Where is everyone getting raw organ meats?

[kurite]

The only organ meat i can get is raw chicken liver and its grain fed, non organic. So where is everyone else getting theirs? Can i go to whole foods and ask for it special or something?
thanks

[goodsamaritan]

In my country, organs are sold openly in every wet market everyday.

Filipinos eat a lot of cooked organ meat and blood whether at home or in food stalls.

[TylerDurden]

In the UK one can get  raw organ-meats from farmers' markets but they rarely display organ-meats so one usually has to pre-order. In the US, you'll just have to contact grassfed farms like Slanker's in order to get raw organs.

[Nation]

You guys don't have organs in your supermarkets?  here in Quebec we have kidney, brains, tongue, heart. I've never seen pancreas, i wonder why.

[William]

I've never seen brains for sale - where do you get that?

[djr_81]

You guys don't have organs in your supermarkets?  here in Quebec we have kidney, brains, tongue, heart. I've never seen pancreas, i wonder why.

They sell quite a variety of organs/offal in US supermarkets (liver, tongue, heart, tripe) but the stuff's invariably grainfed.
Even my local grassfed supplier doesn't get the organs in with the meat as there's such a small market for it (although I keep asking them to do so maybe eventually I'll get them to). Like most of the others when I crave grassfed organs I need to place an order with Slankers.

[RawZi]

here in Quebec we have kidney, brains, tongue, heart. I've never seen pancreas, i wonder why.

    You have brain?  You are so lucky.

    I've gotten lamb and goat heart, kidneys and livers from WF.  I've gotten chicken and calves livers there too, but the chicken livers' source may be dubious, as the calves.  The others are more local and definitely pasture fed.  There are beef livers there too, but they don't say grassfed and I haven't tried them.  I've tried beef tongue from there, but the meat was too tough.  

[Ioanna]

Like most of the others when I crave grassfed organs I need to place an order with Slankers.

Do you get the whole organ(s) or the pet food ground mix of organs?  I wish they had a human grade ground blend like they do for pets, that is a less daunting way to start with organs to me.

[djr_81]

Do you get the whole organ(s) or the pet food ground mix of organs?  I wish they had a human grade ground blend like they do for pets, that is a less daunting way to start with organs to me.

I get the full organs.
I've ordered liver, heart, tongue, kidney, and spleen. Some are tastier and easier to eat. Some less so. I have yet to get the fries (testicles) that Slankers lists on their site but really want to give them a shot and see how they are.
I've been craving liver pretty heavily for the last month but each time I call Slankers up they're out of beef liver. I'm going to call Monday though and get whatever liver they have because I obviously need something in it right now.
As I mentioned before Ioanna you should really dry them out a bit if you're having an issue with the raw & wet whole organ aspect. Even just a day uncovered in the fridge completely changes the texture and makes it a ton easier to work into the organs. Cut it up and let it dry out some even.

[Ioanna]

good idea! is there an organ that is the least strong in flavor that might be better to start with?

[djr_81]

Heart or tongue.
The heart has a unique flavor to it and is a bit tougher/firmer than muscle meat but is the closest to what you eat now.
Tongue takes some prep work and is fairly fatty but doesn't have too much of a different flavor.

Liver, kidneys, and spleen will all have strong flavors with liver being the most agreeable IMO. Liver is tasty semi-dried or fully dried (I know it's all in the head but I get a chocolate undertone when I eat it). I avoid kidneys and spleens, especially spleens, as they taste disgusting to me. If at some point I crave one I'll buy some but until that point I don't care to eat them again.

[klowcarb]

Aisan markets are great, too. I love getting my raw ground beef at the Korean H-Mart, and they have every organ I could imagine. I haven't been eating any, but if I were, I would trust that source over a typical supermarket.

[Ioanna]

thanks dan! i'll work on it

[carnivore]

I generally don't eat fresh organ. I prefer to let them dry in the fridge or outside.
Heart is the easiest to start, liver and brain (lamb) are my favourites.
I don't like yet kidney and tongue, but I often buy and eat a bit of them in order to accustom my palate to the taste (and to train my body to manufacture the required enzymes). I know one day I will like them!

[PaleoPhil]

My local supermarkets have grainfed organs and my local healthfood markets have pasture-fed organs, some are partly grainfed, but there are also grassfed.

[kurite]

Okay when you guys say you are eating all of these organs whole do you mean raw to?

[RawZi]

Okay when you guys say you are eating all of these organs whole do you mean raw to?

    I eat them only raw.  Meat is toxic cooked.  Everything is toxic cooked.  Organs are even more toxic cooked.  Don't freeze them either.  Best is raw.

[Carnivora]

good idea! is there an organ that is the least strong in flavor that might be better to start with?

The book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon states that calf 'sweetbreads'(part of the thymus gland apparently) are the mildest tasting organ. I cannot confirm this with experience since I have never seen them available for sale. I find heart to be palatable, though a bit denser than other muscle meat. The fat around organs or 'suet' is good and more nutritious than regular muscle fat I believe.

liver has a very strong flavor to me... I did the dessicated tablets for awhile and have frozen it in small pieces to swallow before. I am still trying to acquire the taste.

[miles]

good idea! is there an organ that is the least strong in flavor that might be better to start with?

How about the skin?

[Nation]

Out of curiosity, would a diet of nothing but organs work? Has anyone ever tried? You can get plenty of fat from tongues and brains. I've been eating 50-60% organs in the last week, i have an infatuation with organs.

[raw]

Out of curiosity, would a diet of nothing but organs work? Has anyone ever tried? You can get plenty of fat from tongues and brains. I've been eating 50-60% organs in the last week, i have an infatuation with organs.

just be careful with liver. you have to have limit to eat liver, otherwise that could cause you the toxicity. tongues and brains are full of fats, and you can eat them alone if you can.

[Hannibal]

Out of curiosity, would a diet of nothing but organs work? Has anyone ever tried? You can get plenty of fat from tongues and brains. I've been eating 50-60% organs in the last week, i have an infatuation with organs.

In some days I eat nothing but organs, but it definitely wouldn't be natural to eat this way forever.

[raw meat man]

I just got out of hospital from doing a liver cleanse by eating local organic calf's livers. I had extreme fever, vomiting, fatigue and had to take some pain killer and steriods to overcome the sharp stabbing pain my lower abdomen.

What do you peeps think it was? Was it a good cleanse or geniune food poisoning? AV got me to eat mono livers and heaps of raw cream to help overcome my liver condition. I just feel the worst ever now.!! 

[RawZi]

I just got out of hospital from doing a liver cleanse by eating local organic calf's livers. I had extreme fever, vomiting, fatigue and had to take some pain killer and steriods to overcome the sharp stabbing pain my lower abdomen.

What do you peeps think it was? Was it a good cleanse or geniune food poisoning? AV got me to eat mono livers and heaps of raw cream to help overcome my liver condition. I just feel the worst ever now.!! 

    How did AV "get" you to do that?  He says cream is hard to digest.  That's not something he would recommend for your liver.  And for pain?  He doesn't prescribe steroids or pain killer.  You must have gotten to do these things through an impostor.  Are you from that crazy website we were featured on recently?

[cherimoya_kid]

I just got out of hospital from doing a liver cleanse by eating local organic calf's livers. I had extreme fever, vomiting, fatigue and had to take some pain killer and steriods to overcome the sharp stabbing pain my lower abdomen.

What do you peeps think it was? Was it a good cleanse or geniune food poisoning? AV got me to eat mono livers and heaps of raw cream to help overcome my liver condition. I just feel the worst ever now.!! 

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