it with water.  I never chew the stuff it would kill me.  It digests fine I still get the benefits.  Feels like natures energy drink.  Raw Liver!

[RawZi]

Been eating it for a month.  This is by far the worst tasting food to me.  I cut up frozen liver into small pieces, let it slightly defrost, put the small pieces in my mouth and down it with water.  I never chew the stuff it would kill me.  It digests fine I still get the benefits.  Feels like natures energy drink.  Raw Liver!

    I haven't tried it frozen yet.  I've seen it at WF where it looks like it had frozen and was defrosted.  Whatever it was, I did not like the way the texture looked, so I didn't buy it those times.  I did have desiccated liver tablets before, but I didn't take them, I gave them to my dog, who loved them.  I'm thinking of trying dehydrating liver.  I heard it tastes like chocolate.  Somehow I doubt it does though.  People tell me dried mushrooms taste like chocolate and that carob does, but neither do.  

[sven]

Haha if it tasted like chocolate everyone would be eating liver!

[Stig of the Dump]

I just posted on another thread, but I thought I'd say it here too.

I ate some raw calves' liver the day before yesterday, and it tasted just like cooked liver (which I love) but a lot sweeter and wetter.  (The cooked tastes like old boot leather in comparison.)

The liver had the odd hole in it like Swiss cheese.  Does anyone know if that means something about the animal's health?  It came from Germany, and it said the animals were "specially selected" whatever that means.  (In the future I want to get organic grass fed livers from my posh butcher, but I've been too shy to visit them yet.)

[TylerDurden]

Yes, I found the taste of cooked liver to be about the same.